Flare Questions

[ant]

Dear Tex

Note that lecithins are not to be confused with lectins, since they have completely different properties - lecithins are emulsifying agents, surfactants, etc., that help in keeping components in solution, so that they don't settle out over time. Anyway, this shows you how sunflower oil contains many of the same "ingredients" as soy oil, which suggests that developing a sensitivity to it might certainly be a risk.

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A major source of lecithin is soybean oil. Because of the EU-requirement to declare additions of allergens in foods, in addition to regulations regarding genetically modified crops, a gradual shift to other sources of lecithin (e.g., sunflower oil) is taking place. The main phospholipids in lecithin from soya and sunflower are phosphatidyl choline, phosphatidyl inositol, phosphatidyl ethanolamine, and phosphatidic acid.

Well I did confuse "lectins" with "lecithins" in my earlier post....I sould have said the chocolate contained "sunflower lecithin". From the above information it is indeed possible that is what caused my flare

Thanks, Ant

[tex]

Ant,

I believe that it's probably pretty rare to be sensitive to sunflower oil, but when I was recovering, it always seemed that potato chips, for example, cooked in sunflower oil, caused problems for me, whereas potato chips cooked in other oils, (such as canola, cottonseed, etc., did not. I never tested it enough to be sure, though.

You're most welcome,
Tex