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Allergy Insight Blog
6M ago
A new open-access paper on barley-based gluten-free beer has just been published online by the journal Food & Chemical Toxicology. I’ll briefly summarise what I can understand of its content below, but if you want it in its full, in-places...
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Allergy Insight Blog
11M ago
They have been a long time coming, but I’m very happy that — finally — I have managed to launch the Free From Living Awards, which opened for entry earlier this week, and the idea for which first formed in...
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Allergy Insight Blog
11M ago
I’m a fan of brands offering products which are free from all 14 declarable allergens and allergen groups. To mark my admiration, I even launched a Twitter account dedicated to them. There’s a page dedicated to them on this website...
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Allergy Insight Blog
11M ago
The American Contact Dermatitis Society bestows the annual ‘honour’ of ‘Allergen of the Year‘ on an element, chemical, or group of chemicals in order “to draw attention to the agents causing the most significant clinical effects” — and sulfites /...
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Allergy Insight Blog
11M ago
The risk in setting out to ‘raise awareness’ — much like one to ‘be kind’ — is that once you model yourself as a proactive do-gooder, in this case to help disseminate important information to those who need it, you...
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Allergy Insight Blog
11M ago
Two media incidents in the last few days have brought back into focus just how unaccommodating and angry some remain towards people with hypersensitivities and dietary restrictions. Just when you begin to think progress might have been both made and...
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Allergy Insight Blog
11M ago
The issue of nut-based ingredients in cosmetic products continues to cause concern among members of the nut allergy community, and I regularly see confusion about the subject on social media. Here’s what you need to know. What is a...
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Allergy Insight Blog
11M ago
Cobalt allergy often goes hand-in-hand with nickel allergy. The two metals, which sit alongside one another on the periodic table of elements, can be found in similar products. This means avoiding prolonged exposure to one overlaps strongly with what you...
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Allergy Insight Blog
1y ago
I’m a fan of brands offering products which are free from all 14 declarable allergens and allergen groups. To mark my admiration, I even launched a Twitter account dedicated to them. There’s a page dedicated to them on this website...
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Allergy Insight Blog
1y ago
The American Contact Dermatitis Society bestows the annual ‘honour’ of ‘Allergen of the Year‘ on an element, chemical, or group of chemicals in order “to draw attention to the agents causing the most significant clinical effects” — and sulfites /...
Read more
The post Sulphites: Allergen of the Year 2024 first appeared on Allergy Insight ..read more