Sulfur Foods: An All or Nothing Deal?

[Guest guest]

I haven't tried the " all-or-nothing " sulfur exclusion/reintroduction

test, because I've eaten plenty of whey (e.g., whey protein shakes),

brussell sprouts, and certain other sulfur foods and haven't noticed

any negative effects.

However, sometimes it seems like eggs might cause my symptoms to

flare-up, though at other times eggs seem okay. And just recently,

I've noticed a possible correlation between eating beans

(lentil, chili, baked, pinto, etc) and a flare-up of symptoms (brain

fog, spaciness, malaise, fatigue, mild nausea, congestion).

So maybe I do have sulfur sensitivity, but only to certain sulfur

foods and not others. Is it common for mercury toxic people (those

with high plasma cysteine, I guess) to be sensitive only to certain

sulfur foods and not others?

Does the sulfur content vary substantially among foods on the " sulfur

list " ?

http://www.livingnetwork.co.za/healingnetwork/sulfur_sulphur_foods.html

Thanks,

Darren

[Guest guest]

Posted by: " Darren " xbluehens@... xbluehens

Thu Jun 19, 2008 9:41 pm (PDT)

>I haven't tried the " all-or-nothing " sulfur exclusion/reintroduction

test, because I've eaten plenty of whey (e.g., whey protein shakes),

brussell sprouts, and certain other sulfur foods and haven't noticed

any negative effects.

That won't tell you what's going on. You need to take them _out_ and then put

them in at one meal that includes a lot of sulfur.

When we are in a chronic phase of exposure, which you may be in now if you turn

out to be a high sulfur person, then your reactions will be quite different

from an acute exposure, which is what you will get when you take them out for

a week and re-introduce.

>However, sometimes it seems like eggs might cause my symptoms to

flare-up, though at other times eggs seem okay. And just recently,

I've noticed a possible correlation between eating beans

(lentil, chili, baked, pinto, etc) and a flare-up of symptoms (brain

fog, spaciness, malaise, fatigue, mild nausea, congestion).

That sounds like a sulfur reaction to me.

>So maybe I do have sulfur sensitivity, but only to certain sulfur

foods and not others.

No, this would be contradictory to what a sulfur reaction is, though some are

more powerful thiol sources than others. Milk is the worst.

>Is it common for mercury toxic people (those

with high plasma cysteine, I guess) to be sensitive only to certain

sulfur foods and not others?

No. It is possible that you have immune reactions to some of these foods, milk

and eggs not being unusual. But, as far as I've seen, beans are not so

typical. To identify the foods that you may have an immune response to (or a

" pharmaceutial " response due to only partial digestion of proteins, pieces of

which then get past the BBB) you will need to do an " Exclusion diet " - eat a

short list of usually safe foods for a week, and then re-introduce one by one.

>Does the sulfur content vary substantially among foods on the " sulfur

list " ?

>http://www.livingnetwork.co.za/healingnetwork/sulfur_sulphur_foods.html

Yes. Milk/dairy is the worst. Eggs and beans/peas are next. Broccoli,

cabbage et al are next.

>Thanks,

>Darren