Food Families
This appendix to the allergy
section gives a list of food families and also foods without
commonly-eaten relatives. Use this as a guide in making up your
own rotation diet.
There is a great deal
of cross-reacting between different members of a food family.
However, this does not mean that if you are allergic to one food
all other members of that same family need be condemned. For
example, it is possible to be violently allergic to potato but
OK with tomato. This does mean, however, that you should
be more suspicious of related foods.
Note that ham and bacon belong with pork, dairy produce with
beef, and eggs with chicken. Once again, though, it doesn’t
follow automatically that you will be allergic to all products
from a certain animal. It is possible to be very allergic to
milk and dairy produce and yet (reasonably) safe with beef.
Study the table carefully; it will repay your effort.
THE PLANT KINGDOM
Apple family:
apple, pear,
quince, medlar
Avocado family:
avocado, cinnamon,
sassafras
Banana family:
banana, arrowroot,
plantain
Beechnut family:
beechnut, chestnut
Black pepper
Blueberry family:
blueberry (various
names), cranberry, wintergreen
Buckwheat family:
buckwheat, rhubarb
Carrot family:
carrot, celery, parsnip, parsley, dill, fennel, anise, caraway,
cumin, coriander
Cashew family:
cashew, pistachio,
mango
Chicle
Chinese artichoke
Citrus family:
orange, grapefruit, lemon, lime, tangerine, citron, kumquat,
clementine, ugli
Coffee
Cola family:
chocolate, cola, gum
karaya
Composite family:
lettuce, endive,
chicory, globe artichoke, jerusalem artichoke, sunflower,
dandelion, chamomile, goldenrod, safflower
Crucifer family:
cabbage, brussels
sprouts, broccoli, cauliflower, kale, collards, kohirabi,
mustard, turnip, rutabaga, swede, rape, horseradish, chinese
leaves, cress
Elderberry
Ginger family:
ginger, turmeric
Ginseng
Gooseberry family
(saxifrages):
gooseberry, blackcurrant, red currant Grape family:
grape, muscatel, raisins,sultanas
(note: ‘currants’ are dried grapes)
Grass family:
bamboo, barley, wheat,
rye, oats, rice, millet, sugar cane, sorghum, corn
Guava family:
guava, allspice, clove Gum
acacia
Lily family:
garlic, onion, shallot,
leek, chives, asparagus
Lychee nut
Macadamia nut
Maple sugar
Mint family:
peppermint, spearmint,
horse mint, water mint, basil, lavender oil, rosemary, marjoram,
sage, horehound, savory, thyme
Mulberiy family:
mulberry, figs,
breadfruit
Mushrooms, fungi
Nightshade family:
tomato, potato,
eggplant, tobacco, green and red peppers, capsicum
Nutmeg family:
nutmeg, mace
Okra family: okra (bindi),
cottonseed
Palm family:
coconut, sago, date, Taro, poi
Papaya
Persimmon
Pineapple
Plum family:
plum, prune, peach,
apricot, almond, cherry, greengage
Pulses
(legumes) family:
peanut, pea, beans, lentils, licorice, gumtragancanth Quinoa
Sarsaparilla
Spinach family:
spinach, chard,
beetroot, sugar beet
Squashes family:
melon, watermelon,
pumpkin, squash, cucumber, courgette, marrow
Strawberry family:
strawberry,
raspberry, blackberry
Sweet potato
Tapioca
Tea
Vanilla
Walnut family:
walnut, pecan,
hickory
Water chestnuts
THE ANIMAL KINGDOM
Sea Food
Anchovy
Bass, mullet, grouper
Butterfish
Carp
Catfish
Cetaceae;
whale, dolphin (these are,
of course, mammals)
Cod, haddock, hake, coley, whiting
Conger eel
Crustacea:
shrimp, lobster, crayfish,
crab,
Eel
Fish (there are many families here, which make a confusing
array. Only the main fishes and groups are included):
Sturgeons
Flounder, turbot, halibut, plaice, dab, sole
Grunt
Herring, pilchards, sprats, shad
Mackerel, tuna, bonito
Molluscs:
(Pelecypods) clam,
oyster, mussel, scallop; (Gastropods) snail, conch, abalone;
(Cephalopods) squid, octopus
Pike
Puffer
Red snapper
Salmon, trout
Yellow perch, walleye pike
Amphibia
Frog
Reptiles
Turtle, snake,
alligator
Birds
Duck family:
duck, goose
Eggs:
all pretty similar, but
experiment. Egg white is usually the most allergenic
Grouse family:
grouse, turkey,
guinea fowl
Pheasant family:
chicken, pheasant,
quail, partridge, prairie chicken, peafowl Pigeon
Snipe, woodcock
Mammals
Cattle:
cow, sheep, lamb,
mutton, goat, buffalo
Deer:
venison, elk, moose, caribou,
reindeer
Horse
Lion, tiger
Pig:
pork, ham, bacon, gammon
Rabbit family:
rabbit, hare
Rodents:
domestic guinea pig
Seal