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. 

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.