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IBS and Central Seattle GIG Support Group

The Innate Health Foundation sponsors a support group meeting at the IBS Treatment Center. It is open to the public and usually held on the first Tuesday of the month from 6:30-8PM. Meet other people with IBS, food allergies, and/or gluten intolerance at these fun and educational events. Dr. Wangen attends most meetings. For more information, please call 206-264-1111. The Innate Health Foundation also sponsors a google group online for this support group. To join us online, go to http://groups.google.com/group/IBSCSSG!

The Next Meeting is on Tuesday, March 2nd

Next Meeting: Tuesday, March 2nd from 6:30 to 8 PM.

The March Meeting will feature Sue Gauen, author of Celebrating Food: 121 Gluten-Free Recipes for a Healthier You. Ms. Gauen will be preparing two gluten-free recipes from her new cookbook. Soft gluten-free yeast bread, and one other baked good are on the menu! Her book also gives options to prepare the recipes free of dairy, eggs, corn, soy, nuts, food-dyes, and shell fish. She will also talk about how to make the baking mix recipes in her book, and answer questions about cooking allergy-friendly meals and baked goods. For information on her book, please visit her website at www.celebratingfoodglutenfree.com. Her hard cover books will be available for purchase at the class for $19.99 each, and she will be happy to autograph each one. To contact Sue, please e-mail her at susan.gauen@charter.net

Location: IBS Treatment Center, 1229 Madison St. Suite 1220, Seattle, WA 98104
Phone: 206-264-1111 View driving directions

Past Meetings

The February Meeting as an open forum. After hearing from our support group attendees, we have decided to make the February meeting an open forum with special emphasis on breakfast. It was a lively discussion and many tips were shared. Thanks to all who attended and shared their best breakfast info!

Karen Robertson was our special guest in January. She talked about making easy quick make-ahead meals for your family and brought a sample gluten-free pizza crust/focacia bread. Ms. Robertson's children were diagnosed with celiac disease in 1997. She served as a board member and volunteer for the Gluten Intolerance Group, has taught gluten-free cooking classes at national conferences and at PCC Natural Markets, and is the author and publisher of Cooking Gluten-Free! See her website at CookingGlutenFree.com and she blogs at GlutenFreeFoodAndWine.blogspot.com.

Our December Meeting featured Reginald Beck, of Fearless Bread. Mr. Beck brought some gluten-free focaccia bread for us and talked about gluten-free baking methods. He teaches classes in the Federal Way area and in other parts of the Puget Sound. Check out his website for tips on making gluten free breads.

The November Meeting featured Robin Maynard-Dobbs of www.awareeating.com.
Ms. Maynard-Dobbs is a Certified Hypnotherapist, Bodyway Personal Coach, and Licensed Facilitator of Eating Awareness Training. She addressed dealing with family and friends who may not understand your need to avoid certain foods. Thanks to all who attended!

The October Meeting featured Kathy Hoffman from Ener-G Foods! She provided a great array of samples and information about this legendary Seattle-based company.

The September meeting featured David Ingalls, noted nutritionist and co-founder of Zing Bars. He spoke about gluten free nutritional counseling and about how it motivated him to develop the Zing Bars.

Tom A Malterre, MS, CN, MS Nutrition, Certified Nutritionist was ouir June 2nd guest. Tom is co-author of the Whole Life Nutrition Cookbook www.wholelifenutrition.net and author of the recipe blog-www.glutenfreewholefoods.blogspot.com. Mr. Malterre is a well known nutritionist and shared lots of great insights while making 2 excellent dishes for us. First was a quinoa dish with cilantro, red pepper, lime juice, and etc. It was excellent light fare for a warm evening. Then his masterpiece - chocolate truffles. The truffles were amazingly simple, free of most allergens containing just 4 ingredients (no sugar!!). They tasted fantastic. You can listen to an audio recording of the conference call using the link below. This is a big file (over an hour) suitable for Ipod or any MP3 player.

Beverly Kindblade MS RD CD spoke to our May meeting. Her primary topic was nutritional deficiencies, inflammation, and the best foods to meet your needs. Beve is a nutirionist with many years of both university-level teaching and private practice experience. Ms. Kindblade can be found on the web at http://www.seattlenutrition.com/. You can listen to an audio recording of the conference call using the link below. This is a big file (over an hour) suitable for Ipod or any MP3 player.

The April meeting featured Julie Starkel, MS, MBA, RD as our special guest. She spoke about how she helps people make practical choices, find alternatives, and otherwise do the nitty gritty things they need to do to change their diet. In her practice she focuses on IBS and digestion issues as well as autoimmune disorders, food allergies, weight issues, and sports nutrition. As a partner in Greenlake Nutrition Ms. Starkel helps people make the real changes they need to reach their goals.

The folllowing are MP3 format recordings of the support group meeting conference calls. These recordings may be played on an Ipod or on your computer's media player, e.g. Windows Media Player, etc.

June 2009 Support Group Meeting Conference Call Recording - Tom Malterre, Speaker

May 2009 Support Group Meeting Conference Call Recording - Beve Kindblade, Speaker