Nuchia Foods Corporation Supports Celiac Picnic to Spread Awareness
of Celia Disease and Builds Community
Released
on: June 24, 2008, 1:05 pm
Press Release Author: Homer L.
Hartage
Industry:
Food
& Beverage
Press
Release Summary: Nuchia Foods Corporation Supports Celiac Picnic
Press
Release Body: Contact: Michelle Max … 407-857-2320
ext 103
Celiac
Picnic Spreads Awareness and Builds Community
Orlando,
Fl – Nuchia Foods Corporation, announced
today that it is supporting the 7th annual Celiac Picnic
at the Shark River Park in Wall, New Jersey. The Picnic
will be held on June 29th and over 150 people
are expected to attend.
The
Celiac Picnic is sponsored by Seashore Celiac Support Group
CSA #96, Central Jersey Celiac/DH Support Group and Cel-kids Network
CSA #58. For information on the event call Melissa Daniel, at
732-545-5361. The event is open to the public.
Celiac
disease is a digestive disease that damages the small intestine
and interferes with absorption of nutrients from food. Recent
findings estimate about 2 million people in the United States
have celiac disease, or about 1 in 133 people.
Those
who have celiac disease cannot tolerate a protein called gluten,
found in wheat, rye, and barley. Gluten is found mainly in foods
but may also be found in products we use every day, such as stamp
and envelope adhesive, medicines, and vitamins. When people with
celiac disease eat foods or use products containing gluten, their
immune system responds by damaging the small intestine. The tiny,
fingerlike protrusions lining the small intestine are damaged
or destroyed. Called villi, they normally allow nutrients from
food to be absorbed into the bloodstream. Without healthy villi,
a person becomes malnourished, regardless of the quantity of food
eaten.
The
only treatment for celiac disease is to follow a gluten-free diet.
A gluten-free diet means not eating foods that contain wheat,
spelt, triticale, and kamut, rye, and barley. A person with celiac
disease should not eat most grain, pasta, cereal, and many processed
foods.
Nuchia
is supplying their newly released Chia Seed Flour,
which can be used to bake cakes, cookies, brownies and other baked
goods. This Chia Seed Flour is the first certified
gluten free flour made with Chia seed. It has
a taste and texture of regular wheat flour and boasts a host of
nutrients and Omega-3. Homer Hartage, President of Nuchia
said, “We are glad to be asked to support this great
event and it is our hope that we will be part of it each year,
he added, and this Chia Seed Flour taste good
and it’s good for you”.
Nuchia
Foods Corporation is a Certified Gluten Free foods company, certified
by the Gluten Free Certification Organization. The Company
supplies health foods, nutritional products and conventional foods
to grocery stores and health food stores. The company’s
products include Chia Seed, Chia Seed Flour, Pancake Mixes and
they will launch a cookie and snack line in January 2009. The
Company’s Mission: To promote healthy eating for people
worldwide. www.nuchiafoods.com.
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Web
Site: http://www.nuchiafoods.com
Contact
Details: Nuchia Foods Corporation
5603 Commerce Drive,Unit 1
Orlando, Florida 32839
www.nuchiafoods.com
Email: hhartage@nuchiafoods.com
2009
