Oversimplification is the root of most medical evils! As commented earlier, I ate tons of raw kernels as well, my friends did - everybody eats them in much grea

Oversimplification is the root of most medical evils! As commented earlier, I ate tons of raw kernels as well, my friends did - everybody eats them in much greater quantities than 8 and we were kids, i.e. much lower body weight. So, anecdotal evidence of those being safe outweighs the oversimplistic "scientific" one!