Issues in food allergy and intolerance, coeliac disease, gut disorders, eczema, 'free from' and all allergies and sensitivities
Following my recent round-up of salicylate-free cosmetics, a reader asked about salicylate-free toothpastes. Mint / menthol is high in salicylates, meaning there aren’t many, but here is a list of those I’ve found. Oranurse Their Unflavored Toothpaste was originally designed…
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In recent months there has been a lot of ridicule and sarcasm directed towards a TV ad for Herbal Essences Bio Renew Shampoo, which boldly declares itself as having ‘No gluten’. View it here. I’ve found some of it frustrating, because…
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When a hair dye brand recently started advertising its ‘allergy gentle molecule’-containing product, I wondered whether the problem of PPD allergy had finally been solved. PPD (para-phenylenediamine) is a chemical found in a lot of permanent hair dye blends, and…
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Research was published in Contact Dermatitis looking at the instructions hair dye manufacturers give consumers about performing an allergy self-test before coloring their hair. It was a follow-on from a 2011 study, which found great variability in the instructions given, and whose…
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Ask the internet this question and you’ll be presented with a long list of positive answers — of course oats are great for the skin and for problem skin conditions such as eczema, everyone declares. Use skin creams with oats…
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The preservative methylisothiazolinone (MI) is used in some cosmetics, household detergents and paints and can cause severe allergies. Here is a brief introduction to the problem, plus a short list of MI-free products. If you’re looking for in-depth information, including on the diagnosis of MI…
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It’s not difficult to find stories online — usually in chat forums — of long-standing rosacea symptoms disappearing following a trial of a gluten-free diet. As the culinary culprit of our times, gluten is regularly made a scapegoat, and the…
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More nonsense in gluten-free with the publication of this under-researched, alarmist and inaccurate article on gluten-free skincare in Marie Claire. Women’s magazines, like all magazines, exist to make money. To some extent, most women’s magazines achieve this by being seen…
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Out of nowhere a third of the year has gone, and I’ve not stopped even to properly ask and assess how the new gluten-related labelling legislation has affected coeliacs and the kinds of products they can and cannot buy. Snack-a-Jacks…
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