Buddies Helping Buddies with Fibromyalgia
Fragrance is an ingredient in many beauty products. It is also broken down into the full list of ingredients contained in the word Fragrance. On a personal note, I go Fragrance free as much as possible, I am just a bit sensitive to smells.
Read More »Yes! You do need to look for salicylates in your laundry soap, dish soap and other cleaning products. Some of your cleaning products will have Salicylates in them, no worries, just get some good gloves 🙂 And as I was reminded today, if they DO put any natural ingredients in them, they advertise it all […]
Read More »When you are on the Guaifenesin Protocol to treat your Fibromyalgia, you need to watch for the word Flavor. In Vitamins, protein powders, and especially in gum, candy and anything tooth-ish like toothpaste, dental floss, and mouth wash 🙂 You cannot have mint/menthol in there. It will block your guaifenesin from working to reverse your […]
Read More »Our nails are porous and can actually absorb Salicylates through them. So, if you put sal-full nail polish on your nails, it can block your guaifenesin from working to reverse your fibromyalgia symptoms.
Read More »I get ALOT of people asking about Castor oil. This is why I am covering it here. 🙂 Castor oil, if you were to look it up, you would find that it is a plant oil. And we all know that a plant name with oil, gel or extract will block the Guaifenesin from working […]
Read More »In general, antibiotics are a chemical and will not block your Guaifenesin, unless there is something added, which is not common, but just make sure to read all the ingredients 🙂 Pre-guaifenesin, I used to really stress about taking antibiotics because I was needing them SO often that I worried how that was adding to […]
Read More »Cleure gum has recently been found to have essential oils in the flavors, I would not risk this. Trident Chewing gum has mint even in the fruit flavors, so please don’t risk this! Sprye gum uses plant oils for flavor, this could block you! We currently don’t know of a sal safe chewing gum.
Read More »This is one that is not so simple as in just no or yes use public bathroom hand soap! Basically what it comes down to, is that you have to decide how careful you want to be. Some people say to just not worry about it, assuming that you aren’t going to use it more […]
Read More »MOST razors have an aloe strip and even razors that tout having a Vit E strip will often have aloe in it too, (aloe is a salicylate and will block your Guaifenesin) and it’s just not listed in the ingredients on the package. If you think you might have found ones with a strip with […]
Read More »OK, so just to remind you, we need to keep everything to NORMAL food amounts to not block with Salicylates on the Guaifenesin Protocol for Fibromyalgia. So, seed oil (like Flax seed oil) is NOT ok in a pill form ie. in mg amounts.
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