I thought I would write a short personal piece about something which happened in my own life and one of the key reasons I have come to eat the way I eat. This had a major contribution to me becoming even more dialled in to the importance of diet for overall health and well being. Also, hopefully this post may be helpful for anyone else struggling with a similar condition should they happen to stumble upon it. In 2015 I was 25 years old and living in Bristol completing a Master's degree in Nutrition, Physical Activity and Public Health (somewhat ironically as you will see). It was from around this time, and for around 4 years until I finally figured it out, that I was getting very intense burning rashes on my hands. These rashes would be in oddly specific places on the back of my hands and between my fingers. The rashes were itchy, when I say itchy I mean torturously itchy - so itchy that I used to run them under burning hot water to feel what was a euphoric sensation, like the best...
