Re: Excellent Chronicle article re: cd

June 1, 2009

Thanks for the heads up. I agree it's a good read, and agree with your

points on what could have been communicated better. What I was not ready

for were all the unbelievably hostile and ignorant comments written by

readers. I posted my own comment although I am sure it will be attacked.

I guess there are lots of people out there who are not gluten

intolerant, just intolerant. Glad they're not in my life.

June 1, 2009

This is evidence that educating the doctors is working!! The high school chef

who wrote the question is from Napa, where North Bay Celiacs has presented Grand

Rounds on Celiac Disease at three of the hospitals in the last two years.

Iscol

>

> What a lovely surprise to read the Chronicle's article " Overcoming the

> hurdles of gluten intolerance, " by n Nestle, and find it to be a

> fairly comprehensive and completely accurate introduction to celiac

> disease. My only concerns include the references to those with celiac

> not being able to eat the non-specific " flour, " and " bread, pasta,

> crackers, " when, as we all know, there are many flours and gf breads,

> etc., we can eat; and that the author spoke with a school chef who for

> some reason hasn't been able to come up with a tasty gf cookie recipe,

> when, in my experience, anyway, it is easy to substitute gf flours in

> cookie recipes and the results are delicious; and the chef's inability

> to find a gf bread substitute for sandwiches, so he uses a lettuce leaf

> as a wrap, instead. Hmph, healthier maybe, but gf sandwich bread does

> exist!

>

> In any case, it is well written, well researched, and includes great

> sympathy for how hard it is to " navigate the minefields of our food

> production, labeling and institutional systems. "

>

>

> Tristan

>

June 1, 2009