After a course of antibiotics for a Bronchitis infection, my mouth has become fairly sensitive to some food stuff. I am taking medication to get over it but progress is slow. So I have to look for something to eat that is mild.
Oh dear. Marmite and East Indian dishes are off, as are fries which have been lightly coated with salt and vinegar. Bread-crumbed stuff will have to go as the crumbs will get into the corners of my mouth and irritate it. My favourite Rye bread will have to go on the back burner too. What a dilemma.
I know. I will have plain bread buttered toast and some Black Forest Ham, but without the English mustard which I always use on ham.
Big mistake. The buttered toast is fine but what the hell is in this ham? Well, apart from Pork, there is added salt and three types of Sodium preservative, unknown spices and colour fixer. Dammit, I have been giving my grand-daughter this stuff, but no more. Black Forest ham shouldn’t have this effect. My mouth and lips feel like they are on fire.
One of the ‘ingredients’, according to a website, has side effects which include swelling of the lips, tongue and mouth parts. Another is considered to be a carcinogenic. One of the Sodium products is used as an alternative to Sodium Nitrite, and yet both Sodium products are in there.
The same ingredients appear in the entire range of ham products from this one particular manufacturer, and they all have the same effect on me.
Are these people in cahoots with the medical professions, ensuring a steady queue of people who will need treatments for which the drug companies will fleece them?
I will be writing to the manufacturer and will report back on what they say. Stay tuned..
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