<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> We hope to see you at this Saturday's (June 4) meeting at 10AM at HEB Hospital, 1600 Hospital Parkway, Bedford, TX. If you're newly diagnosed, please plan on attending our 9AM Celiac 101 class. Here are the details on our special guests: For the June 4 meeting we have invited, Dr. Cathy Breedon, who is the Clinical Nutrition Specialist at MeritCare Medical Center, which serves North Dakota, North/Central Minnesota and parts of South Dakota. She also teaches at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine, Minnesota State University Moorhead, and Concordia College. She annually presents over 30 national and state workshops for health professionals around the United States. Her Ph.D. in Nutrition is from the University of Minnesota and she also holds masters degrees in Nutrition and Psychology. In 1984 she was a Fellow in Perinatal/ Pediatric Nutrition at the Indiana University School of Medicine. Dr. Breedon is a Board Certified Pediatric Nutrition Specialist and for three years served on the national ADA committees to develop the test items for the Pediatric Nutrition Specialist Qualifying Exam. (http://www.meritcare.com/news/speakers/cathy_breedon/). Cathy was at the 2004 GIG convention and several of us who were there hated to leave her presentation it was so good and she is quite the comedian. Also there will be Marlene Glass of Marlene's Mixes, who will bring her wonderful spread of GF products to show off. We will be making up several of her mixes to share with all in attendance. Betty Barfield Manager North Texas Gluten Intolerance Group www.northtexasgig.com [log in to unmask] *Support summarization of posts, reply to the SENDER not the CELIAC List*