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Why would commercial mayonnaise or pickles always cause diarrhea?
Whenever my friend (yes, really my friend, not me) eats anything with storebought mayo (like from a jar or at a restaurant), he invariably ends up getting diarrhea. It happens without fail, so it's probably not because the mayo has gone bad (also, I don't think commercial mayo goes bad that easily).
He gets a similar problem when he eats storebought pickles.
But homemade mayo and homemade pickles are fine.
So... my theory is it's some kind of preservative that he's sensitive to, that mostly is only used in mayo and pickles.
But he has a different theory for the mayo anyway - which is that in restaurants they may be substituting sandwich spread for mayo, which has egg substitute that he could be reacting to.
Anyone know what that could be, or have any other ideas?
4 Answers
- Robert OLv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
I can tell you with a high degree of certainty that restaurants are not substituting sandwich spread for mayo. Most restaurants use real mayo (in fact usually high density mayo). It could be that he is sensitive to some commercial preservative, but these preservatives are used in a wide variety of products and I would think that this reaction would manifest with other products. It could be that he is reacting to a particular seasoning.
I, for example can eat celery, but celery seed causes me to vomit. I can eat garlic powder, but garlic salt also causes me to vomit (every time).
It may also be whatever oil is used to make the mayo. mayo is basically egg yolks, oil, and lemon. You can make mayo with any oil. Commercial mayos are made with vegetable oil and usually whatever vegetable used isn't mentioned (but it's usually soy).
I hope i helped.
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