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Plant Families

If you are allergic to one food, you are also likely to be allergic to other groups within the same family.

The common foods mentioned below are grouped in families and it is likely that if you are allergic to one food in the group you are also allergic to others in the same group. It is therefore recommended that if you demonstrated allergy to one food in the group, you reduce your intake of all the others in the same group.

PLANT FAMILIES

Apple

Apple, pear

Buckwheat

Buckwheat, rhubarb

Cashew

Cashew nut, pistachio, mango

Citrus

Orange, lemon, lime, grapefruit, tangerine

Cola Nut

Chocolate, cola

Fungi

Yeast, edible fungi (inhalant moulds are related to yeast)

Goosefoot

Watermelon, cucumber, courgette, pumpkin, squash

Gourd (Melon)

Beet, spinach, Swiss chard

Grass

Grains, cereals, wheat, corn, rice, oats, barley, rye, millet, wild rice, brown cane sugar, bamboo sprouts, malt.

Heath

Blueberry, cranberry, sloes

Laurel

Cinnamon, bayleaf, avocado

Legume

Peas, black-eyed peas, navy beans, lima beans, string beans, peanuts, liquorice

Lily

Onion, garlic, asparagus, chives, leek

Mallow

Okra

Mint

Mint, sage, thyme, peppermint, spearmint, oregano, basil, horse-hound, marjoram, savoury rosemary

Mustard

Mustard, turnip, radish, horseradish, cabbage, cauliflower, Brussels
sprouts, Chinese Cabbage, kale, watercress, kohlrabi

Myrtle

Allspice, clove

Nightshade

Tomato, potato, green and red pepper, aubergine, tobacco,
cayenne, paprika, pimento, chilli (NB Peppercorn is NOT part of this family)

Palm

Almond, plum, (prune) peach, apricot, cherry, nectarine

Rose

Strawberry, blackberry, raspberry, other bramble berries

Sunflower

Lettuce, chicory, endive, Jerusalem artichoke, dandelion,
sunflower seeds, tarragon (Ragweed and pyrethrum are related inhalants)

PLANT FOODS WITHOUT RELATIVES

These foods represent the only members of their families that are commonly eaten. They therefore are not related to each other or to other foods on the list.

Banana, Brazil nut, coffee, currants, fig, ginger, gooseberry, rape (raisins) hazelnut, honey, nutmeg, olive, peppercorns pineapple, sweet potato, tea, vanilla, arrowroot, capers, chestnut, elderberry, juniper, karaya gum, maple sugar, papaya, persimmon, poppyseed, saffron, sesame seed, tapioca, wintergreen.

Friday, 4 July 2003

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