Free Community Education at Teer House

The following topics may be of interest to readers of the Gluten Free Durham Blog. Both are part of Duke's community education outreach and held at the Teer House, located at 4019 N. Roxboro Road Durham, NC 27704. The classes are free but registration is required.

Monday, September 13, 2010, 7:00-8:30: Digestive Health: Innovation Strategies for Digestive Problems, Speaker: Evangeline Lausier, MD

Tuesday, September 14, 2010, 7:00-8:30: Re-boning up on Osteoporosis, Speaker: Thomas J. Weber, MD

Tuesday, September 21, 2010, 6:30-8:00: Celiac Disease, New Diet Options. Speaker: Lesley Stanford, MS, RD, CSP

For more information or to register click here

Equipping Dietitians to Serve the Gluten Free Client

I had the opportunity today of speaking at the 77th Annual Meeting and Expo of the North Carolina Dietetic Association (NCDA). This was a 2 1/2 day event that brought 300 dietitians, students and vendors together to share products and evidence based nutrition information with one another. It was encouraging to see an enthusiastic attendance at the break out session "Navigating the Gluten Free Diet with Confidence: Equipping Dietitians to Serve the Gluten Free Client". There were dietitians present from across the state of North Carolina in variety of positions including, clinical hospital settings, school lunch, private practice, and university professors, to name a few.

I would like to say a special thank you to Rosie's Plate for sponsoring my talk at NCDA and for exhibiting information at the conference. I would also like to thank Zach, from GF Raleigh for conducting his informal poll of people's interactions with dietitians in respect to the gluten free diet. These results were shared during my talk.

I am encouraged by the interest in this area and by the availability of gluten free foods in an increasing number of settings.

Food Allergy/Gluten Free Talk at UNC Wellness Center, July 14

Just thought I would share with the gluten free North Carolina blog community that I will be speaking at the UNC Wellness Center at Meadowmont July 14, 2009 6:30-8:00.
The lecture is entitled: Food Allergies: Celiac Disease, Gluten Sensitivity, Wheat Allergies. Providing practical advise for optimizing one's health while following a gluten free diet. These lectures are provided for the members at the UNC Wellness Center and also opened to the community. The event is free but preregistration is required, click here for more information