If you are allergic to soya you should take a very hard look at anything containing guar gum. This is something I've never come across from any doctor or allergy specialist so I've never worried about it before. However, if you examine ingredient lists from many freefrom foods, guar gum is often present. So what does it do and what is guar gum? Guar gum, also called … [Read more...]
Archives for 2016
Voted in the Top 10 Health blogs AGAIN!
We've done it again! This is a really quick thank you to everyone who reads, shares, comments and enjoys this blog. So how do they decide the Top 10 Health Blogs? This is what they told me... "How does Vuelio decide its weekly Top 10 blog ranking is a question we’re often asked – by bloggers aspiring to make it on the list (or angry because they didn’t), by PRs looking to … [Read more...]
The Allergy Show 2016 – The best bits…
This year the Allergy Show didn't disappoint. But I'm not your average coeliac or freefrom shopper. I struggle with a lot of freefrom food and try to eat as little processed food as I can. This goes for a lot of the mass produced freefrom food out there. I just find it causes me skin problems and exacerbates my eczema and nodular prurigo. I'm also allergic to all nuts, dairy, … [Read more...]
My dermatologist said ‘Clear the dance floor’.
I have just had my six monthly checkup with my Dermatologist, Dr John Reed at Oxford Churchill Hospital. We were discussing his insistence that using steroids more frequently to dampen down and reduce inflammation would help my skin. It's a tough one, I always want to follow his advice but there is always a voice inside my head saying, "Don't use the steroids... they're … [Read more...]
Show your eczema scars, scabs and nodular prurigo
It doesn't matter what your skin looks like. Don't miss out on being spontaneous, feeling the sun on your skin and getting those white legs out this summer. Watch my first vlog and #getyourskinout Don't be shy. Don't hide away. Who cares what people say? I have the scars from nodular prurigo on my legs at the moment, which have mostly healed now ie. no itchy lumps. But they … [Read more...]