This summer, I started noticing that my mouth felt a little numb after eating fresh strawberries. It didn’t seem like a big deal; I thought maybe the acid in the fruit was the cause.

Yesterday, I broke out in hives on my neck and chest about an hour after enjoying an afternoon snack of lovely ripe organic berries. I’ve never had any sort of food allergy, and I’m not 100% sure that the fruit is the cause. But it seems suspicious and bums me out to think I might have to avoid one of my favorite foods from now on.