Title: Citrus Fruit Exclusion Diet
Key words: citrus fruits, citric acid, Vitamin C, avoidance, supplementation, E-numbers,
Date: May 2001
Category: Special diets
Type: Article
Author: Dr M Draper
CITRUS FRUIT EXCLUSION DIET
The major risk with avoiding Citrus Fruits is that your diet may become too low in vitamin C. Vitamin C can be obtained from almost any fresh fruit and vegetables. If you intend to obtain the vitamin C largely from vegetables then eat them raw or very lightly cooked.
CITRUS FRUITS. The whole fruit or just the juice, the skin,or the flavour may be used in manufacturing. The avoidance of citrus fruits often means the avoidance of citric acid as well. It is largely a question of reading labels and a general guideline for citrus fruit avoidance is given below. Citrus fruits, include, orange, lemon, grapefruit, lime, tangerine, satsuma, clementine.
Some E numbers include the inclusion of citrus and products should be avoided where these E numbers are listed on the label. E330, E331, E332, E333, E334, E440(A), E450(B), E472(C).
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Foods to avoid (not a complete list) |
Suggested alternatives |
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Sweet and confectionery Ice cream Flavourings Candied peel Fruit squashes and drinks Fruit juice-canned, frozen, or in cartons Cakes, biscuits,cookies Cheesecake Sponge Jellies Flavoured yoghurts Angostura bitters Sauces Pickles Chutneys Lemon tea Oil/lemon salad dressing Fish and poultry dishes Marinade for kebabs Sweet and sour sauce Orange flower water Lemonade Lemon barley water Bioflavanoid supplements unless synthetic Citrus flavoured toothpaste |
The recommended daily vitamin C intake is only 60mg. If you wish to supplement this, it is easy to do so as Vit C is available in almost every pharmacy and health food shop. Remember to take a citric acid free supplement. |