Gluten Free & Happy
Thursday January 26th, 6-7:30pm
Firstenburg Community Center, Vancouver
Cost: $38.00
Register: 360-487-7001
Taught by: Chef Sophie
650-464-8066
www.kindcooking.com
E-mail: Sophie@kindcooking.com
"Chef Sophie, was the founding chef of the Vegetarian House
in San Jose, California. She teaches how to easily transition
to a plant based & animal free diet, and in the process,
improve overall health, eliminate common allergies, boost your
immune system, and make fruit and vegetables a tasty addition to your
diet, not a punishment!"
Saturday, January 7, 2012
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Gluten Free Online Radio
"The experts are in. Hear interviews with top Gluten free
and Celiac experts! Online. Anytime. Free.
Listen to experts like
Cynthia Kupper, RD
Dr. Rodney Ford
Nadine Grzeskowiak, RN
Cheryl Harris, RD
Dr. Tom O'Bryan
Dr. Peter Osborne
Shelly Stuart, RN
Tricia Thompson, MS, RD
Dr. Stephen Wangen"
www.glutenfreeonlineradio.com
-Gluten-Free Living, Number 2/2011
and Celiac experts! Online. Anytime. Free.
Listen to experts like
Cynthia Kupper, RD
Dr. Rodney Ford
Nadine Grzeskowiak, RN
Cheryl Harris, RD
Dr. Tom O'Bryan
Dr. Peter Osborne
Shelly Stuart, RN
Tricia Thompson, MS, RD
Dr. Stephen Wangen"
www.glutenfreeonlineradio.com
-Gluten-Free Living, Number 2/2011
Saliva Tests Might Be As Effective as Blood Tests for Diagnosing CD
"A group of Italian researchers from the University of Rome
performed the first mass screening of schoolchildren for celiac
disease with a salivary tissue transglutaminase (tTG) antibody
test and compared those results with conventional tTG testing
using blood samples. Of the more than 4,000 children screened,
32 were found to have positive salivary tTG response. Of these
32, all but one tested positive with the standard blood tTG
antibody test. Intestinal biopsies were recommended for all 31
antibody positive patients, but parents gave consent to only
26 of the children. All 26 were found to have a positive biopsy
result, for a prevalence rate of 1.16% in the study population."
"Since collection of a saliva sample is non-invasive and relatively
easy to do, a highly sensitive and inexpensive test using saliva
would be an important step toward getting more people tested. The
need for better screening to identify those who have celiac disease
is generally accepted. But it has been difficult to find a cost-
effective method of reliable screening for large numbers of people.
In this study, the researchers have shown that the salivary test
correlates well with the standard blood test, and may be particularly
useful for mass screenings of schoolchildren."
-Gluten-Free Living, Number 1/2011
performed the first mass screening of schoolchildren for celiac
disease with a salivary tissue transglutaminase (tTG) antibody
test and compared those results with conventional tTG testing
using blood samples. Of the more than 4,000 children screened,
32 were found to have positive salivary tTG response. Of these
32, all but one tested positive with the standard blood tTG
antibody test. Intestinal biopsies were recommended for all 31
antibody positive patients, but parents gave consent to only
26 of the children. All 26 were found to have a positive biopsy
result, for a prevalence rate of 1.16% in the study population."
"Since collection of a saliva sample is non-invasive and relatively
easy to do, a highly sensitive and inexpensive test using saliva
would be an important step toward getting more people tested. The
need for better screening to identify those who have celiac disease
is generally accepted. But it has been difficult to find a cost-
effective method of reliable screening for large numbers of people.
In this study, the researchers have shown that the salivary test
correlates well with the standard blood test, and may be particularly
useful for mass screenings of schoolchildren."
-Gluten-Free Living, Number 1/2011
8 Tips if You Are New To GF Eating Out
"If possible, do some research before you eat out. There are lists
of restaurants that cater to GF customers on the Internet. Many
restaurants put their menus on their websites."
Choose a restaurant with a GF menu when you can. You'll get more
choices and a better chance for a safe meal.
Start with the basics. Tell your server you can't have anything that
contains wheat, barley, rye or most oats. Also mention flour, bread
crumbs, croutons, soy sauce and malt.
If your server does not seem to understand, ask to speak with the
manager or chef. You might be amazed at how accommodating chefs can be.
You can usually find something GF on a menu and options are growing.
If nothing seems appealing, plain grilled chicken, a baked potato, and
a salad without croutons are always good choices.
Be specific. Explain that your chicken needs to be cooked in a clean
pan or section of the grill. Point out that croutons can't be picked
off a premade salad.
The risk of cross-contamination is ever present. Always tell the server
about your diet needs.
After ordering, relax and enjoy your meal. If all goes well, you'll
have a place you can return to. And tipping well doesn't hurt!"
-Gluten-Free Living, Number 1/2011
of restaurants that cater to GF customers on the Internet. Many
restaurants put their menus on their websites."
Choose a restaurant with a GF menu when you can. You'll get more
choices and a better chance for a safe meal.
Start with the basics. Tell your server you can't have anything that
contains wheat, barley, rye or most oats. Also mention flour, bread
crumbs, croutons, soy sauce and malt.
If your server does not seem to understand, ask to speak with the
manager or chef. You might be amazed at how accommodating chefs can be.
You can usually find something GF on a menu and options are growing.
If nothing seems appealing, plain grilled chicken, a baked potato, and
a salad without croutons are always good choices.
Be specific. Explain that your chicken needs to be cooked in a clean
pan or section of the grill. Point out that croutons can't be picked
off a premade salad.
The risk of cross-contamination is ever present. Always tell the server
about your diet needs.
After ordering, relax and enjoy your meal. If all goes well, you'll
have a place you can return to. And tipping well doesn't hurt!"
-Gluten-Free Living, Number 1/2011
Gluten-Free Cookbooks
Carol Fenster has written some really good cookbooks:
"100 Best Gluten-Free Recipes"
"1,000 Gluten-Free Recipes"
"Gluten-Free 101: Easy, Basic Dishes without Wheat"
"Gluten-Free Quick & Easy"
"Cooking Free: No gluten Dairy or Eggs"
-Gluten-Free Living, Number 1/2011
"100 Best Gluten-Free Recipes"
"1,000 Gluten-Free Recipes"
"Gluten-Free 101: Easy, Basic Dishes without Wheat"
"Gluten-Free Quick & Easy"
"Cooking Free: No gluten Dairy or Eggs"
-Gluten-Free Living, Number 1/2011
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Glutino
It's Genius!
"Genius by Glutino breads are such a gobsmackingly delicious leap forward in the world of gluten free bread, gluten free life will never be the same. Soft and light, full size and perfect for sandwiches – Genius® by Glutino is a fresh approach to gluten free. Join us on Facebook!"
-Delicious Living Magazine
"Genius by Glutino breads are such a gobsmackingly delicious leap forward in the world of gluten free bread, gluten free life will never be the same. Soft and light, full size and perfect for sandwiches – Genius® by Glutino is a fresh approach to gluten free. Join us on Facebook!"
-Delicious Living Magazine
Slimming Soup 2012
A personalized Fat Flush to target your stubborn fat stores.
A “new and improved” Fat Flush Soup is back— right in time for the 2012 weight loss season! The mouth-watering recipe— with four delicious variations— is featured in the January 23, 2012 First for Women magazine. The soup and the research behind it is the cover story for the new year, with stunning before and after pictures of Fat Flushers Cindy Davis and daughter Nikole Howell who lost a combined 105 pounds on fat flushing foods and healing soups!
The revamped recipe contains hearty and warming veggies, beans, and lean protein with spices like cumin, cayenne, cilantro and fresh garlic to seriously boost flavor appeal and enhance cleansing power. Really perfect for January weather.
Many of you will remember the original recipe – which initially debuted as The Fat Flush Soup in another popular woman’s magazine. While it is still a wonderful meal in a bowl – with even more colorful and antioxidant rich vegetables like tri-colored peppers and rich yellow squash – the new basic slimming soup recipe was tweaked and tested in our Fat Flush kitchen to obtain a more consistent yield and a vegetarian option.
The basic recipe still calls for lean ground protein like beef, turkey, or chicken. (Of course the protein you consume must be healthy – organic if possible – and not pumped up with hormones or antibiotics.) Critical to both phases of liver detox, this star performer is equated with beauty since our skin, hair, and nails are 98% protein. Protein helps make the powerhouse antioxidant glutathione; creates vital enzyme to zap toxins, and maintains energy levels. Protein is essential for weight loss because it can produce the pancreatic hormone known as glucagon which accesses stored body fat for energy. And since the body can’t store protein, it is so very essential that we get the right amount daily (at least 20 grams per meal) – which is what the soup provides! Having low protein levels increases our desire for carbs (like sugar) which contribute to a rise in insulin – the fat promoting hormone.
The filling, high fiber beans – either pinto, garbanzo, or black – contain anywhere from about 10-20 grams of fiber per serving which will help regulate blood sugar and sweep toxins out of the system by fulfilling the 35 fiber grams per day dietary recommendation.
But the basic soup recipe goes on to the next level by individualizing weight loss and recommending very special ingredient “add-ins” that address the top four weight gain triggers most commonly experienced by frustrated dieters: a sluggish thyroid, burned out adrenals, a toxic liver, and yeast overload.
While I can’t “scoop the soup” recipe, since the magazine is still on the stands, I can tell you more about these diet types which are characterized by the four “hidden” weight gain factors and what you can do to assure complete weight loss success while you sip your soup:
1) The Thyroid Type. If you are depressed, tired, and blue, the thyroid-revving soup may be the ideal recipe to kick off weight loss for the new year. It contains a special iodine-containing ingredient designed to rev up this tired metabolic driver which can become depleted due to fluoride and chlorine in the water supply. The thyroid gland is the key to metabolism and may be the underlying cause behind low libido, constipation, thinning hair, cold extremities, and bone dry skin. If you are taking traditional blood tests, note that the TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone) must be less than 3.5 to be considered “normal” by the American College of Endocrinology. To support the thyroid gland without taking hormones, Thytrophin from Standard Process has been used for over fifty years. Three tablets equate to 1 grain of Armour Thyroid which many individuals cannot tolerate due to an allergic response to the proteins in this desiccated thyroid product. To successfully convert into the active thyroid hormone (T4 to T3), the body needs sufficient iodine, zinc, selenium, and progesterone.
2) The Adrenal Type. Anxiety, dark circles under the eyes, dizziness upon standing, low blood pressure and difficulty either falling or staying asleep are keynotes of this type. The adrenal-healing soup is a good entrée (pun intended) into the world of adrenal balancing. My favorite supplement for underactive adrenals is the Adrenal Formula – which I personally have taken for years to rebuild and support optimal function at 7 am, 11 am, and 3 pm. It contains both the adrenal cortex and medulla for optimum strengthening. Sufficient potassium (in squash, tomatoes, berries, and cherries) is also a “must” for balancing cortisol – the hormone that the adrenals secrete when under stress which is the notorious belly fat promoter.
3) The Liver Type. If you are environmentally sensitive and regularly consume over the counter meds like acetaminophen then your liver may need some TLC. The liver is the body’s main filter for toxic wastes. Keeping it clean and well nourished is as important as taking a daily multiple. That’s why I created the liver-nourishing soup and formulated Liver Lovin’ Formula – with its purifying chlorophyll and daily dose of 500 mg. of taurine, the most important amino acid needed by the liver for the elimination of toxic chemicals and removal of drugs and their metabolites. It is a key ingredient of the bile acids produced by the liver which detoxify environmental contaminants.
4) The Yeast Type – Brain fog, sugar cravings, sinus problems and rashes are all too common symptoms of the fungus among us. To nix yeast, savor the yeast-killing soup and supplement once a day with the homeopathic Y-C Cleanse which neutralizes the yeast based upon the homeopathic law of similars. I also recommend one Moly-Cu tablet which contains 100 mg of the mineral molybdenum, one of the most helpful nutritional weapons we have to rid the body of aldehydes, the noxious byproduct of Candida that clouds the mind and muddles our thinking.
If you are ready for a fresh start, but not sure how to begin, then my specialty soups and tailored supplements may be just what you need. It’s so easy because the soup can be stored in the fridge for up to 5 days or frozen ahead.
Soup’s on— again— at my house. How about yours?
-Edge On Health, Dr. Ann Louise Gittleman
A “new and improved” Fat Flush Soup is back— right in time for the 2012 weight loss season! The mouth-watering recipe— with four delicious variations— is featured in the January 23, 2012 First for Women magazine. The soup and the research behind it is the cover story for the new year, with stunning before and after pictures of Fat Flushers Cindy Davis and daughter Nikole Howell who lost a combined 105 pounds on fat flushing foods and healing soups!
The revamped recipe contains hearty and warming veggies, beans, and lean protein with spices like cumin, cayenne, cilantro and fresh garlic to seriously boost flavor appeal and enhance cleansing power. Really perfect for January weather.
Many of you will remember the original recipe – which initially debuted as The Fat Flush Soup in another popular woman’s magazine. While it is still a wonderful meal in a bowl – with even more colorful and antioxidant rich vegetables like tri-colored peppers and rich yellow squash – the new basic slimming soup recipe was tweaked and tested in our Fat Flush kitchen to obtain a more consistent yield and a vegetarian option.
The basic recipe still calls for lean ground protein like beef, turkey, or chicken. (Of course the protein you consume must be healthy – organic if possible – and not pumped up with hormones or antibiotics.) Critical to both phases of liver detox, this star performer is equated with beauty since our skin, hair, and nails are 98% protein. Protein helps make the powerhouse antioxidant glutathione; creates vital enzyme to zap toxins, and maintains energy levels. Protein is essential for weight loss because it can produce the pancreatic hormone known as glucagon which accesses stored body fat for energy. And since the body can’t store protein, it is so very essential that we get the right amount daily (at least 20 grams per meal) – which is what the soup provides! Having low protein levels increases our desire for carbs (like sugar) which contribute to a rise in insulin – the fat promoting hormone.
The filling, high fiber beans – either pinto, garbanzo, or black – contain anywhere from about 10-20 grams of fiber per serving which will help regulate blood sugar and sweep toxins out of the system by fulfilling the 35 fiber grams per day dietary recommendation.
But the basic soup recipe goes on to the next level by individualizing weight loss and recommending very special ingredient “add-ins” that address the top four weight gain triggers most commonly experienced by frustrated dieters: a sluggish thyroid, burned out adrenals, a toxic liver, and yeast overload.
While I can’t “scoop the soup” recipe, since the magazine is still on the stands, I can tell you more about these diet types which are characterized by the four “hidden” weight gain factors and what you can do to assure complete weight loss success while you sip your soup:
1) The Thyroid Type. If you are depressed, tired, and blue, the thyroid-revving soup may be the ideal recipe to kick off weight loss for the new year. It contains a special iodine-containing ingredient designed to rev up this tired metabolic driver which can become depleted due to fluoride and chlorine in the water supply. The thyroid gland is the key to metabolism and may be the underlying cause behind low libido, constipation, thinning hair, cold extremities, and bone dry skin. If you are taking traditional blood tests, note that the TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone) must be less than 3.5 to be considered “normal” by the American College of Endocrinology. To support the thyroid gland without taking hormones, Thytrophin from Standard Process has been used for over fifty years. Three tablets equate to 1 grain of Armour Thyroid which many individuals cannot tolerate due to an allergic response to the proteins in this desiccated thyroid product. To successfully convert into the active thyroid hormone (T4 to T3), the body needs sufficient iodine, zinc, selenium, and progesterone.
2) The Adrenal Type. Anxiety, dark circles under the eyes, dizziness upon standing, low blood pressure and difficulty either falling or staying asleep are keynotes of this type. The adrenal-healing soup is a good entrée (pun intended) into the world of adrenal balancing. My favorite supplement for underactive adrenals is the Adrenal Formula – which I personally have taken for years to rebuild and support optimal function at 7 am, 11 am, and 3 pm. It contains both the adrenal cortex and medulla for optimum strengthening. Sufficient potassium (in squash, tomatoes, berries, and cherries) is also a “must” for balancing cortisol – the hormone that the adrenals secrete when under stress which is the notorious belly fat promoter.
3) The Liver Type. If you are environmentally sensitive and regularly consume over the counter meds like acetaminophen then your liver may need some TLC. The liver is the body’s main filter for toxic wastes. Keeping it clean and well nourished is as important as taking a daily multiple. That’s why I created the liver-nourishing soup and formulated Liver Lovin’ Formula – with its purifying chlorophyll and daily dose of 500 mg. of taurine, the most important amino acid needed by the liver for the elimination of toxic chemicals and removal of drugs and their metabolites. It is a key ingredient of the bile acids produced by the liver which detoxify environmental contaminants.
4) The Yeast Type – Brain fog, sugar cravings, sinus problems and rashes are all too common symptoms of the fungus among us. To nix yeast, savor the yeast-killing soup and supplement once a day with the homeopathic Y-C Cleanse which neutralizes the yeast based upon the homeopathic law of similars. I also recommend one Moly-Cu tablet which contains 100 mg of the mineral molybdenum, one of the most helpful nutritional weapons we have to rid the body of aldehydes, the noxious byproduct of Candida that clouds the mind and muddles our thinking.
If you are ready for a fresh start, but not sure how to begin, then my specialty soups and tailored supplements may be just what you need. It’s so easy because the soup can be stored in the fridge for up to 5 days or frozen ahead.
Soup’s on— again— at my house. How about yours?
-Edge On Health, Dr. Ann Louise Gittleman
