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There is strength in numbers. Your tax-deductible membership fee or donation works to create public awareness, make the gluten free lifestyle more liveable, and ultimately, helps to find a cure. It strengthens our local group and supports the national Celiac Disease Foundation. Membership in GFL is only $35 per year. To join or donate, please make your check payable to Celiac Disease Foundation, and mail to:

Gluten Free Lexington
P.O. Box 2251
Lexington, KY 40588

 

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If you are not a member, but would like to be added to our distribution list in order to receive occasional email notices of important news and events, click here. Your contact information will not be shared or sold to anyone. Please adjust your spam filter(s) to accept email from our address: info@glutenfreelex.org.

 

 

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Click the calendar book for details of upcoming meetings and events. You'll also find quick summaries of recent happenings.

 
 

 

 
 

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CD on TV

Need a quick video summary of Celiac Disease? On March 14, Dr Peter Green, Director of Columbia University's Celiac Disease Center, appeared on The View, an ABC-TV talk show, with hosts Barbara Walters, Rosie O'Donnell, Joy Behar and Elisabeth Hasselbeck! Click here to view.
 
Come Join Us!

Gluten Free Lexington (GFL) is the central Kentucky chapter of the national Celiac Disease Foundation. But you don't have to have celiac disease to join us. Gluten intolerance is at least ten times more prevalent than celiac disease, and wheat (one of the top eight food allergens) is completely eliminated on a gluten free diet. So we welcome any and all who can benefit from the resources and fellowship we offer. For an introduction to our group, click here. Or, just join us at our next meeting!

 

4th of July Winners Announced

 

At our public awareness booth in Lexington's downtown 4th of July festivities, drawings were held for the following prizes. Congratulations to the winners, and thanks to Carino's Italian Grill for their sponsorship!

Meredith Nathaniel    $50 Carino's gift certificate
Shawn Rogers          $50 Carino's gift certificate
Linda Voskuhl           $35 Gluten Free Lexington gift bag
Barbara Schwenk      $35 Gluten Free Lexington gift bag

 

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In The News

 

Proposed Medication May Allow
Celiacs To Ingest Gluten

Local Clinical Trials Now Accepting Enrollees

Gluten Free Lexington's medical advisor, Dr. Razvan Arsenescu, is a board-certified doctor of internal medicine and gastroenterology, and an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Kentucky. Dr. Arsenescu is acting as Principal Investigator for a clinical research trial being conducted at the University of Kentucky, to test the safety and effectiveness of a new investigational medication which may enable celiac sufferers to tolerate gluten in their diets. The trial is being conducted by Alba Therapeutics (Protocol #CLIN 1001-006), and eligible celiac patients are now being invited to enroll in the study.

Eligibility criteria include:

  • Male or female between 18-65 years old
  • History of celiac disease, diagnosed by intestinal biopsy
  • Subject must have been on a gluten free diet for at least 6 months
  • Willingness to stop PPIs (e.g. Nexium) and NSAIDs (e.g. Advil, Aleve)
  • Negative tTG serum test

For further information, please contact: Jeri Reynolds, RN, at (859) 323-6423. (posted 10/14/07)

 

 
The Search For a Cure Heats Up

Alba Strikes $35M drug development deal with pharmaceutical giant Shire.

 

Whole Foods Market Replaces Wild Oats

Although the sign out front may be the last thing to change, the new gluten free product lines are already on the shelves at Lexington's first Whole Foods Market, in Lexington Green. Be sure to give management your feedback on product changes and prices. For example, the Whole Foods line of Gluten Free Bake House goods may literally be the greatest thing since sliced bread, but some have noticed the removal of certain other brand name items from the new store's gluten free line-up. Although the changes seem to be more positive than negative -and we certainly welcome them to our community - please help Whole Foods to help you: let them know what you think!

 

Stem Cell Transplant Corrects Patient's Celiac Disease

A 12 year old girl who received a bone marrow transplant saw her celiac disease resolve, and was able to eat a full diet including wheat, rye and barley. Learn more
 

 

All information on this web site Copyright © 2008 by Gluten Free Lexington. All rights reserved. This web site is intended to provide basic information about gluten-related disorders, and the gluten free diet. Gluten-related disorders include gluten intolerance, Celiac Disease/Dermatitis Herpetiformis, and wheat allergies. The information contained herein is not intended to provide, nor does it constitute, medical advice. Dietary changes based on information on this web site should not be initiated without first consulting a physician. Celiac (or coeliac) disease is also commonly referred to as celiac sprue, or non-tropical sprue. It should not be confused with gluten intolerance or wheat allergy, which are separate medical conditions.

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