Gluten Free Winston-Salem: High Point Gluten Free Support Group Workshop

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

High Point Gluten Free Support Group Workshop

Presents

Diagnosis to Treatment: Eating Gluten Free

Date: Saturday, November 20, 2010

Place: High Point Country Club

Time: 11:00 AM vendor displays, optional

12:00 Gluten Free Meal

1:00 Presentation by Speaker

2:00-3:00 PM vendor displays, optional

Fee for attendance includes meal: $21.00 per person

Gluten Free Chicken Entrée

Choice of

Fancy Sweet Potatoes or Herbed Corn

Green Beans or Special Squash Medley

Grateful Bread Specialty Bread

Assorted Gluten Free Desserts

Beverage Choices

Registration Form with check needs to be received before 11/13/2010 to be eligible to attend the workshop!!

REGISTRATION FORM

Name:_______________________________

Address:_____________________________

Phone:_______________________________

Email:_______________________________

Address check to Gluten Free Support Group of High Point or GFSGHP

Mail to : Joel Rosenquist

2464 Motsinger Farm Lane

Kernersville, NC 27284

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1 out of every 133 Americans (about 3 million people) has CD.
97% of Americans estimated to have CD are not diagnosed.
CD has over 300 known symptoms although some people experience none.
Age of diagnosis is key: If you are diagnosed between age 2-4, your chance of getting an additional autoimmune disorder is 10.5%. Over the age of 20, that rockets up to 34%.
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There are 15 states in the US with populations less than the total number of Celiacs in the US.
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500,000 new Celiac diagnoses are expected to occur in the US by 2012 -- thanks to efforts to raise public awareness of the disease.
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It takes an average of 11 years for patients to be properly diagnosed with CD even though a simple blood test exists.
The average cost of misdiagnosis is $5,000 - $12,000 per person per year. Improving the time to diagnosis could save the health care system millions of dollars annually in unnecessary medical care.
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