Posted by Larry Hoover on July 3, 2004, at 11:46:34
In reply to Lettuce Allergy?, posted by Wildflower on July 2, 2004, at 13:33:34
> This is a very bizarre question but does anyone have a reaction to lettuce? I'm finding that some (but not all) prepackaged lettuce that is used in salads sends me running for the bathroom about a 1/2 hour after I eat it. It's quite embarrassing.
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> Any thought on what chemical is put on lettuce at restaurants or duing processing that my body can't tolerate?You're talking about the pre-cut, ready-to-eat salad ingredients, right?
It's generally chlorine bleached, and then sulphated.
I find that I can taste a difference, and that precedes the bathroom thing.
There's a lot of debate right now over what's the right thing to do, since it was discovered that e.g. e. coli bacteria can actually live inside the cells of lettuce, if the plant is irrigated with contaminated water while it is growing.
I know too much.
Lar
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