What foods are people with latex allergies not supposed to eat?
There are foods that cross react with rubber latex. However, having a latex allergy does not mean that you are automatically allergic to these foods. You may potentially develop allergies to these foods as their proteins are similar to latex. These foods are Avocado Banana Chestnut Citrus fruit Kiwi fruit Grape Fig Mango Melon Papaya Passion fruit Peach Peanut Peppers Pineapple Plum Potato (raw) Tomato (raw) It is not recommended that you remove these foods from your diet unless you develop symptoms. Otherwise you are unnecessarily depriving yourself of these foods and their nutrients.
