AT
AT BROWN
AT BROWN BEAR CAR WASH. >> WELCOME BACK EVERYONE WITH THE HOLIDAY IS COMING UP
OF COURSE MEANS A LOT OF TASTY
FOODS AND TREATS BUT FOR THOSE
WITH GLUTEN INTOLERANCE OR
OTHER FOOD ISSUES CAN BE A
TRICKY TIME TO NAVIGATE ALL
OF THAT.
KING5 AMITAY ADDRISI SPOKE WITH
CYNTHIA CUPPER FROM THE GLUTEN
INTOLERANCE GROUP.
WHAT IS GIG ALL ABOUT KURDS?
WHO IS A REAL CONCERN?
YOU WERE FORMED IN 1974 HERE IN
COOK COUNTY.
SO WHAT WE'RE ABOUT IS
BASICALLY WORKING WITH THE
COMMUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT
THEY ARE ABLE TO LIVE SAFELY
GLUTEN FREE AS WELL AS WORKING
WITH THE FOOD INDUSTRY.
SO WE CERTIFY PRODUCTS LIKE
YOU'RE SEEING HERE.
WE GO INTO FOOD SERVICES LIKE
RESTAURANTS, CAMPUSES AND
SCHOOLS TO VALIDATE THEIR
PROCESSED TO BE SAFE.
>> CELIAC DISEASE IS VERY, VERY
SERIOUS.
A LOT OF PEOPLE SUFFER FROM IT
AND IT'S A HORROR, A PAINFUL
SITUATION.
>> WHEN WE JUST DID A PIECE
GLUTEN SLIPS IN BUT NOT
EVERYONE IS CELIAC.
A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE INTOLERANT.
I'M INTOLERANT OF MY PRODUCER
JOSEPH.
HE'S INTOLERANT AS WELL.
WHAT DOES GLUTEN INTOLERANCE DO
TO SOMEONE IF THEY DON'T KNOW
THEIR CONDITION REGARDING
CELIAC DISEASE?
>> OBVIOUSLY IT WILL DAMAGE
YOUR GUT.
GLUTEN INTOLERANCE CAN CREATE
SOME OF THE SAME SYMPTOMS BUT
MORE OUTCUE IS GOING TO CAUSE
GUT INFLAMMATION AND THAT
INFLAMMATION CAN THEN CAUSE
MUSCLE ACHING NOSE THE CHEEK.
IT CAN CAUSE CHRONIC HEADACHES
AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO YOU MAY SUFFER SOME G.I.
PROBLEMS BUT YOUR GUT IS NOT
BEING DAMAGED IN THE SAME WAY.
>> EITHER WAY IT IS
UNCOMFORTABLE.
RIGHT AND IT IS HARD ONCE YOU
FIGURE OUT TO SUSS THAT IS YOUR
PROBLEM THAT IT'S GLUTEN, IT'S
NOT DAIRY, IT'S THIS.
WHAT DO WE DO WHEN IT COMES TO
HOLIDAYS?
THIS IS THE HARDEST TIME I'LL
EVEN SUFFER THROUGH SOME PAIN
BECAUSE I WANT THOSE COOKIES.
CYNTHIA, I JUST FIND A REALLY
NICE PURPOSE FLOWER AND THERE
ARE SOME BROWNIES ELSEWHERE SO
FAR AS TO FLOWER THE ONLY
FLOWERS THAT CAN BE USED TO
SUBSTITUTE FOR REGULAR RECIPES
AND A LOT OF MAIL ALL GLUTEN
FREE FLOWERS ARE BASICALLY AS
RIGHT ACROSS THE INSTITUTION.
SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO
LOOK AT YOUR FAVORITE RECIPES
AND FIND A GLUTEN FREE OR RIGHT
THOSE USING THAT GLUTEN FREE
BEER RIGHT THERE BECAUSE I'VE
GIVEN A BEER IN ONE OF THE
FEARS THAT WE ACTUALLY CERTIFY
IS FREE CERTIFIED GLUTEN FREE.
>> WHAT ARE SOME OF THE OTHER
FOODS YOU HAVE THERE?
I SEE YOUR GOOD GIRL COOKIES
WHICH ARE SOME OF MY FAVORITE
THERE MAKE ONES ARE DELICIOUS.
YES, WE HAVE SOME KAZAR HERE
BREAD CRUMBS COME FOR CUP IS
ONE OF AISENBERG RAM FOR ME IT
COMES TO WANTING TO HAVE
SOMETHING READY PERFECT CHICKEN
HULKY SNACKS THINGS CHITOSE
CONSCIOUS ABOUT OUR A GRANDSON
CRACKERS FROM DIAMOND POPCORNS
WE CERTIFY PRODUCTS ACROSS
THAT'S FROM CANDIE'S TO COOKING
INGREDIENTS TO MIXES TO THINGS
LIKE ME GIRLS THEIR FROZEN
DESSERTS BEVERAGES.
>> WE EVEN DO COSMETICS,
COSMETICS WELL.
>> OH SORRY CHILDREN ARE SO
EXCITED ABOUT IT TOO.
>> WE'RE WHERE CAN PEOPLE FIND
OUT MORE INFORMATION?
>> I MEAN I'M DELIGHTED TO HEAR
THERE IS A PLACE YOU CAN GO NOW
TO LOOK UP PRODUCTS.
I HAD NO IDEA AND I'VE BEEN
DEALING WITH GLUTEN INTOLERANCE
FOR THREE YEARS.
WHERE CAN PEOPLE GO TO FIND
INFORMATION TO LEARN ABOUT
PRODUCTS THEY GO TO OR THEIR
WEBSITE PRODUCTS?
>> FIND YOUR OWN.
THERE ARE OVER SIXTY THOUSAND
PRODUCTS IN FIFTY CULTURES AND
THOSE PRODUCTS CAN BE FOUND.
PRODUCT FINDER DOREE ALSO FIND
OTHER RESOURCES SO YOU CAN FIND
RECIPES, FIND INSURANCE THAT
TEACH YOU HOW TO LIVE FREE AND
FIND MENUS, MENUS AS WELL.
>> AND MAYBE YOU SAID RECIPES
TOO.
>> I LOVE THAT.
I LOVE THAT IDEA.
I LOVE THE BREAD CRUMBS RIGHT
THERE BECAUSE I'VE BEEN
CRUNCHING UP CORN FLAKES FOR
JUST TOO LONG NOW WHAT WHAT
WOULD YOU SUGGEST TO PEOPLE WHO
SAY MAYBE JUST WANT TO TAKE
GLUTEN OUT OF THEIR DIET OR
REALIZE NOW IT'S TIME BECAUSE
THEY'RE JUST IN PAIN SIMILAR TO
LIFESTYLE?
>> THEY FEEL BETTER.
THEY FEEL LIKE THEY DON'T HAVE
AS MUCH CONTINUE AS THEIR BODY
THAT'S IN THEIR BRAIN AND
THAT'S OK.
A GOOD DIET IS NOT HARMFUL BUT
IF YOU FIND GLUTEN FREE DIE,
YOU ALSO HAVE TO REALIZE THAT
IT'S NOT FAIRLY HEALTHY DIET.
SO JUST BECAUSE SOMETHING
GLUTEN FREE DOESN'T MAKE IT
HEALTHY SO I STILL HAVE TO
WATCH CALORIES.
MAKE SURE YOUR DIET IS WELL
BALANCED, GLUTEN FREE DIET CAN
BE LACKING IN CERTAIN
GOVERNMENTS MINERALS SO CALCIUM
IRON AND BEAT VETERANS YOU WANT
TO MAKE SURE IT'S PROBABLY A
GOOD MONTH VITAMIN THAT IS ALSO
GOOD.
>> THAT'S GREAT ADVICE.
I HADN'T THOUGHT ABOUT THAT.
I DID RECOGNIZE HOWEVER AFTER
GOING GLUTEN FREE A LOT
OF SUGAR THOSE GLUTEN FREE
PRODUCTS AND THAT FACTS ON THE
GROUND.
SO THANK YOU CYNTHIA'S AS SO
MUCH.
I APPRECIATE THIS.