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A blog by Kristen Campbell who was diagnosed with severe gluten intolerance. She tests and tries, then recommends only the very best and purest gluten-free cosmetic products

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Just One Milligram of Gluten: Is it Worth the Risk?

Just one milligram. That is truly all it takes. As mentioned by Dr. Thomas O’Bryan in Unlocking the Mystery of Wheat and Gluten Intolerance, that is just one sixteenth of the size of a fingernail. During the lecture caught on camera, Dr. O’Bryan talks about a woman whose intestines were badly damaged by her continued ingestion of gluten and refused to heal, because she was ingesting just one milligram of gluten per day. And considering the range of symptoms that celiac disease is cap
Kristen Campbell

Kristen Campbell

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I'd Rather be Gluten Free

After explaining to a friend the prescribed action for celiac disease or severe gluten intolerance—a lifetime avoidance of gluten from wheat, barley and rye—I am often met with the sympathetic reply, “that must be really difficult.” As someone living with severe gluten sensitivity, I know that most days it’s not so bad, and only occasionally do I rush starving into a convenience store voracious, in search of any allowable snack. Though ultimately, I, like most would still a
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Kristen Campbell

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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to a Haircut (Gluten and the Beauty Salon)

My last visit to the salon left my hair dresser quite concerned. While combing out my wet hair for cutting, she noticed that several small red bumps had just popped up on the back of my scalp. The rash-like bumps were not there before my shampoo, which to me made perfect sense: gluten in the shampoo. But to her, was a new concept: sensitivities to hair products. I did a quick investigation by recapping the ingredients in the shampoo and conditioner, and my suspicions were confirmed:
Kristen Campbell

Kristen Campbell

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Finding effective and 100% natural products

Finding effective and 100% natural products that perform up to my standards was already a challenge, so naturally, finding those products that are also gluten-free was no easy task. In the midst of all my searching, I wondered if I was simply being silly.  Since going gluten-free in my diet, my skin had vastly improved, my rosacea was hardly noticeable, and the annoying acne that had begun to plague my back and chest a few years prior was gone. I did notice that gluten-containing shampoos a
Kristen Campbell

Kristen Campbell

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