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Thank you for posting this! I couldn't understand why my DH seems to flare up with corn (which I am allergic to, but is in a medication I need to take occasionally) and some other gluten-free foods that I'm allergic to.

I developed DH almost a year ago from unknowingly using a hand soap that contained "wheat protein". I must've been ingesting tiny amounts by eating food with my hands and stuff like that, because the DH was/is on my face. Once I realized what was going on (about 6 months ago), I stopped using the soap and I cut out all high-iodine foods from my diet (which...

For info on the oxalate content of foods, it's best to join the Yahoo group called Trying_Low_Oxalates. They have tested a lot of foods and have a spreadsheet in their files. I think all nuts are high oxalate. I think sunflower and pumpkin seeds are medium or low? The fact that green beans cause you insomnia makes me think sulfur intolerance. If I...

The main reason I asked is that I was wondering whether to bring up a potential sulfur intolerance. Mercury toxicity often causes a sulfur intolerance, and common symptoms are fatigue, insomnia, depression, brain fog, etc. I have this myself. Read here: Open Original Shared Link If you do have a sulfur intolerance, limiting or eliminating those foods should...

Well, that's a lot to eliminate all at once, but I guess on that diet you could eat... chicken, beef, lamb (preferably organic or hormone/antibiotic-free) white rice (may not be the best for a yeast overgrowth, but... one step at a time) celery, iceberg lettuce possibly goat milk products (yogurt, butter, cheese) This is very limited, but you could...

Oh, one more thing. Some people think that oxalic acid/oxalates in the diet can cause or contribute to leaky gut. I have been doing the Low Oxalate Diet for a few months now, and I think that is one reason my food allergies are becoming less severe. See Open Original Shared Link

I know how you feel. I was/am in a similar situation but am starting to get better now... You likely have intestinal dysbiosis (imbalanced flora)... I'd recommend getting a stool test for bacteria, yeast, and parasites (such as the (Company Name Removed - They Spammed This Forum and are Banned) Microbial Ecology stool test, available at www.directlabs...

Thank you all for sharing your experiences. I believe I have become pretty sensitive to small amounts of gluten (for example, I developed dermatitis herpetiformis on my face when I started using a hand soap containing hydrolyzed wheat protein). I used to get cramps and diarrhea from ingesting gluten, but now I only get constipation, which makes it harder...

Wow... looks like I do need to be more careful. Thanks for the replies.

How many people here think they've been glutened by touching door/fridge/cabinet handles, taps, remote controls, etc. that were touched by people who ate gluten foods? (and then touching your face/mouth/nose) I'm being super careful about not letting my foods get contaminated, not eating any processed foods, etc... but this is the one thing I wonder about...

So, since I stopped using those products with wheat protein, and basically cut iodine out of my diet (cut out sea/pink salt and CLO), this rash has improved drastically! It wasn't itchy at all for at least a few days. But then yesterday, I had some CLO, and it was itchy again last night. How long does it generally take for the itchiness to go away if one...

Oh yes, I'm just going to cut down on it for awhile. Good to know that CLO isn't a problem for you!

I might just cut it out for a little while, in hopes of clearing up this rash as fast as possible. I just realized I may be getting more iodine than I thought... I use a LOT of himalayan salt and sea salt. I'm reading here that these are problematic for some. I'm so glad I came to this forum and read about the iodine connection -- I never knew about...

Hi all, I'm suspecting I have DH -- not sure yet. I have been gluten-free for a few years, but just realized that I was using a couple products (shampoo, hand soap) that contain wheat protein, so I wonder if this triggered DH. (I never had DH, or whatever this rash is, until recently.) I stopped using these products yesterday, and I think my rash is already...

Okay, here's what I'm trying to say... I am on a gluten-free diet, BUT I eat wheat-free oats, which do bother SOME people with celiac disease. So if the oats are bothering me, then the test could show something, right? If it's positive, that probably means the oats are not okay for me, and if it's negative, that probably means they are okay for me. Am I wrong...