I'm 99% decided on blogging for NFCA - the National Foundation for Celiac Awareness. I'd never heard of celiac disease until I started looking for help dealing with my wheat allergy. Most of the gluten-free products out there exist because of celiac -- because for them, wheat's not an aggravation or an inconvenience, but something that actually damages their systems and leaves them in misery. The problem is that people don't know about it, including doctors. People go years without a diagnosis, often living with some pretty terrible symptoms. Once diagnosed, the fix is relatively simple: a gluten-free diet. People need to know that this exists so they can get help and so they can help people who have it. NFCA's mission is to increase awareness -- they've got a great website with a lot of resources, and they organize/participate in some cool events. I haven't contacted them yet, but I plan to! :)
I think it's Red Mill that has the gluten-free flours and stuff?
I know that my celiac friends shop at health food stores. There's one in Great Falls called 2-J's that has flour made from just about every grain imaginable.
That's one of them. Pamela's and the Gluten-Free Pantry have mixes (bread, cake, cookie, etc). I'm a fan of Pamela's bread and brownies, myself. :)
I've been thrilled to see more GF stuff in normal grocery stores, at least around here -- we don't have any food-selling health food stores in my immediate area.
There's one in the nearby town but it's not that great and it's pricey. 2-J's is about 1 hour 45 minutes away but it's worth going. When my baby was in the NICU, I was in Great Falls anyway so I could go then.
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I'm 99% decided on blogging for NFCA - the National Foundation for Celiac Awareness. I'd never heard of celiac disease until I started looking for help dealing with my wheat allergy. Most of the gluten-free products out there exist because of celiac -- because for them, wheat's not an aggravation or an inconvenience, but something that actually damages their systems and leaves them in misery. The problem is that people don't know about it, including doctors. People go years without a diagnosis, often living with some pretty terrible symptoms. Once diagnosed, the fix is relatively simple: a gluten-free diet. People need to know that this exists so they can get help and so they can help people who have it. NFCA's mission is to increase awareness -- they've got a great website with a lot of resources, and they organize/participate in some cool events. I haven't contacted them yet, but I plan to! :)
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I know that my celiac friends shop at health food stores. There's one in Great Falls called 2-J's that has flour made from just about every grain imaginable.
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I've been thrilled to see more GF stuff in normal grocery stores, at least around here -- we don't have any food-selling health food stores in my immediate area.
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