Hello everyone. Welcome to the Ellis James and John Robbins podcast. You will hear that my voice has returned, fitter, stronger and better than ever, ready to write the wrongs of the world.

Thank you. You're a voice vigilante. I'm a voice vigilante mate. Thank you to all the people who wrote in with their opinions on whether strawberry laces could have caused my tonsillitis.

I've had, no, not strawberry laces.

Well, strawberry laces slash strawberry bonds.

My last two illnesses have been caused by a strawberry-based suite.

Differing medical opinions, Ellis.

Lizzie says, I have a medical degree.

The strawberry laces have nothing to do with it, although you can get strawberry tongue,

but that's all because it looks like one, not because you ate them, all the best. However,

countering that, Alex says, discounting an intolerance, John may have to flavourings and sweeteners used to make strawberry flavoured sweets,

large quantities of refined sugar in general

will reduce or stop the function of your immune system.

This caused by the shock your body is given

by the high quantity of refined sugar.

Therefore, any bugs you may have picked up

will have free reign to attack your body.

Which I had read about and also someone else points out, tonsillitis can be viral or bacterial, often transmitted

through air or droplets, although some are more prone to it than others. In my time on the ward,

I've never seen a strawberry or sweet syndrome stillness. However, there is some method in John's madness. Your body can mimic symptoms

of illness in relation to stimuli you may have come into contact with at a time of previous

illness. For example, my friend got food poisoning from Chili Concani once, and now every time he eats

it, he vomits. So people have a bad experience with whiskey or a bad experience with tequila,

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