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Listed are the posts for Март 30, 2009.

ALLERGY DIET: USING UNUSUAL FOODS IN YOUR DIET

Using unusual foods in your diet, especially in rotation, can help extend and vary your diet. You are less likely to react to a food if you have never or seldom eaten it. Use substitutes such as goat’s and sheep’s milk and cheese if you can, and unusual grains, such as buckwheat, sago or tapioca. [...]


ELIMINATION PROGRAMME FOR ALLERGY

You have a choice of four ways in which to eliminate chemicals from your environment in order to test what you are sensitive to: • totally avoid one or a small number of specific chemicals • eliminate chemicals in one area of your life (e.g. clothing or cosmetics) • create an oasis in one room [...]


ALLERGY TO COSMETICS: AVOIDING TROUBLE

If you are exceptionally sensitive, you may not be able to wear even low-allergen products. You may have to avoid toiletries and cosmetics altogether. It can be very difficult to have to give up something that is a source of self-esteem or pleasure, and can be a hard decision. On the other hand, total abstinence [...]


ALLERGY TO BUILDING AND DECORATING MATERIALS/WHAT TO USE: INSULATION

Various materials are used in cavity wall insulation, in which insulating material is placed between the outer and inner wall of a building. One such material is urea-formaldehyde foam (UFF) which is injected into the cavity and forms a foam which adheres to the wall surfaces. UFF is only ever used on existing buildings, not [...]


WHAT I CAN DO TO HELP MY ALLERGY: AIR FILTERS

You can buy a range of devices which will remove particles and filter the air that you breathe. These can be of real benefit if you choose one that is effective for the things to which you are sensitive (some devices remove some allergens or substances and not others). They are cheap to run, costing [...]