Food sensitivity manifests itself in people who react adversely to food and drink that they consume. You can be ‘allergic to’, or ‘intolerant’ of a substance. The distinction between allergy and intolerance is important; allergy and the various forms of intolerance have different patterns of symptoms, and they are detected by different tests and diets, [...]
Moulds have a high degree of cross-reactivity and if you know you are allergic to one mould, you are likely to react to other moulds or yeasts. Some foods are moulds or yeasts (fungi), such as mushrooms and yeast, and other foods contain moulds or yeasts, although they are not fungi by biological classification. These [...]
Use as few cleaning products as possible, and only when you really need to. Most situations or mishaps can be dealt with effectively by rapid intervention with hot water. You can meet virtually all cleaning needs with a cupboard containing just salt, sodium bicarbonate, washing soda and Borax. A low-allergen washing powder, detergent and vinegar [...]
This advice is designed to be helpful to you if you are just starting to add solids to a baby’s milk diet, or if you have already started a young baby on solids and are finding that the baby is reacting to the new foods. For early weaning of a severely ill baby intolerant of [...]
If you are chemically sensitive, you are best advised to avoid mite-killing paint and mite-killing chemicals, which usually contain strong insecticides or other chemicals. Allerite, the mite-loosening solution, contains cleaning and other chemicals, including eucalyptus oil. Residues are minimised because the liquid is largely recovered, but they might upset the highly sensitive. Nitrogen gas treatment, [...]