Gluten Free / Dairy Free Cooking Series

This Post is for Kim Beacon of Whitehorse


If you are interested in attending her Gluten Free / Dairy Free "Food Freedom Cooking Series" starting on November 11, 2017 -- please contact her directly at:

www.yourhealthbeacon.co

or email her at 

yourhealthbeacon@gmail.com

Final Group Meeting

CCA YUKON SUPPORT GROUP

Final Meeting and GF Giveaways

Informal drop in style for Diagnosed Celiacs, Gluten Free Individuals, Diagnosed with DH (Dermatitis Herpetiformis) – (family and friends welcomed)

Sunday, October 22

Whitehorse Public Library

(lower floor community meeting room)

1:00 to 3:00 p.m.

email: CCAYukon@gmail.com

Do not hesitate to contact us with any questions or concerns.

Due to lack of volunteer staffing, this will be the last general meeting of this non-profit support group. I will continue to answer email queries and provide gluten free information (shopping, traveling, social media support group info) on the blog and support by email to diagnosed celiacs, those with DH (Dermatitis Herpetiformis) Gluten Free individuals and others throughout the Yukon. Individual support to newly diagnosed celiacs will continue to be provided.

This group which is promoted and supported by the Edmonton Chapter of the Canadian Celiac Association, is holding this FINAL meeting on Oct. 22, 2017.

Drop in for a chat and your free GF giveaways.

HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!

Kinnikinnick now offers free shipping to the Yukon on orders over $100.00

Hello Everyone . . . here is the email I just received today from the President of Kinnikinnick in Edmonton . . . I was fortunate enough to have a tour of their processing facility in Edmonton in June and I can tell you that they aim to provide GF products that are less than 5 parts per million of gluten which is well below Health Canada's standard of 20 parts per million.    I do hope you will support this industry.   Their direct link is attached here.

https://www.kinnikinnick.com/index.cfm

"Hi Barb

After considerable negotiations with Fedex and a review of our overall direct shipping program we have been able to come to an agreement on freight costs to the Yukon. 

The new program will be

                FREE SHIPPING ON ORDERS OVER $100

I hope that this helps to bring our specialty food to your members at reasonable prices.

I look forward to seeing how the program works.  Let me know if you have any questions.

Best Regards

Jerry Bigam

President "

Gluten Free / Lactose Free find as an alternative for ice cream cravings

During my Yukon travels this summer I was fortunate to come across an ice cream shop in Dawson that sold Chapmans Rainbow Sherbert . . . amazing gluten free / lactose free for those of us that require this.  

I got it at the Independent Grocer here in Whitehorse for $5 when I got back to town here.

Enjoy!

Gluten Sensitivity vs Diagnosed Celiac

From the CCA Facebook post by Sue Newell

For those of you with gluten sensitivity, please do not feel abandoned by the celiac research community. I understand it is frustrating when friends and family think you are lying and when popular media continually leaves you out of the "must eat gluten free" group.

There are a lot of top name researchers who are making real progress in identifying what is triggering these reactions. Four years the word at the International Celiac Symposium was "it is real". Two years ago, it was "we are trying really hard to find a bio-marker and we can't find it yet" and "we think there may be several types of gluten sensitivity". 

Today there is some pretty good evidence that some people may be dealing with FODMAP issues and others may be reacting to another component of wheat (amylase/trypsin inhibitors). This was in the theoretical discussion stage two years ago at the Prague conference. There is even some progress on bio-markers to allow a positive diagnosis rather than a "rule out" diagnosis.

The next conference is in September in New Delhi India and I am sure we will learn more about current research.

The CCA changed its mission to focus on "any one adversely affected by gluten" despite the concern expressed by long term members who were afraid we were going to forget about people with celiac disease. We recognize that we all face the same challenges eating safely.

CCA Yukon Support Group Comes to Faro

CCA Yukon Support Group Comes to Faro

For individuals, family and friends of diagnosed celiacs and those living gluten free – all are welcome to come by for a chat / information hand outs

and enter for a chance to win a gluten free goodness basket

Saturday May 6, 2017

Faro Public Library – 11:00 a.m. To 1:00 p.m.

May is national Celiac Awareness Month and this year we are bringing our group to your town.

Come by and say hello, have a snack, bring your questions and/or concerns, and enter in a chance for our gluten free goodie basket – draw to be made at 12:45 p.m. On Sat., May 6 at the Faro Public Library.

Contact me with any questions or concerns at: CCAYukon@gmail.com

Our satellite group is promoted and supported by the Edmonton Chapter of the Canadian Celiac Association.

We are a non-profit support group, here to provide information and support to diagnosed celiacs as well as bring awareness and information throughout our many communities here in the Yukon Territory.

3 Ingredient Flourless Peanut Butter Mug Cake

3 Ingredient Flourless Peanut Butter Mug Cake

3 tbsps of creamy peanut butter

1 tbsp + 1 tsp of white sugar

1 large egg

Directions: Whisk all ingredients into an oversized micro-wave mug, until better is smooth and egg is fully whisked in. Micro-wave for 1 minute, let cool for a few minutes before eating.