ABOUT HOUSTON MEMBERSHIP

We invite you to participate in the Houston Celiac Support Group by ordering the full chapter membership, which includes the New Member Packet and receiving Newsletters (4 a year mailed prior to meetings), and attending quarterly meetings (usually) in September, November, February and April. We are chapter #25 of the national support group, Celiac Sprue Association/USA, Inc.

Newsletter memberships are available as well for those interested who live outside Texas.
Subscribers to our Newsletter from out of state are required to first join CSA/USA, Inc. so that you will be fully and correctly informed about all celiac/DH issues. Acquire basic information from CSA; we give supplemental data.

NEW MEMBER PACKET
• Introduction" -- Practical guide for living with the gluten-free diet, with
     specific dietary guidelines and info re converting recipes to gluten-free
• The Special Challenges of Families with Celiac Children
• Current Knowledge of Celiac Disease: Combined Notes from various physicians
     from Gluten Intolerance Group Educational Conference 2003
• Celiac Disease: Myths and Facts
• Celiac Disease and the Gluten-Free Diet: What Every Nutrition Professional
     Needs to Know - and YOU Need to Know
• References for Gluten-Free Diet or Other Food Intolerances
• Living and Loving the Gluten-Free, Wheat-Free Lifestyle
• Basic Issues for Celiacs and DH’ers
• Label Information for Multiple Food Sensitivities
• Why?
• Effects of Small Amounts of Gluten in the Diet of Celiac Patients
• What’s My Diet - Editorial
• Gluten-Free Lifestyle for ALL Celiacs
• The Gluten-Free Diet: Steps 2 and 3
• 50 Things To Eat Right Now!
• Communion and Celiacs
• Follow-Up Treatment for Adult Celiacs & DH’ers
• Basic Menu Suggestions for the Newly-Diagnosed Celiac/DH
• Basic GF Pantry
• Hagman Flour Mixes
• Writing Effective Letters To Food Manufacturers
• Basic Recipes for New Members
• Back issues of chapter newsletter, "Houston Celiac Perspective"
• Miscellaneous handouts

EXTRA PAPERS
• Restaurant Card
• Pharmaceutical Card
• Celiac Disease is More Common Than Thought
• How to Survive Hospital Food; Hospital GF Information Sheet
• Questions to Ask In Restaurants
• Houston Restaurant Investigations • Eating Out and Traveling Tips
• Go Gluten Free – Tips for Getting More Nutrition into the Gluten-Free Diet
• Quick Fix Suggestions
• Shopping Guides:
     -Whole Foods Markets
     -Kroger’s Signature Stores, Nature’s Market corner
     -Ranch Creek Natural Food Market
• Basic Gluten-Free Recipe Collection (More recipes are disseminated in
     Handouts at each meeting.)
• Various order forms and catalogs from GF Specialty Food Vendors (as available)

CLICK HERE for printable Membership Form.

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