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National Celiac Association San Diego is a proud chapter of the 
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National Celiac Association.
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Our support group plans educational events throughout San Diego for adults and children with celiac disease or gluten related disorders. All of our events are open to the public. ​

​FREE Online Gluten-Free Expo May 14 & 15

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Join us May 14 & 15 and discover NEW products and great discounts, enter giveaways, earn points and win prizes, take classes & MORE!

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​​Upcoming Webinar: 
​Thursday, May 19, 2022
 at 10 am PST.
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​Join the National Celiac Association (NCA) and the Harvard Medical School Celiac Research Program for Elite and Everyday Athletes with Celiac Disease: Eating for Fitness at All Ages, the fourth webinar in our Spring 2022 "All Things Celiac" series. Speakers will present on selected topics for 60 minutes, followed by 15 minutes for Q&A, on Thursday, May 19, 2022, from 1- 2:15 pm ET.

Whether you’re an elite athlete, a weekend competitor, or you enjoy an evening stroll, leading an active healthy life is important for everyone, including those with celiac disease. Join board-certified sports dietitian Mary Ellen Kelly, MS, RD, CSSD, LDN, and Tara McCarthy, MS, RDN, LD, Clinical Nutrition Supervisor at the Celiac Disease Program at Boston Children’s Hospital, as they talk about fueling our bodies throughout the day and eating the right foods to sustain us through physical activity. Concerning signs of celiac disease in pediatric patients, such as repeat injuries, fractures, and low bone density, will be addressed. Caroline Johnson, a Division 1 distance runner at Lafayette University living with celiac disease, will share her experience managing the gluten-free diet while competing at the college level.

Lee Graham, executive director of the NCA, will introduce the webinar, and Samuel A. Frank, MD, a neurologist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Associate Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School, will moderate the session. A Q&A session will follow the presentations; please submit general questions when you register or during the webinar on the Zoom platform.

Webinar registration is open to all. Continuing Education Units (CEUs): This course (220323-RSS) is approved by the Boston Children’s Hospital’s Continuing Education Department for 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits ™ for physicians, 1.25 contact hours for nurses, 1.25 ACE CE continuing education credits for social workers, and 1.25 CEUs for Registered Dietitians. Instructions on how to access CEU certificates will be emailed to webinar attendees following the event.
Closed captioning will be available for this webinar.

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Save money during Celiac Awareness Month

May is celiac awareness month. We recognize how expensive the gluten-free diet can be, and we are pleased to offer you coupons and discounts on popular GF products. Visit nationalceliac.org/save to sign up for these great offers!
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When you click on "here" below, you will be able to watch all the archived webinars that NCA and Harvard Medical School have presented during 2021 - 2022.

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​All webinars are 75 minutes long

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Archived webinars are available HERE
 

 Virtual NCA San Diego Support Group Meeting with Expert Celiac Dietitian, Melinda Dennis - Watch Now!

Melinda Dennis - A Gluten-Free Makeover Nutrition Assesment from GlutenFreeSanDiego.org on Vimeo.

Melinda Dennis, MS, RDN, LD, is the Nutrition Coordinator for the Celiac Center at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Diagnosed with celiac disease 30 years ago, Ms. Dennis specializes in the nutritional treatment of patients with gluten-related disorders.  She lectures nationally and is Program Director of the nutrition and medical website: CeliacNow.org. Melinda served on the Executive Council of the Society for the Study of Celiac Disease (SSCD) and is currently a taskforce member of the SSCD’s Patient Resources and Literature Committee and of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetic’s practice group, Dietitians in Medical Nutrition Therapy. She is co-author of the book Real Life with Celiac Disease, published by the AGA. She is Founder, former Chair, and current Senior Nutrition Advisor to the National Celiac Association and serves on the Executive Committees of the Celiac Research Program at Harvard Medical School and of Foodicine Health. Through her consulting business, Delete the Wheat, LLC., she offers educational webinars,  gluten-free wellness retreats, and consulting assistance to food and pharmaceutical companies.

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Upon receiving an increase in requests for GF food assistance and uncovering an extreme lack of gluten-free (GF) food in many food pantries across the US, NCA launched Feeding Gluten-Free. The goal of this initiative is to connect GF food companies to food pantries across the US. Click here to see some of the GF food NCA has helped distribute to area food pantries so far.  
​This is a massive undertaking, and NCA can’t succeed without YOUR help. Together, let's move the needle to provide much needed GF food for our struggling celiac community. Please consider a generous donation so together we can deliver GF food to those who need it the most.  If you are able to contribute financially to this effort, please visit https://nationalceliac.org/giving-gluten-free/.If you are a manufacturer and can donate food, please contact Carla Carter at carla@nationalceliac.org. Thank you!

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