Sick and hurt aftering eat a salad?

[Crissy Snow]

My friend really likes the idea of me going raw so she made me a salad that consisted of cabbage, lettuce, spinach, and brocolli raab, carrots, with cashes and sunflower seeds as toppings. Now after I was done eating this salad my lip was stingy and my stomach kinda hurt. I don't know if it could have been the nuts but I never had a reaction from nuts. I am not sure but a little help about what not to put/eat on a salad would be appreciated. :(

[Anastazia]

Bagged spinich (& most greens, especially spinich served in public!) can be dipped in sulpher!!! Which DEFINATELY makes your lips & mouth tingle!
Was it bagged?
Sometimes it's the combination of foods!
~Anastazia~

[Crissy Snow]

yes it was a bag of spinach, but I have been eating bagged spinach since I went raw and I felt fine. So then I am guessing the package lied to me. It lied to me and made me feel good by saying they wash their spinach before putting it in the bag. I am not sure what it was but my lip was all achy and I had rinsed my lip with water and put Vitamin E oil on it to keep it from hurting.

[Anastazia]

Was it organic? If not, it could just be a reaction to pesticides!

You can also put RAW coconut oil on it, helps great with lotsa skin things!

~Anastazia~

[Crissy Snow]

Was it organic? If not, it could just be a reaction to pesticides!

You can also put RAW coconut oil on it, helps great with lotsa skin things!

~Anastazia~


Next time I will tell her to make me a salad with organic stuff and not bagged spinach because it could be that it stingy my lip real bad. I also happen to have coconut oil+vit E in it it's good for burns too.

Thanks for the advice :)

[Frugal Raw]

Have you ever had broccoli raab before? Someone else on this list had a similar reaction, and it is believed it was an allergic reaction.

[RollinRaw]

If you are going to use bagged veggies ...... ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS wash it as you would any fresh veggie. They can say they wash it all they want I still wash it again! Better safe than sorry.........

[rawgreenyogini]

I've been buying bagged spinach for years and never had a reaction... and I don't wash it either.

[lanettasmouse]

i agree with amberstorm. it was just maybe a few weeks ago someone said they had the same reaction to broccoli rabe. so maybe try eliminating that and see what happens. if it doesn't take care of the problem i would continue to eliminate one item from the salad one by one until you figure out which one it is. hope this helps.

[Crissy Snow]

This was my first time trying it. I asked my friend what it was she told me it was broccoli Rabe or Raab and she said it's really good on salads. So she combined everything else. It was good when I was done but my lips were aching like they were chapped and my tummy hurt.

And I had no idea that you have to wash the bagged spinach. I don't thinK I will be buying it any time soon. So on that note can Collard Greens and Mustard Greens be eaten raw? I think I want those fresh along with Kale for my salads.

[EZ rider]

http://www.rawfoodtalk.com/showthread.php?t=35719

[Stina]

Bagged spinich (& most greens, especially spinich served in public!) can be dipped in sulpher!!! Which DEFINATELY makes your lips & mouth tingle!
Was it bagged?
Sometimes it's the combination of foods!
~Anastazia~

OH! so, that's why those bagged greens last a ridiculously long time. I've also read that they are soaked in chlorine. Either way, not good.....
does that apply to organic bagged greens too? I assume it does, they just don't feel right.

[Frugal Raw]

I remember the good old days when I could buy nonbagged mature spinach with soil still clinging to the roots by the bunch. I haven't seen it in stores in forever!

As for kale and collards, yes, and YES! Collards I use for veggie wraps, and kale does make up a nice salad! Kale is also good in smoothies.

[raw_danceruk]

To me it sounds like the combination..

First time I ate sesame I had the same reaction

However, If I ate that salad now I would be in pain-- nuts, seeds and the harder to digest broccoli..sounds tough on the digestion!

Spinach..again possibility.. I am lucky enough here to buy it covered in soil.. fresh.. stuff it in the paper bag myself.. lovely and fresh.. (if it gets home..usually eat it all on the walk home!!) :D

[GoingtoRAW]

If you are going to use bagged veggies ...... ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS wash it as you would any fresh veggie. They can say they wash it all they want I still wash it again! Better safe than sorry.........

I'm with you. I don't care what the bag says - I wash everything before I put it into my mouth!;)

[callmebecca]

That was me with the reaction to broccoli raab. It made the whole inside of my mouth sting and my lips go slightly numb - I've since stopped putting it in my salads, and those symptoms are gone.

Hope this works out for you!

[Crissy Snow]

That was me with the reaction to broccoli raab. It made the whole inside of my mouth sting and my lips go slightly numb - I've since stopped putting it in my salads, and those symptoms are gone.

Hope this works out for you!

Oh ok it had my lips chapped after I ate it and I had a stomach ache. Next time I will tell her not to use that stuff. She didn't know any better. She's asian and she has alot of organic stuff and the raab was something they use on a daily basis for their cooking and eating. I'll tell her to use collard greens and kale on my salad it's much better that way.

Thanks for the tips you guys otherwise I would have repeatedly done this and hurt myself.

[KatK]

Was one of the nuts cashews? People have allergic reactions to those, too.

[Crissy Snow]

Was one of the nuts cashews? People have allergic reactions to those, too.

I think it was the broccoli raab. I can eat cashews and be fine.

[sekhmut]

The bags of bagged veg are often inflated with chemicals to make the veg stay looking nicer for longer too - this is why a lot of the time they veg goes yucky very soon after the bag being opened.