Better to Laugh

I am still holding my own with the reduced sugar lifestyle, but the irony is that replacing the sugar with other foods has actually had ill effects. I believe it may have started a few weeks ago with taking Vitamin B 100 Complex. Vitamin supplements from plant sources are high in salicylates, so are Cutie oranges, tea, spices in chai tea, orange juice, pineapple, cantaloupe, grapes, chicory, and honey. I have loaded up on these foods in the last week or more. Some of the side effects I experienced? Itching all over, breathing issues, dry cough, swelling of face, hands, feet, and throat, and itchy, burning eyes. I have had milder symptoms of these side effects in the past, but I blamed it on other sources. Also, I have had a scent sensitivity for more than 10 years, and just about anything perfumed has salicylates in them. All of the pieces of my weird health issues, like Meniere’s, are coming together, but I am not sure where I go from here.

I am hoping that after I detox a little, I will be able to eat some of these ‘healthy’ foods again, in moderation. I haven’t had a reaction from eating sugary foods in the past. I told my husband that Ding Dongs would not be giving me this reaction. In fact, sugar is one of the things you can eat without a reaction from salicylates, but I am not going to use that as an excuse to eat bad sugars. I won’t, I won’t, I won’t!