Salicylates are natural chemicals produced by fruits and vegetables which help protect them against insects, fungi, and diseases. You can think of salicylates as the defence system of plants against pathogens. For thousands of years, salicylate extracts have been used for medicinal purposes. The first recorded incidence of salicylates being isolated from a plant was in the early 1800s. The extract is commonly known as aspirin, and it helps relieve inflammation and pain and lowers fever. However, salicylates can sometimes result in health problems for those with salicylate sensitivity. Salicylic...
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Next week is Food Allergy Awareness Week, created in 1998 by the Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network (now FARE – Food Allergy and Research Education). We wanted to take the...
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