Hi all , it may sound silly. I have a... - Gluten Free Guerr...
Hi all , it may sound silly. I have a shower gell that contains wheat . Will this affect me ? do i have to ingest the gluten for an effect ?
Yes, you have to ingest gluten to have a coeliac reaction. If you are allergic to or intolerant of wheat, rather than (or as well as) coeliac, you may get some sort of contact dermatitis type reaction from using it though.
I would recommend avoiding using if possible. Neck warmers filled with wheat and heated in the microwave made both myself and my daughter suffer coeliac symptoms. No ingestion there! I have been told that toiletries are only a problrm if you get them on your mouth. Perhaps the jury is still out on this one?
Lummie most Coeliac Societies will say beauty products are not a problem unless ingested i.e. wheat germ oil in lip glosses could be a problem as you may ingest this vs shower gels which hopefully you won't eat. However, many coeliacs find they'd rather cut out all gluten from food & drinks plus beauty products. It can be done. For example Green People produce a variety of GF products. You'll often find that many beauty products containing wheat (or oats) also contain a lot of chemicals.
It's really a personal choice. If you want to avoid wheat / gluten in beauty products I'd recommend you email these companies for a list of safe ones:
Liz Earle
Green People
Jensons
L'Occitane
Molten Brown
And also consider baby products like Johnson's & Johnson's - email them for details.
Thanks
"stuff" must be absorbed by the skin --I was breastfeeding and needed a muscle soothing gel I was advised not to use the one I wanted as the chemicals in it would be fed to the baby.
Some chemicals can be absorbed through the skin, if the molecules are small enough. The gluten protein molecule is too large to be absorbed, according to this article glutenfreedietitian.com/new...
I prefer to avoid all products with gluten in.
As a qualified aromatherapist (reflexology and massage also) one of the first things we covered in training was the fact that anything applied to the skin goes directly into the bloodstream, where it travels around the body to be absorbed and stored in the cellular structure of your entire body. This is why many people with gluten sensitivity and intolerance react to the gluten in cosmetics and bodycare, including shampoo and shower gel.
Ok the reflexroom. I use a transdermal patch for pain. The base glue used is wheat based. The coeliac society dietician has advised me this is no problem. I have used these for 6 years. The reason being that the molecules are so small that they are absorbed into the blood stream. Gluten molecules are large and are not absorbed. We need to give correct information I believe.
