About

I’m Michael Frolichstein, and I created The Celiac Project in 2014 while making my documentary of the same name. My vision was to use my filmmaking background to help raise awareness about celiac disease after suffering for many years and finally being diagnosed with it at age 40.

The mission of The Celiac Project, the film and podcast, is to help people who are coping with the life changing diagnosis of having to live gluten free to feel empowered moving forward, and live a safe and fulfilling life. My efforts to advance the conversation about what we can do individually and as a society to support the gluten intolerant community has been an inspiring journey that I am grateful for every day.

After the release of the film, I felt strongly about continuing to harness the power of people with either celiac disease or gluten intolerance locally and globally by creating The Celiac Project Podcast with my friend and fellow celiac, Cam Weiner, in 2016. We have poured our hearts out, poured drinks (literally), and interviewed guests too numerous to list! We have even created our #TCPInnerCircle, building a private online community of supporters, enabling us to all share our experiences in a more intimate way, including private hangouts. You can learn more about this by watching our Patreon video.

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The Celiac Project has great things in store for 2020 so stay tuned….

Michael