Frozen Mango - A Winter Godsend
Tried a mango lately? If so, you have tasted the most popular fruit in the world. Surprised? I was. We may think the banana is number one but that's only in the U.S. It's the mango that rules the world. I myself am a mango convert. It all started on a Hawaii vacation several years ago when I was introduced to the mango smoothie. What a fresh and unique flavor!
What's my favorite way to get my mango? I buy it FROZEN (available in bags at many grocery stores including Trader Joes). You can add it directly into the blender for your smoothie or sauce. If you are serving it with a fruit salad, green salad or topping your waffles or pancakes with it, then just serve it slightly thawed.
I rarely eat a mango by itself, but I add them to all sorts of dishes because they add color and fabulous flavor. Speaking of color, mangoes are a member of the acclaimed "yellow and orange fruits and vegetables" grouping known to contain famed antioxidants like vitamin C and two classes of phytochemicals, carotenoids and bioflavonoids, which scientists are studying for their health-promoting potential.
According to the Produce For Better Health's 5 a Day program, including yellow/orange fruits and vegetables in your low-fat diet helps maintain:
* A healthy heart
* Vision health
* A healthy immune system
* A lower risk of some cancers (Low-fat diets rich in fruits and vegetables and low in saturated fat and cholesterol may reduce the risk of some types of cancer, a disease associated with many factors.)
And one of the nutritional standouts of the yellow/orange fruit group is the mango! Along with a few grams of fiber (almost 2 grams of which is soluble fiber), A cup of fresh mango gives you 184% of the Daily Value for vitamin A (super rich in beta-carotene), and 61% for vitamin C.
1 cup of Mango slices contains:
107 calories
1 g protein
28 g carbohydrate
.5 g fat (.2 monounsaturated fat, .1 g polyunsaturated fat)
3 g Fiber
3 mg sodium
184% Daily Value for vitamin A (which includes 3851 micrograms of beta carotene)
61% Daily Value for vitamin C
12% Daily Value for vitamin E
17% Daily Value for vitamin B6
~~Elaine
Related Topics: 5 A Day Quick Tips, Mango Shake
Technorati Tags: mangos, 5aday, fruits, antioxidants
What's my favorite way to get my mango? I buy it FROZEN (available in bags at many grocery stores including Trader Joes). You can add it directly into the blender for your smoothie or sauce. If you are serving it with a fruit salad, green salad or topping your waffles or pancakes with it, then just serve it slightly thawed.
I rarely eat a mango by itself, but I add them to all sorts of dishes because they add color and fabulous flavor. Speaking of color, mangoes are a member of the acclaimed "yellow and orange fruits and vegetables" grouping known to contain famed antioxidants like vitamin C and two classes of phytochemicals, carotenoids and bioflavonoids, which scientists are studying for their health-promoting potential.
According to the Produce For Better Health's 5 a Day program, including yellow/orange fruits and vegetables in your low-fat diet helps maintain:
* A healthy heart
* Vision health
* A healthy immune system
* A lower risk of some cancers (Low-fat diets rich in fruits and vegetables and low in saturated fat and cholesterol may reduce the risk of some types of cancer, a disease associated with many factors.)
And one of the nutritional standouts of the yellow/orange fruit group is the mango! Along with a few grams of fiber (almost 2 grams of which is soluble fiber), A cup of fresh mango gives you 184% of the Daily Value for vitamin A (super rich in beta-carotene), and 61% for vitamin C.
1 cup of Mango slices contains:
107 calories
1 g protein
28 g carbohydrate
.5 g fat (.2 monounsaturated fat, .1 g polyunsaturated fat)
3 g Fiber
3 mg sodium
184% Daily Value for vitamin A (which includes 3851 micrograms of beta carotene)
61% Daily Value for vitamin C
12% Daily Value for vitamin E
17% Daily Value for vitamin B6
~~Elaine
Related Topics: 5 A Day Quick Tips, Mango Shake
Technorati Tags: mangos, 5aday, fruits, antioxidants
19 Comments:
Hi Elaine--Great post! Huge mango fan here, too. Just wanted to mention that some people get a rash, similar to mild poison ivy from mangos, this writer being one. I live in Florida and eat them often. It is my understanding that mangos are related to poison ivy, as well as cashews. I rinse my mouth and lips with water after eating, let my husband peel them and try to be careful about touching any area of my skin with the juice. People say it is the skin that is the culprit, but I am allergic to the pulp as well.
I am experiencing monthly outbreaks in my mouth. First I thought it is some kind of a herpes virus and then I thought it was a food allergy. But until now (33, FEMALE) I was never allergic to anything. The doctor had told me to stay away from Mangos and certain foods to figure out what food causes that outbreak. I am so desperate to find the answer because it is really painful for about 7 days. It appears around the time that I get my period. It starts to tickle really bad around my lips (especially where upper and lower lips coming together), it only takes few hours and then my lower lip swells, so does the inside of my mouth, the tongue is tickling as well. I always get one big blister on my palette that pops the next day and causes a big open sore spot. It is so painful. Underneath my tongue is always a sore spot that appears kind of white and the tip of my tongue tickles and hurts for about a week. It is so weird to describe because there are so many different areas and symptoms. The doctor looks at me with a big question mark in his face. For a while I thought it is OAS (Oral allergy symptoms) because my face looks like it. The lower lip is swollen and so is the lower part of my face. But the rest of the symptoms don’t match. Since May this year I am getting that every single months and I don’t know what to do.
I would truly appreciate if somebody could give me some answers or directions. Now I am taking allergy medicine on a daily base and I don’t even know if that is an allergy. I am supposed to stay away from certain fruits and veggies which everybody tells you to eat for a healthy balanced diet.
Stay at home Mom, dallas
can you take dayquil & antibiotics together while you are pregnant???
I was told in my pre-diabetes class that I should avoid as much as possible all tropical fruits as they are even higher in sugar than regular fruits. I love mango and would like the health benefits but am afraid because of possible high-blood sugar reaction. Anyone know if mango is worse than a peach?
To anonymous who attended the pre-diabetes class.
Generally speaking, many people with pre-diabetes and diabetes are able to manage their blood sugars by counting carbohydrate grams and comparing with their blood sugars so they know what amounts of various foods works for them at what time of the day. In my book, TELL ME WHAT TO EAT IF I HAVE DIABETES I recommend counting carbohydrates and fat grams and fiber grams because the combination of counting can really be helpful. Fiber helps the body manage the carbohydrates you eat and a certain amount of smarts fats can also help (although too much of the wrong fats can lead some people to have higher blood sugars following a meal).
Anyway, to make a long story short...1 cup of mango slices = 28 grams of carbohydrate and I don't see why you can't have this amount if you are counting into your meal total for carbohydrate grams (prescribed perhaps by a CDE or RD) for you.
1 cup of peach slices has a little less carbohydrate (19 grams), BTW.
Take care!
Elaine Magee
TO THE MOM STAY AT HOME,DALLAS;MAYBE YOU SHOULD BE SEEING A RHEUMATOLOGIST. THERE ARE CERTAIN FACTORS IN THIS DISEASE THAT CAUSE MOUTH SORES.
HOPE IT HELPS YOU. CMA THAT WORKS IN THIS FIELD.
I'll never eat another fresh mango again, peeled or not. I used to adore them. I now know I am severely allergic to both mangoes and their botanical cousin, poison ivy.
When our baby was a newborn, I tried a fresh mango and didn't know about the precautions of peeling. I just peeled it and ate it. I think I ate a tiny bit of the skin. I have peeled mangoes before without ill effects. I had had poison ivy twice a few months prior.
The mango rash on my face, in my mouth, and on my hands, chest, neck and back nearly sent me to the hospital, lasted a month and scarred me. The scarring was NOT due to scratching, and is an almost unnoticeable faint discoloration and roughness of a four-by-one-half-inch long stripe of skin on my face. I had those large blisters known as bullae, on my fingers and face. I could barely open my mouth, had to drink from a straw, my throat swelled nearly shut, my heart beat was irregular, I was dizzy off and on, my eyes swelled shut, my face swelled twice its size. The pain was awful.
I believe I must have had an extra severe reaction because of having had poison ivy not very many months prior to having the mango, and I didn't know to take precautions preparing it. I'm already extremely sensitive to poison ivy. Live and learn, I guess.
Be careful with mango if you are allergic to cashews and/or pistachios. They are part of the same family.
I'd never consumed much mango (I always preferred papaya) but mango nectar was on sale so I grabbed some. My husband had contracted poison ivy a few weeks before and even though I never came down with the full-blown rash I did have a mild reaction to the poison ivy. Well, a few weeks and a couple of glasses of mango nectar later I ended up with a mild but annoying case of hives on my hands. Considering this was the only new addition to my diet and that I had had a run-in with poison ivy in the not-to-distant past I suppose I am now allergic to mango.
To Stay at Home Mom Dallas -
I have the exact same thing - itchy mouth, rash, starts about 3-4 days before my period (but not every time). My doctor was similarly baffled - thought it was a yeast infection of some sort, but I've never had the typical yeast infection issues. I still haven't figured out what's causing it, though I'm starting to suspect mango or some other food allergy. However, treating with Lotrimin has worked for me. Two-three times a day for a week to ten days. Unfortunately it doesn't prevent it from coming back the next month, but it does clear it up each time.
I am experiencing outbreaks of what the doctor has told me are cold sores/fever blisters on my lips and face. I have never in my life had a problem until about 3 months ago when the symtoms first appear. I have stayed away from acidic foods such as tomatoes and lemons but still get sores every two to three weeks that hurt and scar my face. No matter what I use to treat the sores they just keep spreading and eventually leave me in pain and blisters which look terrible and cause great discomfort that easily last two weeks. Whenever I go to a doctor they just say I have some sort of reaction and it should clear up in 7-10 days on its own. The problem I have with this is it keeps coming back and is scarring my face and leaving me in so much pain it is hard to even eat.
Does anybody have an idea of what I have or insight on how to clear it up. Any help would greatly be appreciated.
Cold sores/fever blisters are caused by the herpes virus, which I have had for years. To at least control the outbreaks I discovered a prescription cream ELOCOM SP CREAM by Schering-Plough Labs, only for topical use. Depending on the severity of the outbreak they can be cleared up in 2-4 days instead of 7-10 days. Apply 2-3 times daily. It was first prescribed for me by dermotologist
for sun spots on my chest. Does not cure the problem.
AB
Hypothyrodism and mangos. Yep! Along with other thigs as raw broccli and brussel sprouts, mango are a no no according to my endocrinalogist. They have something to do ith MAST cells and histadine. mobetter
Hi,
I am currently having the symptoms of lips that feel chapped, and I remeber that about four years ago I had the same symptoms and wondered if it could be a sensitivity to mangoes. I have had a tiny bit of poison ivy rash on my wrist for about 5 days, and ate the mangoes three days ago and yesterday. I love them but it's not worth it.
Sigh,
JD
Well fever blisters after eating anything from tomatoes, drinking too much tea, too much sun or even crest tooth paste can cause it. I never get canker sores, I only have fever blisters.
My relief comes in a few ways, Valtrax immediately, Lysine triple doses, and benedryl to dry it up quickly. I am allergic to any form of poison oak & ivy too, I can hardly speak about it. But I also try denavir & it really helps too.
I hate these outbreaks, but control them as fast as I can.
I am very sensitive to poison oak and poison ivy, and this October I had a bad episode. I have also experienced rashes from mangos in the past, but nothing as bad as the one I have RIGHT NOW. This is the third day and its DRIVING ME INSANE! Is there ANYTHING I can do for it other than what I'm already doing (oral antihistamine, aveeno lotion, and cold compresses)?????
Anonymous 6:02pm....
You did not say what oral antihistamines you are taking....you can take Allegra & Zyrtec together, they are both anti-histamines but they work differently, so they can be taken together for severe reactions. Also, you can use Benedryl Anti-Itch cream on it topically. I would not use anything wet on it.
Fever blisters/cold sores can appear around the mouth and nose as well as inside the nose. (groan) To help control mine, I take 500 mg of Lysine daily, avoid tree nuts including cashews (peanuts seem to be okay) and use Abreva during outbreaks. Taking the Lysine and avoiding nuts has reduced my outbreaks by 85%! And the severity is greatly reduced to tiny ones occasionally (once every 4-6 months) instead of those big ones. Interesting to know that mangoes can cause the same reaction. I will avoid eating them although they're yummy.
Another mango rash victim here (as well as mango lover!). I've never been very observant, and it took me 2 1/2 years of getting the rash to figure out that it might be mango. The rash was a little worse every time I had it, and the last time I had it, I laid in bed one night honestly wishing I were dead because the itching on my eyelids (not to mention everywhere else) was just too unbearable.
I made many trips to urgent care and to various dermatologists, allergists, and other physicians during my 2 1/2 years, to no avail. I think I received 5 different diagnoses, all wrong. It's really too bad when dermatologists and allergists can't help you with a skin rash caused by an allergy.
Am I alone in being so oblivious to what I eat causing a rash, or do you all agree with me that mangoes sold at the store should come with some kind of warning?
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