Gluten Intolerance

Hi people...

I wanna share something that I discovered that is very important to some of you. How to start? In my 2 previous posts, I shared my experiences on skincare...yes, until today I still admit Clarins is a good skincare. But despite it is good...I still have pimples here and there. Being someone you had a clear skin before, having one two pimples really made me stress.

So I googled on the benefits of homemade mask and there are many types of mask that is can be easily prepared. The homemade mask that I tried is a combination of honey, oat and lemon. I used it everyday for 3 days. The verdict : My pimples became worst! I was so stress and I believe it must be something is wrong with my body. I continued my research and found something very disturbing.

Have you heard of 'Gluten Intolerance' or 'Gluten Sensitivity' relates to acne? I don't want to discuss in detail what are the disease that relates to this allergy, because you can google it yourself as there are many articles that are very informative, but what I want to emphasize is that gluten food can cause acne. But what is gluten? Gluten is a protein composite found in foods processed from wheat and related species, including oat, barley and rye.

So back to my homemade mask tadi...I started get very bad acne week when I started to use the homemade mask. Then secara kebetulan, on the same week, I minum air barli setiap hari that week, makan my favourite noodle soup @ mee sup (mee kuning), all on the same week. I mmg have been suffering joint problems and on medication on and off. But on that week, I makan ubat pun, still tak relieve my joint pain. So I suspect something is not right, internally. And I have been taking oats as breakfast almost every morning!!

From my research : Symptoms of Gluten Intolerance include :

Diarrhea - My stomach is very sensitive, senang dapat diarrhea
Weight Loss  - nope
Malnutrition  - maybe
Mild weakness - Yes, I am! Always energy less
Joint and  Bone pain - Definately
Abdominal bloating (stomach swells) - Champion of bloated tummy! Esp lepas makan mee..
Acne - Yes!! Sufferer for almost 2 years

Research shows that gluten intolerance in some form affects approximately 15% of the US population. But many people don't realize it ... you know what, gluten is almost everywhere ... let me just name it few :

Bread, cake, pasta, noodle, Noodles, Oatmeal, Pancakes, Pie and pie crusts, pizza ....

You can get the list from here .

Most of the symptoms, I am pretty sure that I am one of the sufferer, but I have set an appointment with skin allergy specialist just to get official confirmation. Deep down I'm still hoping the that I don't have it, just problems with my imbalance hormones..I can't face the fact to live with gluten free diet....Tidakk!!! Takkan I tak boleh makan my kids' birthday cake? Takkan I tak boleh makan my favourite mee sup, lasagna, Big Apple doughnut, Garret popcorns, pizza, roti canai, Mc Donalds??