The Salicylate Handbook · Your Guide to Understanding Salicylate Sensitivity

This new, revised, edition of The Salicylate Handbook provides an excellent guide to understanding salicylate sensitivity.

Based on the author's own experience and using all the currently available research, it is the most comprehensive guide to salicylate sensitivity you will find. It is supportive, full of common sense, well researched, and even has a touch of humour.

If you need to know about all the ways in which a salicylate sensitivity can affect your health, and life, then you need this handbook.

Contents

Welcome

Essential Information

1 Salicylate Sensitivity

Natural Salicylate

Man Made Salicylate

Aspirin (Acetylsalicylic acid)

Salicylate Intolerance

Symptoms

Diagnosis

Testing

Low Salicylate Diet

2 Salicylate in Food

Food Lists

Safe Foods: score = 0 up to Mega High Salicylate Foods: score = 7

Not the end of the story (additional information is provided on each of the following)

Alcohol

Alternative milks

Breakfast Cereals

Cow's Milk

Chocolate

Flavourings and sauces

Fruit

Fruit Juices

Grains

Herbs

Legumes (Pulses)

Nuts

Oils and Margarine

Other Food Chemicals

Packaging

Ready Meals

Soft Drinks

Spices

Sugars and Sweeteners

Sweets (Candies)

Tea and Coffee

Vegetables

Water

Yeast

Food Additives: Antioxidants, Benzoic Acid, Colours, Natural Colours, Flavourings, Other additives - Sulphites.

3 Non-Food Sources

Salicylates through the Skin

Inhaled Salicylate

Potential Problems:

Air Fresheners

Benzoates and Parabens

Cars

Fragrances

Gardening

Herbal Medicines

Household Products

Medicines

Pesticides

Products for babies and very young children

Sunscreens

Toiletries and Cosmetics

Others

Salicylate Free Products

4 Causes and Theories

Causes

Salicylate in the Body

Theories

“Treatment”: Acid-Alkaline Balance, Anti Histamines, Calcium Gluconate, Fluid Increase, Glutathione, Homeopathy, Fish Oil, Vitamins and Minerals (Vitamin K, Folic Acid, Vitamin C, Iron, Potassium, Zinc), Supplements more generally

5 Survival Strategies

Food

Airborne Salicylate

Dealing with Reactions

General

Other Food Problems: Amines, Monosodium Glutamate (MSG), Solanine.

Non Food Products

The Future

Low Salicylate Meals

6 Evidence

Angioedema

Asthma

Behaviour

Autism Spectrum Disorder

Blood Sugar Problems

Children and Salicylate

Dementia/Delirium

Eye Problems

Gastrointestinal Symptoms

Hearing Difficulties

Joint Problems

Kidney Problems

Migraine

Pancreatatitis

Rhinitis/Sinusitis/Polyps

Skin Complaints

Urticaria

Others

Thank You

Appendix 1 Health Benefits of Aspirin

Appendix 2 Salicylate Chemicals

References