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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
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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
32 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?
I am also get mango rash. last time was not fun, but not as bad as what i have read here. I got about 4 or 5 circly patches on the inside of my arm (where the mango juice ran down) i did wash it, but it formed a rash a few days later, and lasted about 3 weeks. it was more itchy than the worst poison ivy i've had..i used a steroid cream that i had from ringworm a year prior. that helped a lot. i now have faint, but visible, lighter circle scars on my arm..
so... this time when i ate mango, i put a plastic bag on my arm, rinsed the mango that way, and sliced it while still having the bag on my arm. well, no rash on my arm, but my lips also felt like they were chapped. i looked in the mirror, and my lip has all sorts of bumps on it (just the top lip) it's not itchy, but it's swollen. so...i guess i'm more allergic than i thought.
i will continue to eat mangoes. i live on maui, and with the abundance of free mango, i can't say no. but i will try various methods of reducing the rash. i will try rinsing my lips and face like one woman suggested.
to the gentleman that suggested a warning. i don't think that's really necessary, so many foods are around that people can possibly be allergic to. i think if you have an unexplained rash, it's always a good idea to write down what you did, ate, or came in contact with a few days prior to rash (mango tends to not be instant). next time you have a reaction, do the same thing. perhaps you will notice a trend of what may have caused it. good idea to warn people, but at the same time, our life is full of enough warnings everywhere.
enjoy your mangos, and aloha!
Hi there. I am severely allergic to poison ivy, sumac and oak. I almost died from a reaction years ago and had to be hospitalized. Anways...I love mangos and eat thenm all of the time with no aftermath. So what's the situation here?
Definately be careful with Mango - even if your reactions are light. Yes, they are my all-time favorite fruit but...my rash, facial swelling and blistering is getting worse with each outbreak. Many times the symptoms subside only to come back around my period when my immune sytem is lower. Last reaction lasted on and off for 5 months. I now carry an Epipen with me just in case of anaphylactic shock. The taste of mango is just not worth the increasing risk. Also BEWARE of Hawaiian Tropic Aloe Gel and their other products that have Mango extract in them. I cringe as I walk past fresh mangos in the supermarket. I agree, there should be warnings!!!
Thanks to all those who posted their symptoms due to mango allergy! My lips have been chapped with small itchy bumps for the past two days and I could not figure out what was going on. I thought I had developed a sensitivity to the lip balm I use, or maybe even my toothpaste. I had no idea that mango could be the cause until I read these posts and realized that I had a mango just before this break out. I will probably stay away from mangoes now, even though they are delicious!
I always wanted to try those amngo frozen drinks from Taco Bell and I did last week about 3x's and I also had a mango drink at a mexicen resturant and now i wished I'd never done it b/c after reading all this I now know y my face and eye is swellen and itchy...Thanks everyone !!!
I know this thread is old news, however I just had a pretty horrible reaction to peeling and eating mangos about 4 days ago. i had no idea what was going on, and the itching and swelling of my entire face was debilitating. I will post something here though, that should help others who are seeking information on relief from the itching and pain. I read that there is an OTC medicinal wash called ZANFEL and it was the only thing that worked. I got in my car as quick as I could and somehow managed to arrive at my nearest pharmacy (I say somehow, because it was a miracle I didn't drive into a tree on account of my eyes almost swollen shut). Imagine my delight when i found the tube of Zanfel at the store... and my dismay when I saw one tube cost $40. At that point the itching was so bad, that I would have emptied my entire savings account for some relief, so I bought it and rushed home to slather myself up. Within 30 seconds the itching was GONE. It was a miracle. My reaction was severe, and I did have to apply it again about 7-8 hours later when the itching started to come back, but after a second application the itching was relieved again. I will recommend this product to ANYONE who is having a bad reaction to Mango. Although this stopped the itching, my MD put me on oral prednisone to relieve the rest of the swelling. If you are reading this and have had the reaction to eating mangos, get to your local pharmacy ASAP (the Zanfel website lists what pharms in your area carry theit product) and buy this for relief. It's been 36 hours since my first application, and i'd say i re-applied about 4 times so far. I haven't itched since the moment it hit me. Good luck to anyone who is just experiencing this horrible irriatation.
I too am severely allergic to Mango Nectar. When I was a kid I would climb my next door neighbour’s mango tree and would develop a rash over my body each time until my mother realized what was causing it. The rash would come up then turn into painful itchy blisters that would weep up to a month after.
When I was 15 I picked a mango for my farther with a plastic bag over my hand for protection which work, but the tiniest drop of Nectar fell on my face which I cleaned thoroughly (this is how we found out it was the nectar causing my problem). The next morning I woke and could not breathe properly and felt my face which had swollen to twice the size along with my neck and the rash spread over my shoulder. I was nearly hospitalised and my mother stayed up 3 days straight on the chance it got worse and I stopped breathing. I looked like the elephant man!
The reaction had gotten even more severe over time…
I’m not saying not to enjoy Mangos to the people who have a reaction and still eat them, but just be aware that the reaction can always get worse!
Beck
To those who are allergic to Mangos and have a full blown cold sores--itchy 3-4 days before your period. I have the same thing for years. The one vitamin that REALLY helped tremendosly and it kept it returning is taking L-Lysine vitamin. Take this vitamin as you would a daily vitamin. I have been taking this for years, and ever since I have never had another outbreak. Hope this helps you. P.S. You can purchase L-Lysine from WalMart, Walgreen, GNC, K-Mart or any Supercenter Grocery store.
Hi every one:-
Just a suggestion for all who suffer with any type of allergic reaction after eating any type of food. [Check with your Dr. or beter yet, go to a deramtol..to discover the root of your reaction.!! It is not the Mango, it is actually the body reacting to something that does not like or want. !!!
huge mango fan here too! I have eaten mangoes all my life and have no problems. I grew up in Africa, and there people eat mangoes like crazy - with peels - just wash them and eat them. I used to eat them with peels too when i was young, but as I grew older, I started peeling them. It may take time getting used to the flavor but like someone said, it's really nice in smoothies and especially in salsa's. It's really good for your skin!
What about mango that is in a lotion? I've been using a wonderful mango lotion (Watkin's Apothecary brand) for a few weeks and now I have a rash on my arms and legs only (not anywhere else, where I don't put the lotion). Anyone know anything about this?
Another mango reaction here!!! I had a HUGE mango while in Panama and peeled the skin with my mouth (dumb idea!!!!) and now have blisters on my lips, every day my lips get more swollen and itchy bumps are appearing all over my face.....ugh, I must stay away!!!
I must have slowly developed an allergic reaction to mangoes...I picked mangoes 2 weeks ago..then brought them back to Ny from Florida..unpacked them.. noticed a small bump on my forearm..then drank mango sangria..and my arm broke out and now its spreading down my hand..on my fingerr..and now i think one is by my eye..this is absolutely horrible! I'm leaving to India this weekend and I just want this to go away! what should I do?
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