The term "gluten-free" comes up frequently in conversation lately, since many of us have discovered that some of the physical discomfort we may be experiencing after eating stems from what we're eating.

Elisabeth Hasselbeck from ABC's "The View" has written a book, called The G-Free Diet, about her experiences living with Celiac disease, helping to spread awareness about the disease and how it can be treated by changing what one eats.

Gluten is a protein complex found in wheat (including kamut and spelt), barley, rye and triticale, and very negatively affects many people. The American Dietetic Association says that one in 133 people in the U.S. have celiac diesease, and most of them don't know it. It affects children as well as adults, of course.

From UTHSCT:

How likely are you to develop breast cancer? What are some practical steps you can take to lower your risk of developing breast cancer, the second most common cancer among women?

You can have your questions answered at “Breast Cancer: Do You Know Your Personal Risk Factors?” a free seminar at 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 11, 2012, at the Potpourri House, 3320 Troup Hwy in Tyler.

The “Dine with our Doctors” seminar is sponsored by The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler and will include a free dinner.

With more than 20 years of experience in breast cancer research and treatment, presenter Edward Sauter, MD, Ph.D., knows that the key to surviving breast cancer is understanding your personal risk factors and how to lower them.

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The Croley family lost their six-year-old son in 2010 when a vehicle hit them from behind as the father was turning left into the school parking lot, and a utility van behind them failed to brake.

Now they've been matched with an incarcerated mom out-of-state who is giving up her twin babies, due later in May, as adoptive parents.

Their local Chili's Restaurant, in Longview, is sponsoring a Give Back Day for the Croley family to help raise money for this adoption. Chili's is working with them through Camille Acres Missionary Baptist Church for all tax and financial transactions.

Chili's manager Tyler Braxton said, "At Chili’s, we strive to build our community relations and personal connections with our guests, and most importantly we WANT to GIVE BACK!!"

"With your help, I hope that this will be an amazing event!   Being the Monday following Mothers Day, we are hoping to pick up traffic from the Mothers that are celebrating their special day maybe just a day late!  With such a touching event, we hope they will choose to dine at Chili’s to help provide for this family in their time of need!"

For every guest that comes in with a flier or even mentions the Give Back Night, we will donate 15% of their total check to the family!  We had huge success with a similar GBN for Haven Grace in Tyler a few months ago.  We tagged over 100 Chili’s and raised over $15,000.00 for the family!"