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Executive Director of the Gluten Intolerance Group (GIG) in Walnut Creek-July 8

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The July 8th regular meeting will be from 9:30 to 11:30 AM in Multi-purpose room

#1, at the Gateway Complex in Rossmoor (1001 Golden Rain Road, Walnut Creek,

CA). For additional details, please email us at GlutenFreeWE@... or phone

Walter at 925-930-8875.

Kupper, dietitian, with expertise in celiac disease, gluten

intolerances, and the gluten-free diet. She has been an invited expert speaker

on the NIH Celiac Consensus Panel, Health Canada/FARRP testing meetings, and

before the FDA. She is a national speaker for patients, health care

professionals and the food industry. Her publications include numerous

peer-reviewed journal articles, a continuing education manual for dietitians and

patient education materials. led the team of experts who wrote the

American Dietetic Association's Recommendations for dietitians in the management

of celiac disease.

In her job as the Executive Director of the Gluten Intolerance Group (GIG) of

North America, a national nonprofit organization, she has successfully launched

three food industry-related programs: the Gluten-Free Restaurant Awareness

Program, the Gluten-Free Certification Organization, and the Gluten-Free Food

Service Accreditation. For 13 years, she has worked with large corporate

restaurant chains to provide gluten-free menu options to their patrons. With the

acquisition of a similar program, she also works with individual eateries. The

Gluten-Free Certification program provides a high quality, third party

certification program for gluten-free certification. The success of these

programs allows consumer to have a higher level of trust and confidence in

dining out and shopping for gluten-free products. The Gluten-Free Food Service

Accreditation program helps all type of food services to establish Best

Practices for gluten-free food production, through policies, procedures,

training and monitoring.

Ms. Kupper will be discussing " Meeting the Needs of Mature Persons with Gluten

Sensitivities. " This presentation will focus on the special needs of mature

persons with celiac disease or other forms of gluten intolerances, especially as

it relates to adequate nutrition and easy, low cost healthy meals. Time will

also be allotted to answer questions from the audience.

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