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Event: 3rd Annual Gluten Free Food Fair
Date: Saturday, May 15, 2010
Time: 11 AM to 3 PM
Location: Bellingham Public Market at Cornwall & York (1530 Cornwall Ave.)
Admission: No Charge - Free to the public
Contact: Jillian Trinkaus 360-510-6555
Held by: Bellingham Public Market, Terra Organica: Health Food and
Grocery, and Bellingham Gluten Intolerance Group (BGIG)
Purpose: May is National Celiac Awareness Month. To celebrate the
Bellingham Public Market, Terra Organica and the Bellingham Gluten Intolerance
Group are hosting a Gluten Free Food Fair.
Goals: To; provide information about Celiac Disease, Gluten Intolerance, and Gluten
Sensitive Enteropathy;introduce people to the local support available to them;
raise awareness about the plethora of gluten free foods that are now
available; help people live a healthy life without gluten.
What:Volunteers from BGIG, Dr. Mystique Grobe ND, Dr. J. Funk ND and Tom
Malterre and Ali Segerstern of Whole Life Nutrition fame will be on hand to
answer questions and provide information about gluten related health issues.
Hempler Foods, Alternative Grains and Bavarian Mills will provide gluten
free food samples of products that are available for sale at Terra Organica.
Bellingham Public Market food vendors Panini Grill and Juice will
provide samples of their gluten free offerings.
Background Information: Gluten free food seems to be the hottest topic going in the food industry.
Why this is so, has as many answers as there are individuals experimenting
with a gluten free diet. Popular media credits gluten free as being "the
answer" to a wide range of illnesses - medical research will take years to
catch up to either verifying or disproving these claims.
What is true is that 1 in 133 individuals are suffering from celiac
disease, and 97% of them are undiagnosed. It takes an average of 11 years for
most patients to have their condition "labeled" and to be referred to a gluten
free diet. The only effective treatment for any type of reaction to gluten is to eat a gluten free diet.
In the past, it has been nearly impossible to find gluten free food and
even more impossible to have it taste good! Food manufacturers are busily
trying to correct that with new products being introduced almost daily to store shelves.
Bellingham Public Market
Stephen Trinkaus
1530 Cornwall Ave.
Bellingham, WA 98225
360-647-8006
Terra Organica: Health Food and Grocery
Stephen Trinkaus
1530 Cornwall Ave.
Bellingham, WA 98225
360-715-8020