097: Are Your Rashes Triggered By A Salicylate Sensitivity?

The Healthy Skin Show · Dec 16, 2019 · 12m

It's pretty common when your skin won't stop flaring to be told that you might have salicylate sensitivity.

It's become an (unfortunately) popular test for people with eczema.

I get asked a lot about it and whether I think that people should follow it. Being that I'm not a fan of restrictive elimination diets for chronic skin rash issues, I wanted to share my two cents.

The truth is -- salicylate-rich foods are VERY healthy.

They're not bad for you... and reacting to them often means something entirely different than "You should avoid them."

In fact, outright avoiding salicylate-rich foods if…