I need some feedback/thoughts on this...
I found some information about desensitizing yourself to a food chemical called salicylates (a natural pesticide found in most fruits & veggies, herbs, etc). Basically the procedure involves starting
with a dose of salicylates that's too low to produce symptoms and
doubling that dose or increasing by half every 2 hours for 2 days. If
symptoms become too intense they take a remedy to stop the reaction
but continue the dosing. At the end of two days you're supposed to
have a fairly good tolerance for salicylates (whatever your goal is
for a tolerance, that's the amount you work up to over the two days).
To maintain that tolerance you do have to consume a minimum amount of
salicylates every day or most days, and you still can't eat unlimited
salicylates.
As I understand it salicylate intolerance isn't quite the same as food allergies/intolerances because they produce a pharmacological reaction and not an immune reaction, and also because everyone has a salicylate limit (salicylates are detoxed through the liver and everyone's liver has a finite capacity to detox them).
Anyhow, it sounds pretty good and it's something I'd like to try for
my 16 month old DD who is sensitive to salicylates, but I'd like some feedback on whether there might be some
unforseen consequences/long-term drawbacks to this sort of plan.
I found some information about desensitizing yourself to a food chemical called salicylates (a natural pesticide found in most fruits & veggies, herbs, etc). Basically the procedure involves starting
with a dose of salicylates that's too low to produce symptoms and
doubling that dose or increasing by half every 2 hours for 2 days. If
symptoms become too intense they take a remedy to stop the reaction
but continue the dosing. At the end of two days you're supposed to
have a fairly good tolerance for salicylates (whatever your goal is
for a tolerance, that's the amount you work up to over the two days).
To maintain that tolerance you do have to consume a minimum amount of
salicylates every day or most days, and you still can't eat unlimited
salicylates.
As I understand it salicylate intolerance isn't quite the same as food allergies/intolerances because they produce a pharmacological reaction and not an immune reaction, and also because everyone has a salicylate limit (salicylates are detoxed through the liver and everyone's liver has a finite capacity to detox them).
Anyhow, it sounds pretty good and it's something I'd like to try for
my 16 month old DD who is sensitive to salicylates, but I'd like some feedback on whether there might be some
unforseen consequences/long-term drawbacks to this sort of plan.
