Proceeds From Children's Book On Cd To Support Celiac Research

By Author: Tina Turbin
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If you're like most Americans, you probably haven't even heard of celiac disease (http://GlutenFreeHelp.info), an autoimmune disorder which causes an immune reaction that can affect the entire body, causing both physical and mental problems. The cause: An allergy to gluten, a component of wheat, barley, and rye. The problem with celiac disease is that doctors don't know much about it either. They don't know that it affects an estimated 300 million Americans and that with a simple test, a diagnosis can be made and the easy treatment can begin -- a gluten-free diet. Why is it that you and your doctors probably haven't heard about celiac disease? The answer is easily remediable -- lack of funding for celiac disease research. A researcher and gluten-free advocate for years, I'm also the author of the children's book series, Danny the Dragon (http://DannyTheDragon.com), and I'm happy to say that my work as a children's author will pay off with a major project I am involved in, which will help support celiac research funding.

Many years ago, as mother and children's author, I found myself with many painful symptoms and without ...
... any answer to what the source was or how to treat it. I went around in circles with doctors, nutritionists, and testing. Finally, I decided to do my own research. It became clear that the answer was an allergy to gluten. What became even clearer was how little doctors knew about celiac disease and the vast numbers of people suffering without a diagnosis and treatment.

If you're aware of my work as the children's author of the Danny the Dragon series, you've probably heard me talk about the new Danny the Dragon CD, which is now be released, containing a reading of Danny Meets Jimmy by a talented vocal artist followed by a compilation of ten original classic songs by up-and-coming composers. I'm happy to announce that the proceeds are going to this cause which is near and dear to my heart in my research and humanitarian efforts -- raising celiac disease awareness.

Although the amount of research on celiac disease is growing, it depends entirely on the generosity of private benefactors for its funding. Without these charitable donations, there would be no way to continue this research and the efforts to raise awareness. Out of the estimated fifty autoimmune diseases that have been discovered by doctors, it is the only one which isn't supported in its research by the U.S. government.

An estimated 300 million Americans have celiac disease and only three percent of them know it. When I'm not working on the latest installment of my Danny the Dragon series or the Danny the Dragon Cookbook, I'm working hard to change this statistic by raising awareness and support for this disease, which affects more people twice as many of those who suffer from Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, and cystic fibrosis combined.

Proceeds from the Danny the Dragon CD will go to the Celiac Disease Center at Columbia University Medical Center, one of the major research centers around studying and bringing awareness to celiac disease. It is one-hundred percent focused on studying celiac disease and carries out research connecting it with various other diseases. It is believed that celiac disease, left untreated, leads to many of these other diseases. The goal of the research is to change the lives of celiac disease sufferers for the better around the world. The Celiac Disease Center is achieving this goal, little by little, every day.

I highly encourage celiac researchers and supporters to engage in whatever creative efforts they can to raise awareness and funding. Oftentimes artists are happy to donate proceeds of their projects to good causes. In my support of centers such as Columbia University's Celiac Disease Center with the release of the Danny the Dragon CD, I look forward to seeing similar funding projects launched and also seeing the fruits of these proceeds reaped with increased awareness of celiac disease, which has the potential to change the lives of millions of people for the better.

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About Author:
Tina Turbin (http://TinaTurbin.com) is a published children's author,writer, researcher, humanitarian and Mom. She wrote her first children's story at age 16. She has always enjoyed many years of working with and helping children and their families. The Danny the Dragon series (http://DannyTheDragon.com) fulfills a passion of hers to delight children and their families through her enchanting characters in her writing. Tina's style as an author conveys to the young and young at heart and imparts acts of kindness.