Re: More questions about salicylates

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All,

Anyone know if hemp protein or flax seed oil are problematic for those

sensitive to salicylates?

Anyone know if there are any liver tests (or detoxification

pathway/sulfation tests) that would help reveal whether the Feingold

diet is likely to be helpful in a given individual?

Anyone know how to tell if supplements contain salicylates? If

processed foods (e.g., breakfast cereals) contain salicylates, will

the list of ingredients say so?

Jen,

Thanks for reporting your dramatic turnaround on the low-salicylate

diet. Based on your reported symptoms, as well as some instances

where it seems like high-salicylate foods have caused me major

problems recently (e.g., trail mix with dried fruits & nuts), I think

it makes sense for me to try this diet.

Would you mind giving a little detail on what foods you ate, and which

ones you avoided? Did you just avoid the high-salicylate foods, or

all salicylate foods? Did you have to adopt the entire Feingold diet,

or was avoiding salicylates enough?

I realize that what works for one person might not be the same for

another, but I think it's still worth considering someone else's

approach, since there are essentially an infinite number of

ways to attempt such a diet. And you've gotta start somewhere.

There are countless lists of high-salicylate foods to avoid; this one

seems quite helpful, assuming the values are accurate:

http://www.plantpoisonsandrottenstuff.info/content/elimination-diet/salicylates.\

aspx

It's hard to know where to start -- I don't do the cooking, and I'm

trying not to inconvenience my wife too much. She's very supportive

of my quest for health, but I've tried so many different " health

diets " in the past, I'm trying not to drive her crazy with yet another

approach. (Previous approaches -- e.g., low-sulfur, no processed

foods, something called " signature supplements diet " , etc., all have

proved of minimal or no help.)

I was avoiding bananas because they're supposedly can be problematic

if you have weakened adrenals. Now it might make sense for me to

swap-in bananas, which are low in salicylates, and swap out all of the

other fruits I regularly eat (apples, grapes, nectarines, plums, etc).

At one point I was avoiding brussel sprouts, since they're high

sulfur. But it turns out they too are low in salicylate. Foods keep

wandering onto and off of my " okay-to-eat " list (cheese, dairy,

certain vegetables, nuts, etc), it's hard to keep track of what to

eat!!! (Just venting a bit.)

Thanks,

Darren