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Comments on How to Eat Mangoes

  • Deshra Aug 20, 2007
    The mango is in the same family as poison ivy and contains urushiol, though much less than poison ivy. Some people get dermatitis from touching mango peel or sap. Persons showing an allergic reaction after handling a mango can usually enjoy the fruit if someone else first removes the skin. While the peel is typically considered inedible, recent study has shown that it yields considerable extracts that can be used in antioxidant food supplements.[4] Consuming the peel itself is generally not advised as a painful rash or swelling may appear on the lips and face. *Hence if your allergic to Urushiol, do NOT consume the skin. Although I am going to experiment on ways to protect from the irritant as the peel tastes wonderful. I just dont like the itchy bumpies that come afterward.
  • Deshra Aug 20, 2007
    Because of all the conflicting comments I thought I'd try the skin for once. *note* I am allergic to Poison Ivy and Poison Oak *second note* those that are susceptible to Ivy and oak do NOT get it from contact, it comes from inhalation. I ate most of the skin and felt fine, till a few hours later when I started to itch, I now have a nice bubbly rash on my mouth. Myth Proved. Verdict- if your susceptible to Ivy or Oak, its not a good idea to eat the skin. Anyone else, enjoy! Your all welcome for the solution to the issue.
  • Deshra Aug 20, 2007
    Because of all the conflicting comments I thought I'd try the skin for once. *note* I am allergic to Poison Ivy and Poison Oak *second note* those that are susceptible to Ivy and oak do NOT get it from contact, it comes from inhalation. I ate most of the skin and felt fine, till a few hours later when I started to itch, I now have a nice bubbly rash on my mouth. Myth Proved. Verdict- if your susceptible to Ivy or Oak, its not a good idea to eat the skin. Anyone else, enjoy! Your all welcome for the solution to the issue.
  • deanculpan Jul 26, 2007
    In the tropical regions of the world where these beautiful trees grow the entire fruit is used not only for eating but medicinally as well. The raw skins have been known to alleviate a host of aliments from colon trouble to stomach ulcers.
  • deanculpan Jul 26, 2007
    In the tropical regions of the world where these beautiful trees grow the entire fruit is used not only for eating but medicinally as well. The raw skins have been known to alleviate a host of aliments from colon trouble to stomach ulcers.
  • deanculpan Jul 26, 2007
    Making a bold statement like Mango skins being inedible is simply ignorant, in the tropical regions of the world where these beautiful trees grow the entire fruit is used not only for eating but medicinally as well. The raw skins have been known to alleviate a host of aliments from colon trouble to stomach ulcers. Think and do your research before publishing such nonsense.
  • deanculpan Jul 26, 2007
    Making a bold statement like Mango skins being inedible is simply ignorant, in the tropical regions of the world where these beautiful trees grow the entire fruit is used not only for eating but medicinally as well. The raw skins have been known to alleviate a host of aliments from colon trouble to stomach ulcers. Think and do your research before publishing such nonsense.
  • godforge2003 Feb 23, 2007
    Mango skin is NOT inedible. It is VERY edible. Some people are allergic to it. This should not stop you from trying it. I eat about three ripe mangos a week and I always eat the skin. I just chomp into the delicious fruit and enjoy all of it, Except the big seed in the middle. Do your research. People eat mango skin all over the world.
  • godforge2003 Feb 23, 2007
    Mango skin is NOT inedible. It is VERY edible. Some people are allergic to it. This should not stop you from trying it. I eat about three ripe mangos a week and I always eat the skin. I just chomp into the delicious fruit and enjoy all of it, Except the big seed in the middle. Do your research. People eat mango skin all over the world.
  • Aug 08, 2006
    I thoroughly enjoy eating the mango skin, though I did get a stomach ache from eating too many. I have suffered no other ill effects from consuming the skin.
  • Aug 08, 2006
    1 Slice off the peel on the entire mango making it as thin as possible. 2 Eat excess mango on the peel and discard. 3 Get lots of paper towels and grab the mango with two hands. 4 Suck out all of the mango juice by bringing your mouth up to the mango. 5 If possible, bite into the mango. 6 Floss. Wipe up. NOTE: best done alone or with kids!
  • Aug 08, 2006
    I thoroughly enjoy eating the mango skin, though I did get a stomach ache from eating too many. I have suffered no other ill effects from consuming the skin.
  • Aug 08, 2006
    I have also gotten this rash around my mouth. I was taught the easiest way to eat a mango is to bite into the skin, and peel it off, spitting the skin out and then biting into the flesh. That way, your hands don't get sticky until the very end, when all that is left is the seed. I didn't get any sort of rash on my hands, just around my mouth. My mother gets a similar rash from eating peaches this way.
  • Aug 02, 2006
    The skin of the mango is chuck full of vitamins! Throwing away the skin when making smoothies is throwing away all sorts of good stuff. I've been eating the skin since I was a small child, I haven't mutated!
  • Aug 02, 2006
    The skin of the mango is chuck full of vitamins! Throwing away the skin when making smoothies is throwing away all sorts of good stuff. I've been eating the skin since I was a small child, I haven't mutated!
  • Jul 25, 2006
    I have never come across anything which suggests that mango skin can contain any poison. We grow more than 40 varieties of mangoes in India, and all of them have edible skins. However, some mangoes are tastier with the skin while others are not. So I think it boils down to the variety and taste of each mango. I have been eating mangoes with skin all my life (32 years now) and I'm still alive! I think that's proof enough to say that whatever variety of mangoes I have eaten didn't contain any poison in the skin!
  • Jul 25, 2006
    I have never come across anything which suggests that mango skin can contain any poison. We grow more than 40 varieties of mangoes in India, and all of them have edible skins. However, some mangoes are tastier with the skin while others are not. So I think it boils down to the variety and taste of each mango. I have been eating mangoes with skin all my life (32 years now) and I'm still alive! I think that's proof enough to say that whatever variety of mangoes I have eaten didn't contain any poison in the skin!
  • Jun 30, 2006
    I thought I was allergic to mangoes because of the way my lips itched and swelled after eating them. I used to eat the flesh off the skin. Once I read an article regarding the skin, and since I don't eat it off the skin anymore, I can enjoy the mango without any allergic reaction.
  • Jun 30, 2006
    Be cautious also of eating limes off the rind or squeezing limes and then going into the sun. The skin of the lime (the rind) can increase the photosensitivity of your skin causing a burn around your face (if you eat the lime) or around your hands (if you squeeze limes). I have had this happen in both places, one time it was 4 hours later when I went into the sun! The burns last for at least 3 weeks.
  • Jun 30, 2006
    I thought I was allergic to mangoes because of the way my lips itched and swelled after eating them. I used to eat the flesh off the skin. Once I read an article regarding the skin, and since I don't eat it off the skin anymore, I can enjoy the mango without any allergic reaction.
  • Jun 30, 2006
    Be cautious also of eating limes off the rind or squeezing limes and then going into the sun. The skin of the lime (the rind) can increase the photosensitivity of your skin causing a burn around your face (if you eat the lime) or around your hands (if you squeeze limes). I have had this happen in both places, one time it was 4 hours later when I went into the sun! The burns last for at least 3 weeks.
  • Feb 02, 2006
    Noting that someone says don't eat mango skin as it contains an oil related to poison ivy, I must look into this - as my 5-year old daughter loves eating mango skin, along with the rest of the flesh (she doesn't eat seed) and she's in extremely good health. She doesn't eat the skin unless the fruit is organic.
  • Feb 02, 2006
    Noting that someone says don't eat mango skin as it contains an oil related to poison ivy, I must look into this - as my 5-year old daughter loves eating mango skin, along with the rest of the flesh (she doesn't eat seed) and she's in extremely good health. She doesn't eat the skin unless the fruit is organic.
  • Nov 22, 2005
    Just slice the mango into three slices lengthwise, carefully so that only the middle slice contains the pit. You can then scoop up the mango from two of the slices very easily with a spoon. For the middle slice, remove the skin (it comes off fairly easily at this point) and cut around the pit.
  • Nov 22, 2005
    cut the mango in the middle ( not lenthwise ) . use avery sharp knife for this . the mango i sdivided into 2 parts , lets say part A and part B. using both ur hands, hold each part with 1 hand . turn part A and it will fall in ur hand in a cup-shape !! :) GREAT isnt it . now u can use the knife and cut around the fibrous pit to extract the other half.

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