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Celiac Disease Foundation’s Annual Conference & Food Faire
Tuesday, April 01, 2008 posted by
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SAVE THIS DATE:
Saturday May 3rd,
Moseley-Salvatori Conference Center
Good Samaritan Hospital
Los Angeles, California
9:00 am to 4:00 pm
This conference is always the event of the year for the gluten-sensitive and those of us who love you guys.
And this year’s speaker / guest list reads like a veritable Who’s Who of West Coast Celiac Disease. Here’s who they’re featuring:
Michelle Pietzak, MD, Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine. Dr. Pietzak will speak twice, once on Testing for Celiac Disease, and once on Follow-up Care for Diagnosed Celiacs.
Martin F. Kagnoff, MD, Director, Wm. K. Warren Medical Research Center for Celiac Disease, will lecture on Current Research at the center.
Danna Korn, Founder of R.O.C.K. (Raising Our Celiac Kids), author of “Living Gluten Free For Dummies” & “Cooking Gluten-Free for Dummies”; will talk about Living and Loving the Gluten-Free Lifestyle. She’ll also do a book signing - if you’ve worn out your copy of Living Gluten Free for Dummies (I know mine is about shot!) this is a good time to upgrade to an autographed edition.
Shauna James Ahern will have the luminous Gluten Free Girl available, and Karen Fine will promote her book for children, How I Eat Without Wheat. (Do you know Karen flew helicopters for the Navy for a few years? Is that cool or what?!)
There’s lots more going on as well - those are just the local heroes! But, speaking of local heroes, let us not forget to mention that the Celiac Disease Foundation itself is THE national organization providing support for celiacs and their families, and it’s founded right here in Studio City. Being part of a support group and getting the advice of a registered dietitian are considered to be the two top factors that correlate to a successful life as a celiac, living gluten-free. (I can’t quote my source offhand, but I’m sure I read that somewhere.) And note, please, that they’re also providing registered dietitians to answer your questions, right here at the conference.
Furthermore, the CDF promotes awareness of CD, in many different groups of people, from doctors so that they’ll diagnose more people correctly, to food manufacturers so that they’ll produce more safe food. They’re giving away the 2008 Champion for Celiac Disease Awareness Award - my vote is for whoever got them to take the barley malt flavoring out of the Rice Chex cereal!
Take a look at the program on the CDF website here. You can register online here. Do it now, the price goes up on the 11th. (Why wait? You know you’re going.)
Oh, and I almost forgot. Your Dinner Secret will be there and they’ll be sampling out our brownies. And, we’re providing our breadsticks for the luncheon. In fact, the whole day you will be plied with gluten-free goodies, from every gf-manufacturer in the country. (Why would you even think about not going?)
(And, why do I suddenly feel, like, Amish or something?)
