Occasionally, people who are allergic to aspirin and have asthma, nasal polyps and sinusitis/rhinitis will suffer symptoms if they eat foods that have high levels of natural salicylates in some food. Naturally occurring salicylates are found in a wide variety of plant foods and bacteria, and include methyl-salicylate and other salicylate salts. Salicylates are just one group of the hundreds of compounds in foods that can have varying effects on us, depending on how much we eat and how sensitive we are.

Avoid
Tea
coffee
herbs
spices
dried fruit
ketchup
fruit juices
peppermint
liquorice
wine
cider
strawberries
black pepper
sour green apples
citrus fruit
berries
tomato sauce


Some good beverages
fruit tea
camomile tea