Sulphite Intolerance, Water clarification

Hi everyone!


I tried searching all the past threads regarding this issue but a lot of the posts seem to have misinformation and hoping to get advice from the experts which are Alcie and Razzle. I just want to thank them for all their hard work and research. Hopefully they can help me as I am seriously struggling here.

I have been diagnosed with Sulphite Intolerance and at least finally have an answer for my random bursts of tachycardia, nausea etc I've been on antihistmines for the past 15 years but had to stop them recently for other medical problems associated with them. So I am forced to deal with my problem now after doctors misdiagnosing me or just telling me to do with my problem(aka take antihistmines, not actually find the source of my problem).. anyway,

After eliminating processed foods, I finally found relief to a certain degree, I have narrowed it all down to water. I have to avoid tap water because of all the other contaminants, so all I am left with is bottled water but even that I'm finding is a problem now and all the food I make is with it, rice for example.

I am not sure if its just a build up of Sulphites in my system that makes the reaction to bottle water seem so random as I'd have no problems with a certain bottle water then a few days later I'd get sick from drinking it, making me think it was the plastic leaching into the water(which im sure is a problem) or that the water wasn't safe to begin with, it was just cumulative and when i started drinking it, my sulphite load was low, so I was fine, and checked that water as safe, when it wasn't.

I tried reading the post forums but it seems a lot of members are confusing sulphate with sulphite and it's hard for me to know whether I should take the posts seriously as a lot of members say bottled water has sulphITE in them but it's unlisted, so I have no idea if they are confusing it with sulphate instead.

Thanks to Razzle and Alcie here on the forums, I know why my charcoal filter(coconut) gave me terrible reactions, worse than bottle water. I was on the floor struggling to breathe with a terrible fever that all came on immediately after drinking the filtered water.

I am in the process of looking at other filtration systems as a contact I know can replace the coconut carbon filter with coal charcoal instead. I am wondering if even that will be a problem?

I have no idea what to do and I'm at a loose end right now as I cannot drink anything or eat anything cooked with water without getting seriously ill!

Is there anyway to test bottled water for hidden sulphites or filter the water to remove sulphites? Maybe I can use hydrogen peroxide? I know Razzle said spraying B12 into the water binds to the sulphite but where I live(South Africa), I can't get my hands on a B12 spray that doesn't contain a load of other junk which makes me ill.

Sorry for the long post but I have no idea what to do when it comes to water. Is there anyone that can offer me advice?

Post Edited (spleenpoker) : 5/5/2018 9:53:10 AM (GMT-6)

Hi, I have been through the same as yourself. I know that some bottled waters contain sulfites. What I did was purchase half a dozen small bottles of water from the supermarket, found one that i didnt react to and then purchased the larger bottles. I WOULDNT drink any water that goes through a filter..they dont work for people like us. There was a time when I could barely eat anything and water was all i could drink, if you are having problems with food as well I suggest you look online for info on NAET treatment (muscle testing) this helped me.

Get a reverse osmosis system installed to purify your tap water.

Alcie said...
Welcome to the forum spleenpoker. Sorry you have such a bad sensitivity. I don't worry about water, but I run my own water treatment plant, with no carbon filter.

I'm not a water filter expert, but I'd avoid any with coal charcoal. They're likely to contain sulfites, not added, just natural, and so not reported. There are lots of old posts - search water filters sulfite in the Google search box at the top right of the page.

Keeping a Food Journal, including things you drink and medicines, helps us the most. Search lots of posts on this also.

To find your personal limit use Rick's formula in his free online book - on this page: www.learningtarget.com/nosulfites/knowing.htm

Thanks for the response Alcie, I'm avoiding all I can from sulphites at the moment but I have a genetic mutation which makes me sensitive to estrogen disputers as I have a very small tolerance, so any petroleum derivatives set me off now since they are everywhere and can't get water to drink as I either need to filter my tap water with a carbon filter which sets of my sulphite intolerance or drink from a plastic water bottle which sets off my estrogen intolerance, so I don't know which way to turn. How would you suggest I filter my water? I do have access to a GAC filter made from coal but it's very expensive to just try and see type of deal. I thought about a distiller but it can't do VOCS and SOCS...

I'm trying to detox from the xenoestrogens at the moment but it's very difficult.

Look up a bunch of filters. See if you can find one without carbon filters, or maybe one where you could take out those filters. The membrane filter might be enough. At least there are some affordable ones.

How about bottled water in glass bottles?

Do you tolerate tap water for washing, laundry, etc.? Do you have skin reactions? In the link I posted, see the page in the book with links to other people. Housemouse has found several solutions to skin reactions and products that are sulfite-free.