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Eczema and diet

December 14, 2017 by Joan Breakey   Blog

It is a little known fact that eczema is affected by additives and natural chemicals in food. Many people know that allergy is almost always part of what happens. However even when they attend to the allergy foods that come up positive on allergy tests the eczema is not completely solved. In fact one way of knowing that diet investigation for food intolerance and chemical sensitivity is likely to have a positive outcome is the presence of eczema. Addition of IBS (irritable bowel syndrome), or … [Read more...]

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Tessie’s eczema story

June 9, 2013 by Joan Breakey   Blog

Tessie had bad eczema. Her mother Sophie fed her only breast milk, but the eczema continued. When Tessie was 4 months old Sophie attended an allergy clinic and had testing done. Since Tessie’s big sister, Andrea, aged 5, had asthma and less severe eczema she has testing also. Sophie was surprised at the severity of the reactions as she had not seen any clear changes with particular foods. Tessie’s results were 6+’s to peanut and eggwhite, and three to egg yolk, wheat and milk. She was interested … [Read more...]

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Notes for the Eczema Association

December 12, 2011 by Joan Breakey   Article

One reason that diet and eczema is not well understood it that there are three parts to what I call "Diet detective work".  Often families with eczema consider the second part and much of the third part. The first part is the exclusion of the suspect additives and natural chemicals, which include salicylates, amines and mono sodium glutamate. These should be seen as chemicals which "aggravate the underlying condition". Many people note that spicy food, citrus or high additive food make the … [Read more...]

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Eczema & diet – An update from a dietitian

January 17, 2011 by admin   Article

It is a little known fact that eczema is affected by additives and natural chemicals in food. Many people know that allergy is almost always part of what happens. However even when they attend to the allergy foods that come up positive on allergy tests the eczema is not completely solved. In fact one way of knowing that diet investigation for food intolerance and chemical sensitivity is likely to have a positive outcome is the presence of eczema. Addition of IBS (irritable bowel syndrome), or … [Read more...]

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Joan Breakey

Joan Breakey is the author of foodintolerancepro.com.  She is one of the few dietitians in the world who has a lifetime of specialisation in the area of Food Sensitivity. She is a  Dietitian, Home Economist and Teacher. In 1975 she began her first work on Diet and Hyperactivity, investigating the effects of the Feingold diet on children’s behaviour. For more than 45 years Joan has been writing books and articles, publishing and presenting the results of her ongoing research in this area.

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