YUKON LIBRARIES RECEIVE DONATION OF:

GLUTEN FREE INFORMATION

•  REAL LIFE WITH Celiac Disease

• Celiac Disease For Dummies

• the gluten-free bible

• Living and eating gluten free

• Dangerous Grains

• The Immune System Recovery Plan

• Gluten Freedom: The Nation's Leading Expert Offers the Essential Guide to a Healthy, Gluten-Free Lifestyle 

• Mayo Clinic Going Gluten Free: Essential Guide to Managing Celiac Disease and Related Conditions 

• The First Year: Celiac Disease and Living Gluten-Free: An Essential Guide for the Newly Diagnosed 

• Jennifer's Way: My Journey with Celiac Disease--What Doctors Don’t Tell You and How You Can Learn to Live Again

AND 

COOKBOOKS 

• All you wanted to know about G. F. Cooking
• PALEO COOKING from Elana's Pantry
• GLUTEN-FREE Cupcakes
• the GLUTEN-FREE ALMOND FLOUR cookbook
• the what to eat gluten-free & what to cook cookbook on a gluten-free diet
• THE COMPLETE FOOD ALLERGY COOKBOOK
• THE ALLERGY SELF-HELP COOKBOOK
• THE GLUTEN FREE Gourmet Cooks Fast and Healthy
• The Best-Ever Wheat-and-Gluten-Free Baking Book

This list will be updated 

(as donations to our Territory are made through our CCA Yukon Support Group)

As you check out these books for loan, feel free to send me a write up on your thoughts about the information in both the Cook Books and in the Resource Information Books.    This information will be beneficial for all members and the author is interested in hearing your feedback as well.

BOOK REVIEW -- THE IMMUNE SYSTEM RECOVERY PLAN

Book Review by one of our CCA Yukon Support Group Members for January, 2015

“THE IMMUNE SYSTEM RECOVERY PLAN”

By

Susan Blum, M.D., M.P.H.

This book focuses on the most prevalent, of at least one hundred auto-immune diseases, from a 

general perspective. It also includes a short section outlining specifics on a few, including celiac 

disease. This general approach is based on the fact that all auto-immune diseases have a lot in 

The diseases covered include, rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, multiple sclerosis, inflammatory 

bowel disease or colitis, diabetes, celiac disease, hypothyroidism and psoriasis. She describes 

“Auto-immune” and goes into some detail in lay terms, about the physiology of each of the 

diseases listed above and how they typically present.

Dr. Blum’s approach to diagnosis and treatment is referred to as “Functional Medicine”.  She 

says that “A functional medicine expert is like a medical detective gathering all the clues of your 

past (where you grew up, your family situation, traumatic events, health history, etc.) and 

present (potential toxins in your environment, social life, stress level, relationships, diet, 

workout regimen, sleep habits, symptoms, etc.). Armed with this information, a functional 

medicine expert tries to uncover how and why the body is not functioning well.”  She 

comments that many people with autoimmune conditions suffer with their symptoms because 

conventional doctors either can’t figure out what the problem is or what is causing it. And even 

where a diagnosis is made by a conventional doctor, the recommended treatment regime is 

often designed to treat the symptoms, but not necessarily the way to get at reversing the 

condition itself and bringing the immune system back into balance before irreversible damage 

The potential triggers to all auto-immune diseases from the author’s perspective, are:

 Our modern–day diets, particularly gluten

 Chronic stress and hormonal imbalance

 An imbalance of good bacteria in our guts

She recommends the following four (4) steps to healing and preventing auto-immune disease: 

 Understand the stress connection

 Heal your gut and digestive system

In each of the book sections based on the four steps outlined above, there are self-assessment 

tools for the reader to answer, analyze and based on the numerical result, determine what 

steps they should take to begin to alleviate their symptoms and reverse their disease. The first 

step in all sections is to modify one’s diet. Lists of food to avoid and those to use are provided, 

as are some recipes incorporating each of the recommended foods. For those with higher 

numbers in their self-assessments, Dr. Blum also recommends additional supports/treatment, 

specific to each of the four (4) sections.

The author also believes that even if an individual has bad genetics, this treatment regime can 

positively influence the immune system function and lower the risk of developing an auto-

immune disease. Dr. Blum makes effective use of real-life case histories, including her own, to 

demonstrate the positive impact of her prescribed treatment regime.

From my perspective, this book could provide assistance to those of us who have already been 

diagnosed with celiac disease, and are still experiencing difficulties in spite of eliminating gluten 

from our diets, or we just wish to eat healthier and prevent, in Dr. Blum’s view the 

development of further auto-immune diseases.

Vietnamese Rice-Noodle Salad

Ingredients

Original recipe makes 4 servings                     

Makes servings USMetricAdjust Recipe (Help)

• 5 cloves garlic                                                                     
• 1 cup loosely packed chopped cilantro                                                                     
• 1/2 jalapeno pepper, seeded and minced                                                                     
• 3 tablespoons white sugar                                                                     
• 1/4 cup fresh lime juice                                                                     
• 3 tablespoons vegetarian fish sauce                                                                     
• 1 (12 ounce) package dried rice noodles                                                                     

• 2 carrots, julienned                                                                     
• 1 cucumber, halved lengthwise and chopped                                                                     
• 1/4 cup chopped fresh mint                                                                     
• 4 leaves napa cabbage                                                                     
• 1/4 cup unsalted peanuts                                                                     
• 4 sprigs fresh mint                                                                             

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• PREP
  15 mins
• READY IN
  15 mins

Directions

1. Mince the garlic with the cilantro and the hot pepper. Transfer the mixture to a bowl, add the lime juice, fish sauce or salt and sugar; stir well. Let the sauce sit for 5 minutes.
2. Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add the rice noodles; boil them for 2 minutes. Drain well. Rinse the noodles with cold water until they have cooled. Let them drain again.
3. Combine the sauce, noodles, carrots, cucumber, mint and Napa cabbage in a large serving bowl. Toss well and serve the salad garnished with the peanuts and mint sprigs.