Interestingly, a lot of people who develop food allergies also have skin diseases like eczema. The question is, are they linked and which came first?
A new study found that instead of food sensitization happening in the gut, it could actually happen on the skin.
“Experimental, clinical, and epidemiological studies have provided evidence of the primary role of an epidermal barrier defect in the development of sensitization to environmental allergens..."
"...and that this process occurs in the damaged skin barrier rather than the gastrointestinal or respiratory tract.”
"...and that this process occurs in the damaged skin barrier rather than the gastrointestinal or respiratory tract.”
This is important because the skin is often thought of as unrelated to the rest of whole body health.
It backs up previous research which describes how a damaged skin microbiome could be the primary source of food allergies.
The authors link many more allergic diseases to the skin microbiome later in the paper.
“There is strong evidence for a connection between early AD onset and the development of other allergic diseases later in life."
Is it time to value the importance of the skin microbiome in whole body health?
