Are peanuts okay to eat raw???

[Guest guest]

The raw peanuts I get from our health food store

are really good, but seem hard to digest. My wife

says peanuts are not good for you. I'm not sure why. I

belive it has to do with fungus. I think there is one

certain kind that is okay, but can't remember which one

that is.<br><br>Can someone help me with this

please?<br><br>Thank you.

[Guest guest]

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[Guest guest]

In macrobiotics, it is taught that peanut butter clogs the liver and that it

should be cooked before consuming it. I am not sure if that is an answer to your

question or not.

[Guest guest]

<a href=rawimmortal/messagesearch?query=aflatoxin

target=new>rawimmortal/messagesearch?query=aflatox\

in</a><br><br>At the above url you will find many messages about

the fungus in peanuts called aflatoxin from the

group rawimmortal. Yes, raw peanuts are very dangerous

and even cooked ones are. Roasting peanuts reduces

aflatoxins by 90% and blanching only by 50%. You are much

safer with cooked ones, but still at risk. Each year

around 10 Americans die from eating peanuts, the

majority are young children or infants. In Africa, where

peanuts are a staple and the hot weather facilitates the

growth of the aflatoxin fungus, thousands of people die

from cancer caused by afatoxins each year. <br><br>In

the U.S. the safest type of peanuts to eat are

Virginia peanuts because they grow in a cooler climate

than the spanish peanuts and are less susceptible to

aflatoxins. Infants are the most at risk, giving raw peanuts

of any type to a young infant is like giving them a

loaded gun to play with. <br><br>After reading this

message and all the messages at the above url you might

ask yourself why you would want to consider eating

peanuts in any form. You can always eat nuts or seeds

instead. Peanuts are not nuts, they are legumes. Only

corn, peanuts and grains may contain aflatoxins, but

peanuts are, by far, the food most likely to have

dangerous amounts.

[Guest guest]

Thank you very much for the replies.<br><br>This was also helpful:<br><br>WHAT A

RAW-FOODER SHOULD KNOW ABOUT NUTS<br><br><a

href=http://www.living-foods.com/articles/nuts.html

target=new>http://www.living-foods.com/articles/nuts.html</a>