White Mushrooms causing dry/bloodshot eyes

[aniciete]

I’ve had white button mushrooms the last three days and every time I’ve woken up I have dry and irritated eyes. Has anybody else experienced this? I boiled them for 3 hours like Peat recommends so the toxins shouldn’t be an issue.

 

[Peatness]

I had mushrooms today and noticed the same. Not happened before.

 

[aniciete]

I had mushrooms today and noticed the same. Not happened before.

Have you tried again to see what happened? Not sure why this happens every time I eat white mushrooms.

 

[Peatness]

Have you tried again to see what happened? Not sure why this happens every time I eat white mushrooms.

I had some a few hours ago, will report back tomorrow.

 

[ddjd]

I’ve had white button mushrooms the last three days and every time I’ve woken up I have dry and irritated eyes. Has anybody else experienced this? I boiled them for 3 hours like Peat recommends so the toxins shouldn’t be an issue.

thats exactly the symptomn i get from excess estrogen. very odd

 

[redsun]

Have you tried again to see what happened? Not sure why this happens every time I eat white mushrooms.

It does lower estrogen which can lead to dry eyes sometimes but if your irritation feels like an allergy like irritation than I would say you are probably getting an allergic reaction.

 

[aniciete]

It does lower estrogen which can lead to dry eyes sometimes but if your irritation feels like an allergy like irritation than I would say you are probably getting an allergic reaction.

I think you are probably right. The red and dry eyes are accompanied with slight facial swelling that goes away after a couple days. Ive never actually eaten mushroom before until I heard about the benefits of them on here so it very well could be an allergy.

 

[Peatness]

No eye issues observed after consuming mushrooms yesterday.

 

[aniciete]

No eye issues observed after consuming mushrooms yesterday.

Thanks for the update. It must be some sort of allergy in my case.

 

[Peatness]

I've got very dry eyes now. It's seems there was a bit of a delay.

 

[Zsazsa]

 

[aniciete]

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Intestering. K2 gives me the same symptoms too.

 

[Peatness]

Mushrooms are quite high in arginine I'm wondering if adding some lysine might help. Red eyes is a symptom of lysine deficiency. I haven't tried this myself but I will next time I eat mushrooms.

L-Lysine: Benefits, the Right Dosage, and Warnings

Lysine is an important amino acid and a building block for protein, and L-lysine is a form that your body can utilize. The right dosage of L-lysine provides a multitude of benefits from hormone production to disease prevention. Here’s what you need to know.

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[Zsazsa]

Mushrooms are quite high in arginine I'm wondering if adding some lysine might help. Red eyes is a symptom of lysine deficiency. I haven't tried this myself but I will next time I eat mushrooms.

L-Lysine: Benefits, the Right Dosage, and Warnings

Lysine is an important amino acid and a building block for protein, and L-lysine is a form that your body can utilize. The right dosage of L-lysine provides a multitude of benefits from hormone production to disease prevention. Here’s what you need to know.

1md.org

I am not sure about what I am going state (read about it long time ago): lysine would be vasoconstrictor and could worsen high BP.

 

[Peatness]

I am not sure about what I am going state (read about it long time ago): lysine would be vasoconstrictor and could worsen high BP.

I've not known it to worsen mine. Mind you I haven't taken lysine for a long time. Lysine along with vitamin C has been used to reverse heart disease for decades.

Effect of lysine supplementation on hypertensive men and women in selected peri-urban community in Ghana - BMC Nutrition

Background Lysine is one of the essential amino acids and in cereal based diets it is known to be the most limiting and therefore determines the quality of dietary protein in such diets. This study investigated the effect of lysine supplementation on blood pressure of hypertensive adults in...

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https://www.researchgate.net/publication/347269724_Lysine_metabolism_conveys_kidney_protection_in_hypertension

 

[Zsazsa]

In case lysine doesn't help, I suggest green tea or olive leaf tea, they are cheap and easy to try. Alternatively, try raising glutathione. I had this problem in the past and raising glutathione was the longer lasting solution...

 

[aniciete]

I've got very dry eyes now. It's seems there was a bit of a delay.

@Peatress
I tried oyster mushrooms for the first time yesterday and again today with zero eye issues. My eyes are actually extremely white. I read it that WBM are actually high fodmap while oyster mushrooms are not. That may have been the issue.

Mushrooms have lots of undigestable fibre and natural antibiotics flushing out bacteria, reducing endotoxins. They also have very strong aromatse inhibitors. Rich in copper and b vitamines. Oyster mushroom has lots of chrystin a strong anti estrogen. Other mushrooms might have different phenols/flavonoids with a similar action.

 

[Peatress]

@Peatress
I tried oyster mushrooms for the first time yesterday and again today with zero eye issues. My eyes are actually extremely white. I read it that WBM are actually high fodmap while oyster mushrooms are not. That may have been the issue.

This is good to know. Thank you. I will try oyster mushrooms.