I've been sucking down a lot of green smoothies lately. That's green veggies spun up in a blender with fruit to make it palatable. One of my favorite things in smoothies is frozen mango. It makes the mix smooth and creamy with a tangy bite.
I've noticed a lot of heartburn lately. I thought it might be something in the smoothie, and started checking different veggies and fruit.
It's the mango. I'm having some sort of allergic reaction to mango. It's making my mouth feel raw and swollen, heartburn, and some wheezy shortness of breath for several hours after I eat it. Before I figured out it was mango, I had started taking a benedryl every night for the reactions.
It turns out that mango is related to poison ivy and poison oak. The sap from the plant has the same oil. If mangos themselves weren't so tasty, we'd get rid of the trees.
My smoothies just don't taste as good without mango, but at least I can breathe.
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Interesting! I don't eat much mango, but I know if the skin touches my mouth I get a burning, then itchy/allergic reaction. I think people can also be cross-allergic to some fruits/latex if mango is a noted allergen.
Yeah, if you are allergic to poison ivy, then the oil on the skin of the mango will irritate you also. Tips I've heard to minimize mango irritation is wash the skin carefully, then peel the mango and avoid the flesh close to the skin. Contamination of the oil into the mango flesh makes it more likely to develop irritation.
I've been using mango puree from Columbia, and I'm sure that the packing process doesn't really pay as much attention to washing the skin and avoiding contamination. It's too bad. I love mango in smoothies but this puree makes me pretty ill and it was getting worse as time progressed. Bummer.
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