GIG Eugene
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AUGUST 2010 EUGENE GIG NEWSLETTER In this issue: 1. August Speaker and Program: Dr. Justin Morse, Cascade Health Center 2. August Restaurant Spotlight and Food Sampling: New Dawn Bakery/Deli 3. August Raffle: $10.00 coupon from Tasty Thai Kitchen 4. GIG Social: BJ’s Pizza and Brewery, Monday, Aug 16, 2010 (more than just pizza!) 5. Gluten-Free Items needed by local Food Banks 6. News: from GIG National, Articles of Interest, Upcoming Conferences and Getaways 7. Food Recall: DeBoles® Kids Only! Gluten Free Tubettini Corn Pasta 8.New-to-us vendors: Katz Gluten Free Sample Pack – free! 9. New Books in our Local GIG Library 10. Additions to our Stores and Restaurants, Recipes, and other pages 11. Upcoming Programs 1. August Speaker and Program: Dr. Justin Morse, Cascade Health Center, will discuss IV nutritional therapy and how it can play a part in maintaining good health with a gastrointestinal condition. Celiac disease often leads to poor absorption of our foods which in turn leads to inadequate cellular uptake of vitamins, minerals and other components of foods that we need to thrive. By using high doses of IV nutrients, patients can recover faster from a variety of conditions. For example; if someone with Celiac was to ingest gluten by accident and then have digestive difficulties for awhile, an IV push would help them with energy levels while their digestion is off. He will also answer other questions attendees have about the Cascade Health Center, and his approach to treating patients. Dr. Justin Morse Cascade Health Center 1165 Pearl St Eugene OR 97401 541-343-4343
2. August Restaurant Spotlight: New Dawn Bakery/Deli, at 868 West Park St. in Eugene, OR, is completely gluten free, uses only gluten free products and maintains a non-gluten kitchen at all times. At the August meeting we’ll sample some of their products, learn how they started and what they serve. Don’t miss this! http://newdawnbakery.com/ See their menu here (Thanks to Angela Armstrong for bringing this great place to our attention.) 3. August Raffle: $10.00 coupon from Tasty Thai Kitchen – excellent food! 4. GIG Social at BJ’s Pizza and Brewery, Monday, Aug 16, 2010, 6 p.m.
1600 Coburg Rd. # 4, Eugene 541.342.6114 WE NEED A HEAD COUNT, so sign up for the Social at the August meeting, contact Diane Connell at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or 541-343-0459 - or email Emma at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Several of our members state this is excellent food, and serves much more than just GF pizza! Join us for a delicious evening.
5. Gluten-Free Items needed by local Food Banks Gluten-free people are having financial difficulties, too, only they won't find very much, if any, GF food at the food distribution places. As a result, the Eugene Faith Center and Food for Lane County are seeking GF food donations. The Eugene Faith Center has a portable building in their parking lot that is used for needy people to come and get food donations. Some folks who are not part of Faith Center would like to donate food. Eugene Faith Center is sharing space with Food for Lane County. If people want to donate food to the people that are members of Faith Center they ask to have the food be placed in that section of the portable building. If they want it to go to Food for Lane County (people in the surrounding community) they can ask for it to be place in the Food for Lane
County section of the same portable building. Eugene Faith Center is located at 13th and Polk, which is 1410
W. 13th. 541-686-9244 Main Food for Lane County Building is at 770 Bailey Hill Road - there are food donation barrels at the Goodwill stores around
town also. Susan Jones, in charge of the Food Pantry, said people are asking for gluten free food. Food donations to either/both can be taken to this location at 13th and Polk – just specify which organization you want to receive your donation, or tell them to use it where needed most at the moment. If you want to bring GF food to donate to the next Eugene GIG meeting, someone will make sure it gets to the folks in need. 6. News: from GIG National, articles of interest, and upcoming conferences and getaways *Toxic Trio Identified as the Basis of Celiac Disease: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/Toxic Trio article *Northwest Gluten Free Summit, which will be held in Corvallis, Oregon, November 5th & 6th, hosted by the Gluten Free RN, Nadine Grzeskowiak. Information on speakers, scheduling, and registration at: www.NWGlutenFreeSummit.com. Gluten Free RN - RN On Call, Inc., 215 SW 4th St., Corvallis, OR 97333. (541) 602-3183
*Bob & Ruth's CLUB MED WINTER GLUTEN-FREE GETAWAY, TURKS & CAICOS ISLANDS, (ADULTS ONLY) February 5 ~ 12, 2011 Bob and Ruth have organized GF getaways for several years – cruises, city tours, and more. They all sound marvelous. Follow this link for more info: 7. Food Recall: DeBoles® Kids Only! Gluten Free Tubettini Corn Pasta Details are at this link: http://www.fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/ucm219994.htm 8. Katz gluten free www.katzglutenfree.com is offering the celiac communities a Gluten free sample pack of a variety of their great tasting products for free (shipping charges apply). Use promo code SAM100 to get $4 off your shipping. You can order your sample pack online at: http://www.katzglutenfree.com/Katz_Assorted_Gluten_Free_sample_Pack_p/kasp.htm Sample pack includes 1 Slice of each of Whole Grain Bread, Sliced Challah Bread, White Bread, Wholesome Bread; 1 Dinner Roll; Cookies and Rugelech Sample; Slice of Marble Cake. Note – we are scheduled to sample some of these products at the September Eugene GIG meeting. 9. New Books in our Local GIG Library – from Emma We’ve recently purchased two new books for our library. Gluten-Free, Hassle-Free by Marlisa Brown combines a cookbook with lots of information about living gluten free and how to make it easier on yourself. I’ve tried several of her recipes, Red Potatoes and Bacon and Swiss Chard and Bean soup. Both were tasty and not difficult. She also has some chicken recipes which looked good.
The other book, Celiac Disease by Sylvia Bower, is a guide to living with gluten intolerance. It discusses symptoms, diagnosis, management, complications and current research. It also has nutritional guidelines, a discussion of emotional issues, a chapter on medications, a list of educational resources and some recipes. 10. Additions to our Stores and Restaurants pages: *(Novak’s and Alcyone info from The Mid-Willamette Valley Gluten Intolerance Group July Newsletter) Novak's Hungarian Restaurant in Albany is now offering a gluten free menu. They also serve vegetarian and dairy free food. http://www.novakshungarian.com /index.html 2306 Heritage Way SE • Albany, Oregon • 97321, 541.967.9488 Alcyone Café in Pringle Plaza in Salem serves sandwiches with gluten-free bread and serves other gluten-free food as well. http://www.alcyonecafe.com/ 315 High Street, Salem. 503 362-5696. * Research and experience reported by Emma, former GIG Eugene Newsletter Editor, and our Librarian: Costco really seems to be making an effort to provide gluten free products. They have three new Kirkland products that are GF—Body Wash, Moisture Shampoo and Conditioner. I’m pleased to see these GF body/hair care products since I’ve had a hard time finding good ones. I’ve done some additional research and found several other companies that have GF products. Juice Organics said all their body/hair care products are GF except Beauty Hydrating Mist. Also MyChelle has GF products. Fructose said all of their products are GF. I use products from all 3 of these lines. I’ve found it cost effective to order body/hair care products as well as GF supplements online from Vitacost. They have a flat shipping fee of $4.99 per order. If you order everything at once, shipping isn't very expensive per item. Their prices are quite a bit cheaper than MC or someplace locally except Fructose which is a very inexpensive product that you can get locally. Emma *Living Without Magazine and e-zine http://www.livingwithout.com/ are staples in the GF arsenal. You can sign up for email access to the ezine. Featured this month’s is Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free Strawberry Ice Cream. For step-by-step instructions, follow this link: 11. Upcoming Programs Sept 9th Vicki Artman will talk about adapting and changing recipes to GF. Katz Gluten Free food sample scheduled. October 14th Kimberly Foster N.D. November 11th Debbie from Inspiration Mixes will do a pie crust demo. Her pie crust recipe is one that will not fall apart when you make your pie, and rolls out like a wheat pie crust dough.
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