SALICYLATE SENSITIVITY FOOD GUIDE

WHAT ARE SALICYLATES? Salicylates are chemicals that occur naturally in many plants, including many fruits vegetables, herbs, spices, teas, seeds, flowers and bark. Salicylates in plants act as a natural immune hormone and preservative, protecting the plants against diseases, insects, pests, fungi, and harmful bacteria. Salicylates are natural regulators of growth, flowering, ripening and ageing. Higher quantities of salicylates are found in firm unripe fruit and lowest when ripe fruit is ready to drop off the plant. Salicylates exist mainly in the skin zone (skin and just under the skin) and are concentrated by processing as in fruit or vegetable juices, sauces, pastes, powders, jams, syrups and flavourings.

Salicylates are also created synthetically and can be found in many medicines (ie. aspirin), perfumes, preservatives, industrial chemicals, plastics and some pesticides.

WHAT ARE SOME OF THE SYMPTOMS OF SALICYLATE SENSITIVITY?  headaches or migraines  itchy skin rashes such as hives (urticaria), eczema and others  irritable bowel symptoms – reflux in babies or adults, nausea, vomiting, stomach bloating and discomfort, wind, diarrhoea and/or constipation  bedwetting, cystitis  asthma, stuffy or runny nose, nasal polyps, frequent throat clearing  conjunctivitis  behaviour problems such as irritability, restlessness, inattention, oppositional defiance, symptoms of ADHD  sleep disturbance - difficulty falling asleep, night terrors, frequent night waking, sleep apnoea, insomnia  anxiety, depression, panic attacks  rapid heartbeat and arrythmias  tinnitus, hearing loss  joint pain, arthritis, and more ….

SWEETS

Negligible Low Moderate High Very High

Carob Caramel Molasses Chewing gum Cocoa Golden Syrup Raw Sugar Fruit flavours Homemade Malt Extract Honey caramel Toffee Jam Maple Syrup Liquorices White Sugar Mint flavoured sweets Peppermints

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Negligible Low Moderate High Very High

Banana Apple – golden Apple – red Apples All dried Fruits Canned Pear delicious delicious Grapefruit Apricot Lime Nashi Pears Fig Kiwi fruit Avocado Pear (ripe Papaya Custard apple Lychee Blackberry and peeled) Paw Paw Lemon Mandarin Blackcurrant Tamarillo Loquat Melons Blueberry Mango Mulberry Boysenberry Passion fruit Nectarine Cherries Pear (w/peel) Peach Cranberry Persimmon Watermelon Currant Pomegranate Date Rhubarb Grape Guava Orange Pineapple Plum Prune Raisin Raspberry Redcurrant Rockmelon Strawberry Sultana Tangelo Tangerine

NUTS & SEEDS

Negligible Low Moderate High Very High

Poppy seed Cashews Brazil nuts Almond Hazelnuts Coconut Peanuts with Pecan Macadamia nuts skins on Sunflower Peanuts Water seeds Pine nuts chestnut Pistachio nuts Pumpkin seeds Sesame seeds Walnuts

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Negligible Low Moderate High Very High

Bamboo Asparagus Asparagus-tin Alfalfa sprouts Canned Green Shoots Bean Sprouts Aubergine – Artichoke Olives Beans (dried – Borlotti beans peeled Aubergine with peel Capsicum not borlotti) Brussels Beetroot Broad bean Champignon Cabbage sprouts Black Olives Broccoli Chicory (green or Cabbage (red) Carrot Canned black olive Chilli peppers white) Cauliflower Fresh Tomato Cucumber Courgette Celery Chickpeas Frozen Eggplant Endive Green Split Chives Spinach Spinach Gherkin peas Choko Lettuce (other Okra Hot pepper Lentils (brown) Green Beans than iceberg) Radish Peppers Lentils (red) Green Peas Marrow Sweet Potato Radish Lettuce Leek Mushrooms Watercress Tomato Products (iceberg) Mung bean Parsnips Zucchini Water Chestnut Peas (dried) sprouts Potato (new Potato Onion and red (old/white and Potato (white Pontiac) peeled) with peel) Pumpkin Swede Shallots Snow Peas Yellow split Sprout peas Sweet corn Turnip

FATS & OILS

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Butter Ghee Almond Oil Copha Coconut Oil Canola Oil Corn Oil Sesame oil Olive Oil Margarine Peanut Oil Walnut Oil Safflower Oil Soy Oil Sunflower Oil

By The Bay Kinesiology HERBS, SPICES, SEASONINGS, CONDIMENTS, SAUCES & TOPPINGS

Negligible Low Moderate High Very High

Golden Syrup Chives Fresh All Spice Aniseed Malt Vinegar Fennel (dried) Coriander Bay leaf Basil Maple Syrup Garlic Leaves Caraway Black pepper (pure) Saffron Horseradish Cardamom Cayenne Parsley Shallots Mayonnaise Cinnamon Celery powder Salt (sea) Soy Sauce Clove Chilli flakes Vanilla Coriander Chilli Powder Ginger Cider Vinegar Mixed herbs Commercial Mustard Gravies & Pimiento Sauces Cumin Curry Dill Fenugreek Fish, meat, and tomato pastes Garam masala Ginger Honey Jam/Jelly Liquorices Mace Marmite Mint Mustard Nutmeg Oregano Paprika Peppermint Rosemary Sage Tabasco Tarragon Thyme Turmeric Vegemite and other Yeast Extracts White pepper White Vinegar Wine Vinegar Worcester Sauce

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Negligible Low Moderate High Very High

Barley Corn Buckwheat Maize Millet Polenta Oats Breakfast Rice cereals that Rice cereals include fruit, Rye nuts, honey, Wheat coconut or flavours

MEAT

Negligible Low Moderate High Very High

Beef Liver Fish canned in oil Salami Chicken Prawns Gravy mixes (i.e. Sausages Eggs Shellfish stock cubes/meat Frankfurters Fish extracts/etc.) Hotdogs Lamb Organ meats Rabbit Sausage casing Scallops Tripe Veal

TEA, COFFEE, ALCOHOL & BEVERAGES

Negligible Low Moderate High Very High

Decaf Coffee Regular coffee Teas (all other) Fruit juice other Carob powder Decaf Tea Peppermint Tea than pear Gin Herbal Tea Cordials Milk(goat/cow) (except Fruit flavoured Milo Peppermint) drinks Ovaltine Dandelion Tea Liqueurs Pear juice Coca Cola Port

(homemade) Rosehip Syrup Wine Soy milk Cider Rum Rice milk Beer Vodka Sherry Water Brandy

Whisky

By The Bay Kinesiology COMMERCIAL SNACKS

Negligible Low Moderate High Very High

Plain Apple chips Popcorn Chewing gum (all flavours) potato Popping Fruit flavoured candy, chips (read corn gelato, ices, popsicles, ingredients) sherbet, sorbet, and sweets Licorice Mint/peppermint/wintergreen flavoured candy/sweets Pickles (and anything pickled)

DAIRY & SOY PRODUCTS

Negligible Low Moderate High Very High

Butter Blue vein Cream Cheese Cheese (not blue vein) Milk Yoghurt (natural only) Ice Cream Rice Milk Goat Milk Soy Milk Tofu

BAKING SUPPLIES

Negligible Low Moderate High Very High

Arrowroot Sesame Corn Syrup Brown Sugar seeds Castor Sugar Cornflour Golden Syrup Icing Sugar Malt Malt extract Poppy seeds Rice Flour Rye Flour Soy Flour Tapioca Wheat Flour

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