Category: The Celiac Project

Happy Celiac Awareness Month to everyone! Mike and Cam take a look at the current state of celiac awareness in the community and abroad. In addition, they talk about their personal approaches to spreading awareness in their own lives.

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Just one year ago, Mike and Cam met fellow celiac advocate, Katie Jones, and heard her harrowing story about living with brittle bone disease and how her dog, Piper, helped her heal from that. Katie updates us on her latest challenges of being diagnosed with MALS and POTS. Find out how she’s turned her latest road blocks into ways to inspire and support others!

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Mike and Cam dive into Casey the College Celiac’s post, 13 “Harmless” Comments that Actually Hurt People with Celiac Disease. What follows is a spirited and entertaining discussion of these sometimes outrageous comments.

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This week the guys go deep into an interesting post by Janaki Jitchotvisut entitled ” 9 Myths about Celiac Disease…” published on the website “Insider”. You will hear which of the “myths” Mike and Cam strongly agree with and which they think need slightly more clarification. Next week in part 2 of this series, they talk about the post, 13 “Harmless” Comments that Actually Hurt People with Celiac Disease, by Casey the College Celiac.

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Mike and Cam are excited to be joined again by gluten free travel expert and blogger, Erin Smith. Erin talks about the steps that went into planning her completely gluten free wedding. In addition, Erin, Mike and Cam share their best tips for staying gluten free at these types of events.

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Mike and Cam discuss Willem Karel Dicke, a pioneer in understanding that the gluten free diet is the key to treating celiac disease.  In an article titled, “How Famine Under the Nazis Revealed the Cause of Celiac Disease,” we see for the first time, how this great doctor used the tragic situation of the famine in the Netherlands to begin to really understand CD. We also compare Dicke’s work to that of Dr. Sidney Haas who popularized the “banana diet” to treat celiac disease starting in the 1920s, and how that might ultimately still be holding the U.S. back.

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Cam gives an update on the latest developments with his dog Lacy’s gluten detection training. We find out what the biggest challenges to date have been and give more tips to listeners who are considering going down this road as well.

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Mike and Cam do a tequila blind tasting with 5 different tequilas and Mike tries to stump Cam with tequila trivia. They also talk about some fascinating and surprising facts about this fabulous gluten free spirit! Play along with the boys and tell us which ones are your favorites.

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Mike and Cam are excited to welcome Josh Schieffer to the podcast. In 2010 Josh, along with his wife Jayme, founded the Gluten Free Awards, an industry awards program designed to connect those with Celiac Disease to the best products and services. He has published several bestselling books and continues to be a Celiac advocate. We talk to Josh about how he got started with the awards and Buyers Guide and some of the challenges that they have faced to make sure that they bring our community the best information possible.

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Mike and Cam discuss a number of recent labeling issues and blunders, including a couple of product recalls in the U.S. and abroad. Gluten free labeling seems to be improving overall, but there is still work to be done. Thanks to Gluten free Watchdog (@GFWathchdog) for bringing these issues to the forefront. Also, Cam’s dog, Lacy, makes an interesting discovery during her gluten detection training.

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