Brady,
Are there any identified chemical triggers that would be involved in the process
of making packaged deli meats? Recently, I got on a kick of taking sandwiches
for lunch. The meats I was eating were deli sliced chicken and smoked ham from
the same company. On the fourth day I noticed my cheeks getting real hot and I
assumed red. I was sitting at my desk without anyone to comment when I first
noticed. I could feel the heat. This happened an hour or so after lunch. It
happened again on Friday and then later that evening, about an hour after
dinner. The evening flare up would lead me to believe that there was possibly
something in common between those deli meats and what was served at a relative's
home, although I'm not quite sure what except to think maybe it was something in
the dressing on the broccoli-cauliflower salad.
Since I stopped eating the meats, I've not had another flare up. I don't believe
the bread is to blame as I had eaten it both before and since the flare up and
have not had a reaction.
Mechelle