Raisins made me wheezy?!
Question: Raisins made me wheezy?
so i was eating raisins from Trader Joes and i started to have trouble breathing. I started wheezing and coughing so i took an allergy pill, so now i'm fine.
I am not allergic to any foods, so i checked out the "ingredients" and it listed two things:
Raisins(obviously) and Sulfur Dioxide. Looked it up, and its a preservative commonly used on grapes.
Can this be the cause?
I am not allergic to any foods, so i checked out the "ingredients" and it listed two things:
Raisins(obviously) and Sulfur Dioxide. Looked it up, and its a preservative commonly used on grapes.
Can this be the cause?
Answers:
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Perhaps you are allergic to raisins because of the high sugar content.
Sulfites and sulfur dioxide are common preservatives present in lots of foods so it is unlikely to be the preservatives. Nevertheless the preservatives could be the culprit.
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Try eating grapes without Sulfur Dioxide and if you don't get wheezy then it's probably the preservative :)