

Food Families
A guide on cross reactive food allergens
Once IgE mediated food allergies are diagnosed either by blood or skin test, we may continue to have reactions, even though we are 100% avoiding those specific foods. Not all testing is 100% accurate, but in addition our immune system may be recognizing other items that have a similar protien as the allergen itself. We call this Cross reactive allergen syndrome.
The only way to know for sure if one of these is also causing a cross reactive action is to avoid all foods in the food family for at least 30 days- some doctors recommend up to 6 months and then begin a reintroduction process, one food at a time. (According the Southern California Asthma, Allergy & Immunology Clinic food reintroduction process should be done with doctor's permission and never alone.) A certified AllerCoach can also assist you in understanding this chart.


How it works:
If you are allergic to ________then be careful of or avoid____________ It could cross react with the actual food allergen.

Orange
Lemon
Lime
Grapefruit
Tangerine
Kumquat
Citron
Citric Acid
Watermelon
Cucumber
Cantaloupe
Pumpkin
Sqaush
Other Melons


Sesame seed
Peanut
Rye
Kiwifruit
Poppy seed
Tree nuts (hazelnut, black walnut, cashew, macadamia, pistachio)

Wheat
corn
rice
oats
barley
rye
wild rice
cane
millet
sorghum
bamboo sprouts
grass
Allspice: Allspice, myrtle, guava, clove pimiento
Apple: Apple, pear, quince
Aster: Lettuce, chicory, endive, escarole, artichoke,
dandelion, sunflower seeds, tarrago, ragweed, insecticide pyrethrum
Avocado: latex, laurel, cinnamon, bay leaves, sassafras
Banana: latex, kiwi, avocado, birch, melon
Blueberry: huckleberry, cranberry
Buckwheat: Rhubarb, garden sorrel
Carrot: Birch, mugwort, mango, cucumber, celery
Cashew: pistachio, mango
Cat hair: pork
Celery: Birch, grasses, grains, mugwort, ragweed, pome fruits, mango, melon, cucumber, carrot, tomato, curry (spice mixture), red pepper, black pepper, cumin, coriander, latex
Chocolate: Chocolate, cocoa, cola
Cucumber: Melon, carrot, celery
Cumin: birch, mugwort, celery
Coconut: Coconut, palm, date
Dairy: Beef, pork, lamb, rabbit, squirrel, venison, goat
or any mammal product. (Most people who cannot tolerate cow's milk cannot handle any mammal product so avoid goat milk as well)
Fish: Salmon, tuna, sardine, catfish, trout, crappie (be careful/stay
away from glue as in Elmer's glue)
Fowl: (Egg is not included unless it is from laying hens) Chicken, turkey, duck, goose, guinea, pigeon, quail, pheasant
Fungus: Mushroom, yeast, mold, antibiotics
Ginger: Ginger, cardamom, turmeric
Gooseberry: Currant, gooseberry
Goosefoot: Beet, beet sugar, spinach, swiss chard, lambsquarter, mexican fireweed, russian thistle
Kiwi: Birch, grasses, grains, mugwort, banana, avocado, any nuts, flours (Rye/wheat, oats), sesame, poppy seeds, latex
Melon: Watermelon, cucumber, cantaloupe, pumpkin, squash, and other melons
Mint: Mint, peppermint, spearmint, thyme, sage, horehound, marjoram, basil, savory, rosemary, balm, catnip
Mustard: Mustard, turnip, radish, horseradish, watercress, cabbage, kraut, chinese cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, brussel sprouts, collards, kale, kohlrabi, rutabaga
Mollusk: Oyster, clam, abalone, mussel
Okra: Okra, cottonseed, mallow
Onion: Onion, Lily, garlic, asparagus, chives, leeks, sarsaparilla
Orange: Tangerine, Kumquat, Citron, Citric Acid, Lemon, Lime, Grapefruit
Papaya: Latex
Parsley: Parsley, carrot, parsnip, celery, anise, dill, fennel, angelica, celery seed, cumin, coriander, caraway
Pea: Peanut, pea (black eyed, field, green), bean (navy, lima, pinto, green, soy), licorice, acacia, tragacanth
Plum: cherry, peach, apricot, nectarine, wild cherry, almond
Potato: tomato, eggplant, peppers, green pepper, red pepper, chili pepper, parika, cayenne, capisicum, tobacco, belladonna, stramonium, hyoscamine
Sesame Seed: peanut, rye, kiwi fruit, poppy seed, tree nuts (hazelnut, black walnut, cashew, macademia, pistashio)
Shellfish (Crustacean): Crab, lobster, shrimp
Strawberry: Rose, strawberry, raspberry, blackberry, dewberry, loganberry, youngberry, boysenberry
Tomato: birch, grasses, grains, peanut, mugwort, pome fruit, stone fruit, potato, celery, latex
Tree Nuts: Almond, Beech nut, Brazil nut, Butternut, Cashew, Chestnut (Chinese, American,
European, Seguin), Chinquapin, Coconut, Filbert/hazelnut, Ginkgo nut, Hickory nut, Lychee nut, Macadamia nut/Bush nut, Pecan, Pine nut/Pinion nut, Pili nut, Pistachio, Sheanut, Walnut ( English, Persian, Black, Japanese,
California), Heartnut, birch, hazel, mugwort, stone fruits, kiwi, flours, sesame, poppy seeds
Walnut: English walnut, black walnut, pecan, hickory nut, butternut
Wheat: Wheat, corn, rice, oats, barley, rye, wild rice, cane, millet, sorghum, bamboo sprouts, grass
If you need assistance with this chart, are going thru an elimination diet or re-introduction, contact a certified AllerCoach at help@allercoach.com.