What's The Concern With Shampoo?

[Nevadan]

I am wondering what is the main concern with shampoo's containing gluten - is it that you may swallow some while washing your hair, or is it that gluten might be absorbed thru the skin, or something else?

Thanks.

George

[Guest kmmolina]

George...that's a good questions. I was wondering about that also? Kathleen

[tarnalberry]

Oral ingestion. Outside of open wounds, which could in theory allow some of the proteins to enter the blood stream, gluten cannot be aborbed through the skin cells - the molecule is too large. You can have a dermal allergy reaction to it, but that is different from a celiac reaction.

[KaitiUSA]

Yep, the oral ingestion is the problem. It is too easy to get it in your mouth.

[Guest nini]

you know, like, when you are standing in the shower rinsing your hair out and you turn around and face the stream and rinse off your face and it drips down into your mouth...

(sorry, couldn't help myself!)

[drjmarkusic]

I don't know anything about molecules but my nutritionist and gas..... dr. wants all gluten out of my life. But then I like working in the yard and for nine months of the year I have cuts and scrapes on my hands.