coeliacinfostand

Hi Susan's Mum, Every Woolworths / Safeway shop in Australia has a large red plastic covered folder called the "Nutritional Information Folder". One copy is located in the deli. The other in the Manager's office. It is updated regularly (I think around once a week) and comes under their QA system. It lists all the products that do not arrive in the...

Jen Keep us posted! Alan

This is a great set of Slides I am burning some celiac disease-ROMs to give to doctors in my area, and also to my dentist. My dentist is very skeptical that celiac disease has anything to do with dental enamel defects. Alan

If your Doctor is not convinced about the incidence of celiac disease compared with other conditions, get him/her to have a look at: Open Original Shared Link Except one word in the last paragraph should be corrected!! For "Most" please read "Some" also, an American Site listing the tests is at: Open Original Shared Link And an Australian...

Until recently many medical schools taught that Coeliac was such ar rare disease that a doctor may only see a few cases in a lifetime. Why, armed with information, would they waste their time looking for it? Only people with the very worst symptoms would be diagnosed, and then, only after every other avenue had been exhausted. Now SOME doctors are...

[I]The point I am trying to make is this: Every 1 in 133 Americans has Celiac but the number of people that are actually diagnosed with Celiac is far different (not sure what and it was in the article I read about this blood bank study, closer to 1 in 400 maybe). So that's why awareness has to be raised because there are tons of people walking around with...

I have found different doctors require different methods of approach. Often I just approach the receptionist and ask if I can leave Coeliac Society pamphlets in their pamphlet racks. 90% of the time they give the OK. Other times they say they will have to check with the doctor, which is a golden opportunity for me to say "Can I ask him?". Once you see...

I have just read the last four posts in this forum. Makes me very happy to see coeliacs out there pushing things along instead of waiting for others to do it. Every seemingly small thing you do, does benefit the coeliac community as a whole. Talking to food outlets about gluten-free. Even talking to the medical professionals may seem to be a waste...

According to the latest ANZCRF newsletter. 1 half of all Fins with Coeliac Disease have been diagnosed. 1 in every 8 Australians with Coeliac Disease have been diagnosed 1 in every 20 Americans with Coeliac Disease have been diagnosed In Finland all the Petrol (Gas) stations have gluten free sections! I think USA is still in the very difficult stage...

There is also a PowerPoint presentation aimed at General Practicioners (Is that what you call them in the US?) at: Open Original Shared Link This presentation has been used to educate GPs (by professional Gastros) as an introduction to the GESA pamphlet: Open Original Shared Link I have turned it into a flip chart presentation (printed it in colour...

The wording and pictures from the other pamphlets I hand out is on the site: Open Original Shared Link Alan

The pamphlet I give out to doctors is the GESA one at: Open Original Shared Link Our coeliac society reprints these. I give them to doctors, and I give them to people with symptoms to give to their doctors. Alan

If you are embarking on a project like this, could you please make it work in metric units as well as the feet, inches, pounds and ounces etc. still being used in the USA! (and use killojoules instead of calories!) I find grams, litres, millimeters, meters etc a whole lot easier to calculate. Alan

I have posted on a different part of this message board ("Doctors" category), some of the methods I use to educate doctors. I continually visit many of the medical centres around here dopping off "Coeliac Society" pamphlets for their waiting rooms, occasionally put up posters on their notice boards. The rest of it yo can read at: Open Original Shared...

Thanks for your reference to an Australian Contributer. I suspect you mean "coeliacinfostand" Alan