Food for thought.

[MaryMary]

This is yet another piece of my ongoing fatigue issue jigsaw that may aply to you. I have an underactive thyroid and my blood test results appear to say I am on the correct dose of replacement, in my case T3, drug.

I have been diagnosed with salicylate sensitivity. Salicylates exist in different amounts in food and aspirin. Most fruit is included in the group of high Salicylates as is tea and coffee (but not decaf coffee). Also high in vegetables, paricularly the ones which are really fruits like tomatoes, plus chillies and coriander. Apparently, this sensitivity can cause amongst other things FATIGUE!!! The sensitivity can build up over time.

I absolutely love fruit and thought I had a healthy diet! I have had to reduce the amount of salicytes in my diet, which is really hard. It's too soon to say whether I feel more energised yet., but I will keep you posted.

If you are older like me, you may have been give junior aspirin as a child, before it was banned under age 16 and before calpol was around!

If you want to read more, this website I found is easy to read and lists the food/drinks in an easy format salicylatesensitivity.com.

I would be interested to hear your views and or experience of this from others please?

Thanks,,

Mary

[helvella Administrator Thyroid UK]

Well, that was good timing. Have a look at this story (available various places - BBC was easy to find):

Long-term aspirin 'blindness link'

By James Gallagher Health and science reporter, BBC News

People who regularly take aspirin for many years, such as those with heart problems, are more likely to develop a form of blindness, researchers say.

A study on 2,389 people, in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine, showed aspirin takers had twice the risk of "wet" age-related macular degeneration.

The disease damages the 'sweet spot' in the retina, obscuring details in the centre of a patient's field of vision.

The researchers said there was not yet enough evidence to change aspirin use.

<more by following link or searching for other versions of the story>

bbc.co.uk/news/health-21120025

Rod

[Framboise]

I'm interested to know how you were tested for this and who did the testing. It's not something I think my GPs would go with, it took a year to get a RAST test through them for food sensitivities and then a referral to a dietician who knew less than I did.

Salicytes are the main substances to be avoided on the guaifenesin protocol by Dr Paul St Amand for the treatment of fibromyalgia. Please keep posting about how you improve, this is very interesting and something I'd like to check out for myself!

[MaryMary in reply to Framboise]

Hi Framboise,

I'll send you a private message.

Hace you read the article posted by Cinnamon - it's a very easy read and reflects the way I've been diagnosed recently and the treatment plan which I'll be starting soon? This is not the Dr I've seen though.

[Joyia]

Don't forget the low oxalate diet either, this is proving to be helpful in the fight against fibromyalgia which is also linked to the thyroid. In fact the website lowoxalate.info/recipes.html has a list of foods showing the oxalate content, the list also shows the salicylate content, all very interesting.

[MaryMary]

Thanks, Joyia I'll take a look at this.

[lizanne]

Hi I just came across this post - very interesting. I was diagnosed with a salicylate allergy about 12 years ago.

Re the list of foods high in salicylates - its interesting as some of them I can eat no problem, but others such as raw apples, cherries, pears, carrots etc cause my throat to itch and swell -quite scary. It also means I have a severe tree pollen allergy as birch pollen (late feb/early march to may) is very high in salicylates.

So if you find you are sniffing or wheezy in spring time it could be linked to salicylates, As to whether all of this is linked to hypo - I dont know - other than they are all auto immune problems I think? However I certainly think allergies are strongly linked to low adrenals possibly?