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In addition, eating a diet that primarily consists of chickpeas can cause a non-reversible neurological disease... usually not seen except during famines. http

• nyanpasu64 4y ago
  You had me scared for a moment. As far as I can tell, neurolathyrism is caused by plants of genus Lathyrus, which is different from (though the same family as) actual chickpeas of genus Cicer. I sure hope real chickpeas don't cause neural damage.
• jkqwzsoo 4y ago
  Incorrect. It's chickling peas, not chickpeas, that cause illness. Chickpeas are fine to eat, as evidenced by the billion+ people who are eating them every day, particularly in the subcontinent.
  • WheelsAtLarge 4y ago
    Had no clue there are 2 similar sounding peas. Anyway, I found this for chickling peas (aka grass peas and cicerchia ): https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-642-69083-9_33 https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-642-69083-9_... https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2010/07/why-do-poisonous-beans-have-to-taste-so-good/60033/ https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2010/07/why-do-po...