A Canadian Celiac Podcast

A Conversation with Cinde Little On this episode I speak with Cinde Little, a guest I recently spoke with on the podcast regarding her virtual baking classes.  Cinde has released a comprehensive course for those new to gluten free, as well as those who are continuing to struggle with the gluten free lifestyle.  In Cinde's words –   "This is an introduction to my course called HEALTHY ME, a guide t...

I look forward to chatting with Ellen Bayens of www.theceliacscene.com at the beginning of every month to get caught up on celiac and gluten free news that has come to light over the past few weeks.  On this episode, Ellen and I speak about a press release from the UK regarding the price increase of rice flour and how it might affect gluten free food producers.  Ellen also tells us a diagnosis sto...

I spoke with Lisa Rigney on Episode 180 of the podcast about what happens when a child gets diagnosed.  Realizing it actually becomes a diagnosis for the entire family, I asked Lisa back to talk about some of the resources she found and used after her daughter was diagnosed.  Recently, Lisa wrote an article for the newsletter of the Edmonton Chapter of the Canadian Celiac Association listing the r...

It's always special when I have a returning guest to the podcast.  I last spoke in person to Jerry Bigam during the "State of Celiac Symposium" organized by the Canadian Celiac Association in Toronto more than two years ago.  So much has happened since.  I was curious as to how our trusted gluten free businesses faired during the complete upheaval of the past 18 months.  Turns out Kinnikinnick was...

On this episode I speak with food blogger and recipe developer Cinde Little, also known as The Everyday Gluten Free Gourmet.  Over the past year, Cinde has pivoted her in-person baking and cooking classed to online classes, and this is where I spent an enjoyable evening this past week.  This may not seem like a big deal, but Cinde has worked to achieve a high quality of audio, video, timing and st...

On this episode I speak with Lisa Rigney of the Edmonton Chapter of the Canadian Celiac Association about her family's experience of having a child diagnosed with celiac disease.  Lisa takes us through what happened, and more importantly, how the family coped.  We all understand a serious diagnosis is overwhelming, but I think by sharing our experiences, it lets us all realize that we can only do...

On this episode I speak with Ellen Bayens of theceliacscene.com to discuss the many topics and articles she brought to our attention over the past month.  To begin the conversation, I invited Tamir Barzilai from the company honeycomb.ai.  Tamir's company is developing an app which will allow you to set a profile with your dietary restrictions, and give you specific meal suggestions at restaurants...

A Conversation with Desiree Nielsen and Ellen Bayens A plant-based diet has many formats and can go by many names including vegetarian and vegan.  On this episode I speak with Ellen Bayens about her recent pivot from gluten free to a plant-based gluten free diet.  Recently, Ellen introduced me to a fellow podcaster, Desiree Nielsen, who is also a registered dietitian.  This was a great opportunity...

There are many things that those of us on a gluten free diet must learn quickly once we receive our diagnosis.  For many of us the most challenging is how to prepare and safely eat a gluten free diet, while living in a household that eats gluten.  Carla and I discuss this common situation.  We offer different suggestions for day-to-day coping and highlight the idea that every family situation is d...

On this episode I speak with Jon Murthy, Head of Global Marketing for BRCGS.  This is the organization that certifies foods for the CCA gluten free logo, as part of their many certification programs.  Originally, this operation was performed by a relatively small, but knowledgeable group in Canada, but moving this important function to a multi-national, multi-discipline certification body, brings...

It's the beginning of June and that means another informative conversation with Ellen Bayens of theceliacscene.com .  This past month Ellen has brought us a great deal of information. We start out with a couple of studies, the first into attitudes among celiacs towards dating.  There is much hesitation, social anxiety and a tendency towards risky behaviour (gluten-wise).  Although Ellen and I are...

A Conversation with Jessica Danford Let's start the blog with the show notes for this Episode – On this episode I speak with Jessica Danford, who you might know as Gfreewifey.  Jess has spent a great deal of her time and energy setting up the Gfreewifey Foodbank.  Jess is empowered by helping people help themselves.  She has become involved in fitness as a way to help herself get healthy, and duri...

On last week's episode, #172 I spoke with Melissa Secord, Executive Director of the CCA about things that were happening at the national level for Celiac Awareness Month.  On this episode I'm speaking with Julie Greene about everything that's happening across the country to mark this month, and in particular Sunday, May 16th, Celiac Awareness Day.  Julie makes note of all the cities and towns acro...

On this episode I catch up with Melissa Secord, Executive Director of the Canadian Celiac Association.  Melissa, along with her small staff is handling the promotion of May, Celiac Awareness Month from a big picture, national perspective.  We chat about some of the initiatives that are being done to "Shine a Light" on celiac disease, by having iconic buildings and structures across the country lit...

Happy Celiac Awareness Month!  This is the first episode of the month and that means I get to discuss a variety of different topics about celiac disease and the gluten free diet with Ellen Bayens of theceliacscene.com .  Ellen and I chat about a Canadian study on the expense and social challenges of the gluten free diet.  The study looks at the myth of the diet for weight loss as well as some posi...

A Conversation with Lukas Hahn This episode started from a discussion with Ellen Bayens of theceliacscene.com for the April roundup episode 166 when she told me the story of a student from abroad, studying in Victoria in a homestay program, who was having difficulty as she required a gluten free diet.  Ellen assisted in solving the problem, but it brought so many other questions to my mind about h...

A Conversation with Dr. Melissa Ing, Djenane Lemaire and Miranda Boynton Every once in a while, I hear from one of my previous guests on the podcast that they've done something that might be of interest to my listeners.  This was the case when Dr. Melissa Ing, who I spoke with on Episode 106 "Celiac Disease and Dental Education", contacted me recently about research and a poster project a couple o...

This week is a delightful and very informative conversation with Mike Rose.  Both Mike and his wife Shirley require a gluten free diet.  They were considering leaving their home to move to a retirement residence when Mike got to work researching and investigating the options available to them.  Mike was a tireless worker for the Canadian Celiac Association for many years and he brought all that kn...

This week's interview is something, that oddly I have unique knowledge about – brewing beer at home.  I speak with Peter Corrin of the Zero Tolerance Gluten Free Home Brew Club who answers all my questions about the differences and unique challenges in brewing your own gluten free beer.  This may or may not be something you've thought of doing, and Peter gives us some resources to investigate how...

Once again it's time to chat with Ellen Bayens of theceliacscene.com about articles and information she has brought to our attention over the past month.  Ellen and I speak about the curious condition of Giardia and its similarities with celiac disease.  We re-visit my recent podcast about the dual-branded alcoholic beverages that are causing great confusion in the celiac/gluten free community.  A...

On this episode I speak with Tabitha who has an Instagram page called Gluten_Free_Canada.  The page caught my attention because it only had gluten free grocery store foods.  I reached out to Tabitha and was curious to see why she started the page, and what her best food finds were.  Tabitha has been diagnosed celiac for more than ten years and enjoys both grocery shopping and reading labels.  She...

This episode is a conversation with someone changing the landscape of not only gluten free snacking, but snacking in general by providing new healthy options in some unexpected flavours.  Julie Bednarski is a Registered Dietitian as well as a trained chef.  Her vision for healthy snacks has brought us an entire product line from the company she founded called Healthy Crunch.  Her goal to produce s...

Let's start the blog with the show notes for this Episode – On this episode I speak with my daughter Deanna regarding a curious question she posed to me recently about some newly launched seltzer drinks appearing in the beer stores here in Ontario.  These drinks contain barley malt, so off limits to us.  The problem is the same drinks are in our LCBO (liquor stores) in Ontario, same branding, but...

It's the beginning of March and time again to talk with Ellen Bayens of theceliacscene.com to delve into some of the studies and information she has brought us over the past month about celiac disease and the gluten free diet.  Ellen and I talk about a new non-invasive patch that might make diagnosis of celiac disease easier and might be a great tool where patients don't have access to sophisticat...

We've spoken before about some of the differences in the diagnosis of a child as opposed to an adult.  On this episode I speak with Lisa Rigney about how her daughter was diagnosed and some of the immediate changes it made to the family dynamic.  It's easy in hindsight to look back and see some symptoms in a child that were clearly missed as the family went about their daily lives.  Lisa has recen...