The Salicylate Handbook: Your Guide to Understanding Salicylate Sensitivity

Nonfiction, Health & Well Being, Health, Ailments & Diseases, Allergies

• Author: Sharla Race
• ISBN: 9781907119057
• Publisher: Sharla Race
• Publication: January 22, 2013
• Imprint: Smashwords Edition
• Language: English

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