Why Use Skin Care with Gluten Free Ingredients

Gluten intolerance is typically associated with celiac disease.  This disease is thought to be a result of genetic and environmental factors in which damage has resulted to the intestinal wall and is typically accompanied by chronic symptoms. With celiac disease the body's immune system overreacts in response to gluten.  Gluten sensitivity symptoms can be from food, but also by using gluten ingredients in personal care and skin care products. 


What is not Gluten Free Ingredients
To manage gluten sensitivity, avoid products with the following ingredients:

• Barley
• Bulgur
• durum
• Farina
• Graham flour
• Rye
• Semolina
• Spelt
• Triticale
• Wheat
• Oats

Your skin is the largest organ in your body and able to absorb ingredients introduced on it.  If you do accidentally eat or absorb gluten through your skin, you may experience symptoms associated with gluten intolerance of abdominal pain and diarrhea.  It may take weeks or even months to heal the small intestine back to health.  There is no known cure for celiac disease.  Managing what you eat or use on your body with gluten free ingredients is vital to minimizing symptoms.

Gluten Free Skin Care, Shampoo and Other Personal Care Products: Are they Necessary?
 Most skin and hair care brands, especially those labeled 'natural', consider grains as healthy for you. Some ingredients that contain gluten and are used in personal care and skin care are listed below and should be avoided:

• Hordeum vulgare (barley), Triticum vulgare (wheat)
• Secale cereale (rye)
• Avena sativa (oats)
• Wheat germ oil
• Hydrolyzed wheat protein
• Stearyl dimonium hydroxypropy (hydrolyzed wheat protein)
• Laurdimonium hydroxypropyl (hydrolyzed wheat protein)
• Colloidal oatmeal
• Hydrolyzed vegetable protein (may contain wheat)
• Dextrin palmitate (starch, possibly gluten-based)
• Malt extract (usually barley)
• Beta glucan (frequently derived from wheat)
• Vegetable protein (may contain wheat, barley, rye and/or oats)

Finding Products with Gluten Free Ingredients
Cleure offers a line of gluten free products which includes gluten free shampoo and conditioner, gluten free lotion, cosmetics, gluten free toothpaste and other dental products.