The Food Intolerance Network has informational sheets on 31 disorders that can be helped with removing salicylates from the diet. Salicylates are found in foods from plants: most fruit, some vegetables, herbs, spices, tea and flavor additives. For example, citrus fruit, berries, tomato sauce and mint flavoring are naturally high in salicylates and so are processed foods with those flavors. Salicylates are also found in medications, fragrances, industrial chemicals, plastics and some pesticides, and can cause adverse effects when inhaled as well as eaten. Use the link above to go to their website and read each fact sheet.
1 ADHD and diet
2 Alopecia Areata (patchy baldness)
3 Arthritis, joint pain and diet
4 Asthma and food
5 Autism & Asperger
6 Bedwetting
7 Candida, Yeast, Sugar, Hypoglycemia
8 Cats, Dogs, Pets and Food Additives
9 Chronic fatigue
10 Constipation and Psyllium
11 Dairy, wheat, gluten – do I need to avoid?
12 Depression
13 Down Syndrome, behavioural symptoms (Symptom Discussion)
14 Eczema
15 Epilepsy
16 Hayfever and allergic rhinitis
17 Head banging
18 Headaches and migraines
19 Heart palpitations and chest pain
20 HHT (Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia) and a low salicylate diet
21 Irritable bowel symptoms (IBS)
22 Multiple sclerosis and diet
23 Opposition Defiance Disorder (ODD)
24 Pervasive Development Disorder (PDD-NOS) (Symptom Discussion)
25 Self harm
26 Sensitivity to sound – hyperacusis
27 Sleep apnoea
28 Sleep disturbance and insomnia
29 Speech delay
30 Stuttering
31 Tantrums
32 Teeth grinding
33 Tics, Tic disorder, Tourette symptoms
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