{"id":492505,"date":"2010-03-31T03:30:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-31T07:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thatsfit.ca\/2010\/03\/31\/mouth-ulcers-canker-sores-cut-these-from-your-diet\/"},"modified":"2010-03-31T03:30:00","modified_gmt":"2010-03-31T07:30:00","slug":"mouth-ulcers-canker-sores-cut-these-from-your-diet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/492505","title":{"rendered":"Mouth Ulcers, Canker Sores? Cut These From Your Diet"},"content":{"rendered":"

Filed under: Advice<\/a>, Health<\/a>, Healthy Eating<\/a>, Eat This<\/a><\/p>\n

Each week, holistic nutritionist Joy McCarthy tells us about a common health problem she’s seen in her practice and how she came to a solution.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"This week’s client: <\/strong>Patricia, a 37-year-old mom, college professor and amateur photographer.
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\nThe Problem: <\/strong>Patricia had mouth ulcers (otherwise known as canker sores) for seven to ten days out of every month. She described them as “very painful” and they prevented her from eating some of her favourite foods. She had tried everything from rinsing with salt water to various over-the-counter medicines to dull the pain. When she experienced a flare-up she sounded like she had a golf ball in her mouth, which really affected her job as she taught, on average, two to three classes a day.<\/p>\n

There are varying causes of mouth ulcers<\/a> and some of the most common are:<\/p>\n