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My question is, does anyone react from makeup, hair products, etc? I am a hair stylist and wondering if touching shampoos with wheat, chemicals etc in it will cause flaring. What ya think?

Oh ok. Do flares just come out of the blue? Can you predict at all?

I have a relative with celiac's disease who reacts severely to anything with wheat, like personal care products...even to be in a room when someone is toasting bread can cause her throat to start closing. That's an outright allergic response. The people with UC who avoid gluten are doing it to avoid the inflammatory response to it. At least that's why I avoid it.

Since 'they' don't know what causes this disease yet, it definitely makes sense to avoid stressing your body with food toxins. There may be a theoretical problem with the chemicals you handle, but I would guess the food toxins are by far the bigger issue. Along with the SCD diet you could check out The Perfect Health diet (developed by an interesting pair, Paul and Shou Ching Jaminet). Both diets make a lot of sense to me

I'm sort of new to this too, and still finding out what causes me trouble, but I have found a pattern with flaring during my period.

Obviously there are two camps....allergic response is totally different than a flare. The two are not related, but can coincide at the same time.

They're to be treated individually....

Celiac is not an allergy, and one who has an allergy to wheat...has two issues.

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anaphylaxis is a specific allergic reaction that can possibly kill a person..definitely a scary reaction. I also wouldn't doubt it's more than just wheat.

At least with Celiac, she's more likely to avoid most grains, etc...I would assume eating out is totally out of the picture for her.

I don't eat gluten free.

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