Gluten Free News Round Up February 26th- March 3rd

Happy Nutrition Month Everyone! Sponsored by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, this month is: “a nutrition education and information campaign created annually in March by the Academy of Nutrition and  Dietetics, formerly the American Dietetic Association. The campaign focuses attention on the importance of  making informed food choices and developing sound eating and physical activity habits. Registered Dietitian  Day, also celebrated in increases Read More …

Facing Discrimination with Celiac Disease and Food Allergies

Get ready, I’m going to get ‘Social Worky’ on you. Let’s talk about a topic many of us only talk about in school or when getting trained at work: Discrimination. While it exists in our world way too often, many of us grow up being told not to judge and discriminate people based on their looks. Read More …

The Gluten Free Challenge- This Weekend May 21st and 22nd

I just wanted to remind everyone that the gluten free challenge is this weekend, staring Saturday at midnight and going all day Saturday and Sunday!This event is to bring awareness to the struggles, benefits, exhaustion and other positive and negative fascets of a gluten free diet. So, I challenge you to a weekend gluten free.As a means of recognizing Celiac Disease Awareness Read More …

Mambo Sprouts Give-Away

Mambo Sprouts is a marketing company that is very relevant in the area of healthy and organic food choices, including in the gluten free market. Here is a bit of information about their company: About Mambo Sprouts Marketing Mambo Sprouts Marketing, headquartered in Collingswood, NJ, develops and executes direct mail, retail, web and market research Read More …

Coming Soon: Strictly Gluten-Free Retail and Wholesale Food Market

I just got off the phone with Steve Distefano, founder of Strictly Gluten-Free, and couldn’t wait to share the information I got from him. Strictly Gluten-Free will be opening their first store on my very own Long Island, NY! They are very passionate about assisting the gluten free community to the best of their ability and there is a Read More …

Part II: The School system and our children with food concerns – Alienation and Bullying

As I mentioned in an Earlier post I recently started working in a primary and secondary school as part of my internship. The previous post included some general comments that I had after only attending the Secondary school (3rd grade – 5th) and what I saw in their lack of meals for children with food concerns as Read More …