Help...i'm Allergic To Everything! :p

[Natlay]

I've recently added to the list of things I am intolerant to...so far it includes gluten, dairy, soy, and corn. So now I'm discovering that corn is in EVERYTHING! So I'm looking for new toothpaste and mouthwash especially but also lotion, shampoo, and those kinds of things. Does anyone have any recommendations?

(I did get some new toothpaste but it tastes so bad I can't even use it )

[tarnalberry]

I've recently added to the list of things I am intolerant to...so far it includes gluten, dairy, soy, and corn. So now I'm discovering that corn is in EVERYTHING! So I'm looking for new toothpaste and mouthwash especially but also lotion, shampoo, and those kinds of things. Does anyone have any recommendations?

(I did get some new toothpaste but it tastes so bad I can't even use it )

You'll find a number of people here with the same allergies (and more) that you have. The best route to go is the most natural. (Heck, baking soda as toothpaste works and you can flavor it with a number of things, even sweeten it with xylitol or stevia if you want to, and, actually, baking soda to wash your hair, then apple cider vinegar (after the soda's been rinsed out) as a conditioner, is actually quite effective. Hydrogen peroxide is very good as a mouthwash (ask your dentist). And jojoba oil makes a good skin moisturizer.) But others will have plenty of advice on specific items that are free of those ingredients. (I only avoid gluten/dairy and minimize soy, and cook from scratch most of the time, so am minimally helpful.)

[beaglemania]

Oh, I'm so sorry. I don't have any recommendations for you though. My aunt's dog is allergic to almost all meat and corn too. Even though its not the same, a dog and a human.

[kabowman]

It really gets so much better, once you eliminate all those nasty foods that have been making you sick. Corn is litterally in EVERYTHING - hopefully you are not too intolerant. I can have some, like my meds, but I try to keep it out of everything else. Like at home I use a sea salt without the anticaking agent (corn derived) so it you have to bang the shaker before you use it but it tastes better and you can use less. But, in public, I use regular salt.

This forum is for people who are very sensitive or allergic

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very good but I don't have to avoid Klenex because it is in there. Either way, this is a great place to ask questions.

Some, not all, citric acid is derived from corn and if you don't want to call the company, which I don't usually do, I try the russian rullet method - if it makes me sick, it is probably the bad citric acid and I give it to the kids or hubby who don't have these restrictions.

Now, most lotions have soy so really watch those. Puffs plus (with lotion) has soy. Dove soap with moisturiser has soy - used it once, remembered to read the bottle because I couldn't figure out why I was sick that day, and 'lo and behold, bad stuff. I am currently using Oil of Olay with ribbons - blue because the pink had something bad for me in it.

When eating out, make sure you can find a place that is willing to cook for you in a skillet with olive oil or another oil that you can eat - just never, never veggie oil--you would be surprised at the number of places actually willing to cook for us, you just have to look for them and be willing to pay the price.

[mamaw]

I would recommend finding a excellent practitioner in Bio-Set and treat those other allergies....I was a walking allergy billboard before I did this. Now I can eat just about anything I desire but of course it does NOT do anything for celiacs so no wheat for me.......

If you want to know more you can pm me.

mamaw

[nordiclg]

I would recommend finding a excellent practitioner in Bio-Set and treat those other allergies....I was a walking allergy billboard before I did this. Now I can eat just about anything I desire but of course it does NOT do anything for celiacs so no wheat for me.......

If you want to know more you can pm me.

mamaw

What is Bio-Set and how did it help?

Anika

[darlindeb25]

I use Gleem toothpaste--it's a very old toothpaste. I have used it my entire life and I am old ! I can't have corn, soy, rice, the glutens, of course, and nightshades, and and and!!!!!!!! I too can tolerate small amounts of corn, like in my meds and such.....the gleem doesn't bother me. Here on Long Island, I have found my gleem in the Dollar Store, yet Waldbaums (A&P) carries it and sometimes IGA. I use Pantene shampoo, Soapsoft Liquip Shower Soap, and I do use some Bath and Body Works lotions--I just am very careful about the ingredients in anything I buy. Any soy in a product and I will get a nasty rash--so that product is easy for me to detect!

[alscat]

for toothpaste have you tried baking soda? does not taste the best but works great. Also if you brush with nothing then do a peroxide rinse, then brush with the baking soda it works great.