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Watch Alternative Appetites!
The series focuses on helping you cook meals for special dietary needs. Vanessa Maltin will show you how to make gluten-free meals, as well as other adjustments for most food allergies and intolerances.
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Nemours Children’s Celiac Center opens on 9/16/2006

Kick-off at Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children was held on September 16, 2006.

SEAL-EE-YAK Sprue Splash in San Francisco a great success!

Dr. Gary Gray of the Stanford Celiac Management Clinic joined forces with Margaret Fearey Walsh and Alice Bast to raise awareness for celiac disease as reported by the Marin Independent Journal.

A Celiac Party Comes To San Francisco!

Get ready for SEAL-EE-YAK! On 10/7, NFCA and local celiacs will have a great party and cook-off competition to raise awareness and funds for celiac disease. Join the fun!

Food Labeling Fact Sheet, November 2005

The American Celiac Disease Alliance has produced a Fact Sheet to assist consumers with the new Food Allergen Labeling and Consumers Protection Act (FALPCA).

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LPGA.com Features NFCA Athlete for Awareness Sarah-Jane Kenyon

Professional golfer Sarah-Jane Kenyon, an NFCA Athlete for Awareness from Queensland, Australia, is having a fantastic season! She is quickly climbing the LPGA ranks and sat down to talk to LPGA.com about it.

Olympic Runner Copes with Celiac

Amy Yoder-Begley meticulously packed food to bring with her to the Beijing Olympics, where she competed in the 10,000 meter run.

WHO Adopts Gluten-Free Labeling Standards

The Codex commission approved an accepted threshold for gluten in 'gluten free' products (20 ppm), in the first update to guidelines since 1983.

Gluten-Free Market Continues Major Growth

Article looks at gluten-free food market growth and projects $1.7 billion by 2010.

Nothing to Sneeze At: Sales Of Allergen-Free, Gluten-Free Foods Soar

Allergy-Free, Gluten-Free foods line store shelfs. GF market booming!

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AOL Founder Steve Case talks about celiac on CNN

CNN airs coverage of D.C.Gluten-Free Cooking Spree

CNN Newsroom Anchor Heidi Collins signs on as official spokesperson for NFCA

CNN Newsroom aired 3 stories about celiac and NFCA. Click to see the videos.

Celiac disease resources for members of the media

Our new web address:
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Information You Can Live By

To Eat or Not To Eat? That is not the question!

How do I follow a gluten free diet?

Tax Deductions for Celiacs

Howard J. Kass, CPA on Tax Deductions for celiacs as published in Celiac.com. A year after publishing this information, Mr. Kass submitted additional clarifying material to Celiac.com.

What if you suspect you have celiac disease?

Here is a guideline of steps to take.

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