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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 It  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
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BGIG - www.glutenfreeway.info
Kelle A. Rankin-Sunter, Team Support  Leader 360-223-7437
P.O. Box 38894
Bellingham, WA 98228
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