Re: Brazil nuts and allergies

[Guest guest]

I stopped eating Brazil nuts some time ago because they always tasted as if

they were moldy! Perhaps, in fact, they were. And perhaps, mold

contamination might be the cause of your reaction, rather than the nut

itself. Fresh nuts, free of mold can be difficult to obtain. Just my

experience.....

>From: Francesca Skelton <fskelton@...>

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>Subject: [ ] Brazil nuts and allergies

>Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2004 10:10:16 -0400

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>Veterans may remember my story of an allergy to Brazil nuts. In a nutshell

>(pun intended) I had been eating a nut a day for MONTHS, when I broke out

>in

>hives that got worse and worse. Things got so bad when I couldn't figure

>out

>what was causing this, that I was taking a steroid and thought I would land

>up in the hospital, when in a " light bulb " moment, I figured out it was the

>one Brazil nut a day that apparently was causing me the problem. Tree nuts

>btw, are the most common allergen.

>

>Now my husband, after YEARS of having a Brazil nut a day, has the same

>problem. We tested it after he broke out and we couldn't find any other

>cause. So apparently the " buildup " took much longer with him, but it

>eventually happened to him as well.

>

>I still eat 1/2 nut every second or third day with no ill effects. If I

>have more or eat them more often, I start " hiving " .

>

>So if you're eating Brazils for their selenium, and find this happening to

>you, suspect the nut(s) first.

>

>Other nuts btw do not seem to cause me or my husband any problems

>

[Guest guest]

That's the problem - they always taste great to me!! You would think the

body would have some mechanism whereby the taste would " tell " you - " hey,

don't eat this - you're allergic " . I am very sensitive to moldy tastes in

other foods and immediately spit them out..........

on 7/31/2004 10:32 AM, Dowling at dowlic@... wrote:

> I stopped eating Brazil nuts some time ago because they always tasted as if

> they were moldy! Perhaps, in fact, they were. And perhaps, mold

> contamination might be the cause of your reaction, rather than the nut

> itself. Fresh nuts, free of mold can be difficult to obtain. Just my

> experience.....

>