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This has happened to me a few times - after drinking OJ my nose gets stuffy.
Yesterday it happened to my friend too, I offered him some OJ and he had a big glass and maybe 10 minutes later he got a very stuffy nose seemingly out of random.
4 Possible suspects:
1. Glyphosate
Which is present on most produce, but some popular brands of OJ seem to have significant amounts.
2. Naringenin/Naringin
Both naringenin and naringin inhibiting CYP450 and reduce estrogen detoxification? RP says elevated estrogen can also increase histamine and thus allergic symptoms?
I know RP thinks naringenin is beneficial, but I think it's probably a plant toxin like the flavonoids in grapefruit, albeit weaker at inhibiting liver enzymes.
3. Manufacturing process
I don't make fresh-squeezed OJ often, but I don't think I ever encountered this issue when I squeeze the oranges myself, so perhaps the manufacturing of OJ, like the flavor packs, introduces an allergen?
4. Citric Acid
Unless someone can come up with a plausible mechanism by which Citric Acid can cause a stuffy nose, this sounds unlikely.
Yesterday it happened to my friend too, I offered him some OJ and he had a big glass and maybe 10 minutes later he got a very stuffy nose seemingly out of random.
4 Possible suspects:
1. Glyphosate
Which is present on most produce, but some popular brands of OJ seem to have significant amounts.
2. Naringenin/Naringin
Both naringenin and naringin inhibiting CYP450 and reduce estrogen detoxification? RP says elevated estrogen can also increase histamine and thus allergic symptoms?
I know RP thinks naringenin is beneficial, but I think it's probably a plant toxin like the flavonoids in grapefruit, albeit weaker at inhibiting liver enzymes.
3. Manufacturing process
I don't make fresh-squeezed OJ often, but I don't think I ever encountered this issue when I squeeze the oranges myself, so perhaps the manufacturing of OJ, like the flavor packs, introduces an allergen?
4. Citric Acid
Unless someone can come up with a plausible mechanism by which Citric Acid can cause a stuffy nose, this sounds unlikely.