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About Ruth Holroyd

Author of 'Anaphylaxis: The Essential Guide: An Action Plan For Living With Life-Threatening Allergies' and 'The Shape of Skin, both available as paperback or Kindle on Amazon. Ruth is a Writer, Blogger and Patient Expert in allergies, asthma, anaphylaxis, eczema and topical steroid withdrawal.

How to spot a Gluten Free dough ball at Pizza Express

09/11/2025 by Ruth Holroyd Leave a Comment

gluten free dough balls

Do you know how to spot the difference between Classic Dough Balls at Pizza Express and the gluten free ones? Neither did I until recently. These are some of the hacks you need to know if you're planning to eat out at Pizza Express. As well as the dough balls, there are other differences... This special information could help you stay safe, avoid any allergic reactions and … [Read more...]

You need to know this if you have a wheat allergy!

07/11/2025 by Ruth Holroyd Leave a Comment

Wheat dependent exercise induced anaphylaxs

This is something I have been meaning to blog about for a long time, because whilst I've been aware of Exercise Induced Anaphylaxis (EIA), suspecting that I've had it before, it's not well understood. Wheat Dependent Exercise Induced Anaphylaxis (WDEIA) is even rarer than EIA. What is wheat dependent exercise-induced anaphylaxis (WDEIA)? Wheat dependent exercise-induced … [Read more...]

Top 16 asthma tips that will blow your mind

30/10/2025 by Ruth Holroyd Leave a Comment

herbal tea for allergies

This blog post has been a long time coming and is filled with ideas I've gleaned from my own research and experience and so many other people. Huge thanks to my lovely friend Tanith from Be Natural Yorkshire who was so helpful and also Misty's Gut Instinct on instagram. These are ALL things I have implemented into my life and slowly I'm recovering my lung health and … [Read more...]

‘Let Them’ judge me for having allergies

29/10/2025 by Ruth Holroyd Leave a Comment

Let them judge me for having allergies

I've just read the book Let Them by Mel Robbins, it's such an incredible book. I can highly recommend. What struck me whilst reading it was the many ways saying 'Let Them' can help you let go things that no longer serve you. If you have allergies, like me, you will have felt many emotions, including sadness, guilt, anger and disappointment surrounding how hard it is to … [Read more...]

Planning a work meal with multiple allergies?

19/07/2024 by Ruth Holroyd 2 Comments

BBQ with allergies

So I work in a School and we are having an end of term BBQ. I would usually bring in my own food for something like this. It's really hard for me to trust someone cooking a BBQ with so many opportunities for cross contamination and mistakes.I'm still not quite sure if I'll be up Monday night cooking sausages - LOL But my colleagues encouraged me to ask. There has been … [Read more...]

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Hi I'm Ruth. I've grown up with eczema and multiple life-threatening allergies and collected more as I've got older.  It started with a peanut allergy and now I'm allergic to milk, wheat, soya and many more. In this blog I share tips, advice and things I've learnt living with allergies, asthma and eczema with a focus on topical steroid withdrawal. You can buy my books, which are brilliant by the way! The first is Anaphylaxis: The essential guide and the second, The Shape of Skin, healing poems for eczema and sensitive skin. The reviews speak for themselves. If you want to chat you can find me on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn (links below). Do get in touch. And please comment on blogs, it makes a humble blogger do a little happy dance!

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The Shape of Skin – poetry for eczema

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