Alternative & Complementary Healthcare
Welcome to the next in the Healing Series of blog posts. These posts are basically to explore non meds/supplement ways of healing for those of us with sensitivities, but actually have turned out to be far more than that and today we will be looking more closely at the emotional side of chronic illness. I …
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Do you need to calm down? Is your anxiety or pain level too high, or your body reacting to stuff all over the place? Then, one of the techniques I recommend, and am using myself for food hyper-sensitivity, is meditation. You can read a much larger blog post about the steps I am taking to …
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I have just written a very long post on the TrulyGlutenFree blog about multiple sensitivity and chronic pain, and whether it could be central sensitivity syndrome. Have you heard of it? It's basically where someone suffering from any pain or sensitivity to stuff has neurotransmitters that have gone awry and their pain and perceived threat …
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Haven't I always said it: if one barrier is down, others will be and you have to consider all body barriers in cases of food sensitivity? Here we have a research study showing a link between allergens going through a compromised skin barrier going on to cause immune cell reactions in the gut which trigger …
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Yep, I have been a busy bee! Just to let you know I have updated the following for you: Allergy 101 This is now a 45 page free factsheet all about allergy testing and treatment. I get asked about allergy testing every single day and always direct people to this free factsheet first. So, I …
Yep, I have been a busy bee! Just to let you know I have updated the following for you: Gluten Plan Updated Barrier Healing section and Core Protocol to take account of Permavite no longer being TGF safe. Phew - I wish they'd stop changing the ruddy products! Free update on the Facebook Gluten Planners …
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If this study is anything to go by, it might not be a bad idea. Food allergens in mattress dust in Norwegian homes - a potentially important source of allergen exposure. A thought for you, anyway, in case it helps.. A good place to get allergy stuff like that can be Allergy Best Buys, the …
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Bit concerning - anaphylactic and general allergy admissions are up: HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS FOR ALLERGIES RISE BY 8% The number of people admitted to hospital for potentially life-threatening allergic reactions is rising. The Health & Social Care Information Centre say that 4,070 people were admitted between March last year & February this year, suffering an anaphylactic …
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Eczema and food allergy--is there a causal relationship? This new paper is saying that eczema may not be an IgE allergy but may actually be a delayed or cytotoxic reaction to haptens, smaller molecular components in foods and substances. Er, that's intolerance then, isn't it?! It does make me laugh when researchers state something as …
Yippee: after all the hard work involved in judging the FreeFrom SkinCare Awards, the shortlist and commendeds are now out! Here is the SkinsMatter Newsletter which has lots of interesting links and the lists for you. Sit down with a cuppa and enjoy choosing your next healthy skincare range. Oh dear, what a chore! Many of you …
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