It seems normal that children who are very active get cuts, bruises, wounds, and even rashes all the time but how can you be so sure that it is not a food allergy skin rash? One of the things you should consider that your child might be allergic is the family health history of you and your spouse. Some food allergy skin rash may be derived from genetics so if you or your spouse have allergies, there’s a good chances that your children might have them too.

In our case, I have always been allergic to protein sourced from meat and my wife, on the other hand, is allergic to eggs and chicken. Our eldest son Eric is not allergic to any type of food but when George came, he showed signs of hives when he ate meat at one of his friends’ birthday party.

As a precaution, we brought him to an allergist for an allergy skin test. We didn’t want to take any chances regarding his health and safety so we did what we had to do. While waiting for the result, I was reading a book called “Hive: The Road to Diagnosis and Treatment of Urticaria” in the clinic’s reception area and I thought that the book was really informative. If we were to raise George with severe food allergies, we just got to have a copy of the book.

The test results showed that George’s hives are caused by meat products and the allergist advised us to consult a nutritionist for designing George’s meals without worrying about any gap in his daily nutritional intake. The causes of skin allergy in my youngest son will totally make things turn around in our home.

I know I had to make things work if George’s condition will affect us all. While my wife was grocery shopping for the ingredients needed in our kitchen, I decided to check out the nearest bookstore. I found the book I was aiming for and bought it right away. While waiting for my wife to finish, I was skimming and scanning through the book finding as many information I needed to adjust to George’s condition.

It has really answered all of my questions including some of the questions regarding my own allergies since I was little. The book also featured a workbook that Dr. Alan Wanderer, the author, designed in order to guide you during the process of skin allergy treatment.

When I have finished the workbook for George’s condition, I brought it to our family doctor and had him look at it. He then recommended his good doctor friend who has been in the industry of treating skin allergy symptoms. Because of Dr. Alan’s unique workbook specially made for acute and chronic hive sufferers, we were able to address my son’s condition earlier, allowing him to enjoy life better, something that my wife and I have missed while growing up.

But nevertheless, my wife and I also complete filling out our own workbooks especially when the food allergy skin symptoms begin to erupt. We are aiming to rid ourselves from the burden of hives or urticaria for good, something our whole family is about to enjoy in the years to come.

To control the excess fat in the face and with it the shine it produces can follow the steps below.

1-Cleansing

Use the right cleanser for your skin type. Those containing salicylic acid are perfect for oily, normal or tending to acne. These can be quite irritating to some sensitive skin (sensory) or dry.

2 – Protector

Use a sunscreen for oily skin or sensitive (sensitive) to avoid putting grease on the face. Mineral protectors are ideal for oily skin

3 – Wetting

If you have oily skin may not need of moisturizer during the day on hot days. If you use use a light for your skin type.

4 – Make-up

Choose a foundation for your skin type to avoid to put more oil and shine. In hot climates or in summer is preferable to use less makeup. Be careful not to use a lot of dust because they can be noticed and seen as a mask.

5 – Slips for brightness

If you tend to have glow in the load on your wallet face papers to remove shine on the face. In some places are called anti-glare wipes. Just put them in the face of pressure with the hands, if you’re careful not affect the makeup. Another alternative is to spray as Aviano in the face is just a little water sprinkled on his face to cool and so sweat less.

6 – Use the right products

Both cleaning and moisturizing masks. Weekly masks remove impurities and help keep pores clean.

7 – Food

If you eat too much fat that tend to leave on the skin. Other foods that may aggravate the problem: too much alcohol and spicy foods.

Here is a list of foods to incorporate into the daily diet in order to achieve optimum health:

- Blueberries: retard aging of cells, because they are antioxidants. They also protect the body against cancer.

- Fish: With its high level of fatty acids provide protection to the heart, maintain the level of cholesterol in the body and provide lots of vitamins.

- green vegetables , rich in fiber, vitamins C and K, folic acid, calcium, magnesium, iron and potassium.

- Whole grains: they are effective in controlling blood pressure, prevent heart disease, and fight constipation, diabetes and obesity

- Walnuts: Rich in protein, magnesium and vitamins prevent cancer and protect the heart

- Yogurt: it is rich in probiotics, calcium, vitamin B and protein, protects the stomach and strengthens the defenses

- Tea: contains large amounts of antioxidants that have a direct effect in slowing the aging process

- Tomato: Contains alpha-lipoic acid, a substance that could be considered the ideal antioxidant because it eliminates several species of free radicals, provides protection both inside and outside the cell and also protects against prostate cancer.

- Seafood: as squid, octopus, mussels and clams. Contain large amounts of zinc and selenium, which favor preventing degenerative joint and tissue

Other good foods for health are: honey, olive oil, raisins, and fruits of all kinds, oats, cocoa and soybeans.

Often we are unaware of the enormous importance of our skin, and only when it is very shabby start to give the necessary care, always being so easy to keep fresh and soft. To help her look forever young, we need a diet rich in vitamins and fiber and a good hydration and sun protection.

An important source of vitamins and fiber are fruits and vegetables, these are essential to ensure the body’s water and energy needs of fructose. They are an excellent source of antioxidants and help regulate the functioning of the intestinal tract.

Improve appearance

The skin requires more than just creams with vitamins to improve, often we are convinced that our dull skin look better after a few weeks of applying creams, but the truth is that we need to complement the external treatment with excellent food. So we leave you with a list of foods that you can combine a week in order to be able to have a balanced diet for each day of the week to help you effectively nurture your skin and improve its appearance.

Breakfast
Toasted bread with low fat cheese
A slice of 1 cm. cheese
A glass of low fat yogurt and cereal
Two cookies with dulce de leche light
Two rice cakes with cheese

It takes only one option per day and combines it with a tea with skim milk.

Lunch
A small portion of pasta with a teaspoon olive oil, diced a tomato and basil, and an orange
A portion of pascualina cake with green salad and light dessert
A baked breaded with lettuce, tomato and carrot
A steak with mashed potatoes and a light dessert
A light burger with salad and a kiwi

Dinner
A fillet of hake with roasted squash and a banana or plantain
Sautéed vegetables with chicken and fruit salad
A natural tuna salad and a green apple
Two zucchini stuffed with lean ground beef, onion and carrot, and a bowl of strawberries
Two vegetable cannelloni with white sauce, and fruit salad

If you get hungry between meals, try to take some fruit juice, cereal or yogurt with no sugar or wheat bran, and drink plenty of water.