My lemon juice has sodium bisulfate in it. Majorie

And I just noticed, after you mentioned this, that a bottle of lemon juice I bought a while back also has Sodium Benzoate!!!!! Thankfully, I have organic lemons in my fridge to make my mayo today! Marjorie, I can certainly relate to you frustration, but just remember that all foods aren't completely  bad or we would all be dead by now!

Quoted from Spring

My lemon juice has sodium bisulfate in it. Majorie

And I just noticed, after you mentioned this, that a bottle of lemon juice I bought a while back also has Sodium Benzoate!!!!! Thankfully, I have organic lemons in my fridge to make my mayo today! Marjorie, I can certainly relate to you frustration, but just remember that all foods aren't completely  bad or we would all be dead by now!

Thank you and you have a good point.

What do you use to  make your mayo?

I have sent some information to my daughter on this topic.  She has always had a problem with eggs and broccoli, and even says that green tea makes her sick.  I don't know what else bothers her, but I am glad to find out why so perhaps she can further investigate.

What do you use to  make your mayo?...Marjorie

Egg, olive oil, dry mustard, lemon juice and salt. My favorite oil is almond, but it is a neutral for me.

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A search about sulfur and phenols brought up the following site and gave me a good understanding how the process works.  It gives a lot of information about food sensitivities.

http://www.newtreatments.org/fromweb/sulfur.html

Wow! Over all,  I'm not sure whether I got a "good understanding" from reading this or not!   Quercetin and egg yolks are supposed to be very beneficial for some people, and this article thinks we shouldn't use Quercetin regularly. And that isn't even getting into the wonderful foods that are apparently like poison. I'm beginning to wonder if giving children Tylenol, or adults taking it, is not a MAJOR problem, aside from the myriad onslaught of chemicals in nearly EVERYTHING. I think a study should be done about any relationship between the time Tylenol came on the market and autism becoming such a problem among children. It gets even more confusing, for lack of a better word, when good foods are demonized and chemicals of every description are thrown at the population by the ton. Not that chemicals were not mentioned, but I have a strong feeling that THEY are the ones pulling this particular cart!  

Thank you Spring!  It's good to be reminded that I've come a long way.  It's easy to forget and to be preoccupied with what's still not quite right. ....TJ

That is why journaling is recommeneded so often. Actually, this board can be your "journal." Go back and read some posts from a few years back, and you can see the progress as plain as day! But it is good to still be focused on fixing the things that still bother you!

I just had a *duh* moment... It only just occurred to me today (after reacting to cos lettuce of all things, last night) that the ones I buy are grown in volcanic soil!! Lately there has been a lot more volcanic activity in the area of NZ (9 hrs north of here) where they are grown...

The fallout & even smell from the ash cloud has been reasonably prolific (even down as far as Wellington) so I'm thinking it would have added extra sulphur to the plants for sure... Been wondering why my skin had played up more (out of the blue) in the last few weeks

Plus I bought leeks for my husband recently & I swear just cleaning them & then smelling them cooking, I ended up tasting/burping leeks even without eating any

Ew!

Well that's helpful lol

Avoided the lettuce yesterday & things were definitely better, right until just after my husband had his dinner... Thought we had come up with a better solution, as I got him to prepare & help cook his own leeks tonight... But much as I tried to stay away, in a completely open plan house, I couldn't avoid smelling them, especially as he needed me to check how his cutting was going...
Then soon after he'd eaten his dinner, I started to feel my eyes slightly reacting & sure enough my skin reacted again too *sigh* (I did chop pumpkin as well for him & maybe touching that hasn't helped either?)
Aah well, at the weekend he can have his leeks & I will stay upstairs till he has finished eating & cleaning up... Especially as I came downstairs this morning & could still smell leeks - they sure are strong smelling