I found that some varieties of mangoes have a thick leathery and unpalatable skin, while others, like some I've been buying lately have a thin skin that I can eat easily. The mangoes that I'm eating are big, like a pound or so and very sweet. Is it okay to eat the skins?
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Well I used to eat the mango skin with no problem, however I now have allergic reactions to them. I literally broke out in a rash on my lips where the how perimeter of my mouth/lips got cracked and layered with like a burn and like dried bleeding cracks. I look like a freak for about a week and now it is getting better but still not great. I also broke out into a rash on my abdomen and forearms from it. The rash is still there at the mango skins a week ago. Since then I have been peeling the mangoes and it seems to be better because I am not having more breakouts just still trying to clear up this one.
After having a bad reaction I realized that it had happened before when eating or just biting into the mango skin but it was milder and I thought it was just an adjustment I was going through and I had dry/cracked lips.
But a guess should have been that before it got to the cracked/dried/bleeding clown look phase it started off with a slight rash feeling on my lips and itching. Like this rough texture of tiny little bumps.
After this I was like what the heck I never had problems with mango skin before so I looked it up and yeah you can develop the allergy over time because the more you do it the more your body is like stop eating this thing that I don't agree with. And so often the reactions are slight and get more severe each time you do it. And that is exactly what happened to me.
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Well I used to eat the mango skin with no problem, however I now have allergic reactions to them. I literally broke out in a rash on my lips where the how perimeter of my mouth/lips got cracked and layered with like a burn and like dried bleeding cracks. I look like a freak for about a week and now it is getting better but still not great. I also broke out into a rash on my abdomen and forearms from it. The rash is still there at the mango skins a week ago. Since then I have been peeling the mangoes and it seems to be better because I am not having more breakouts just still trying to clear up this one.
After having a bad reaction I realized that it had happened before when eating or just biting into the mango skin but it was milder and I thought it was just an adjustment I was going through and I had dry/cracked lips.
But a guess should have been that before it got to the cracked/dried/bleeding clown look phase it started off with a slight rash feeling on my lips and itching. Like this rough texture of tiny little bumps.
After this I was like what the heck I never had problems with mango skin before so I looked it up and yeah you can develop the allergy over time because the more you do it the more your body is like stop eating this thing that I don't agree with. And so often the reactions are slight and get more severe each time you do it. And that is exactly what happened to me.
if you want to but if you do, make sure that the mango does not have any sap residue on it because it is a very irritating allergen.
I never eat the skins and dont recommend it.
In the past, a few of our members who have eaten the skins might break out in a rash around the mouth.
http://www.ehow.com/how_3108_eat-mangoes.html
Primates too seem to prefer the soft tissues of fruits and discard the skins.
Here is a cute capuchin monkey eating a mango and it appears to be biting and sucking the fruit flesh off of the skin:
Peace, PK
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