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> I just can't eat one. I'm not sure what the magnitude of the power of ten is but I know it's north of "a normal person's portion" After about 300g, my tongue
by ralferoo 1y ago
> I just can't eat one. I'm not sure what the magnitude of the power of ten is but I know it's north of "a normal person's portion"
After about 300g, my tongue swells a bit and I start to wonder if I'm actually allergic to them [0] after all. Smaller quantities seem fine though.
[0] I know it's not really the nut that people are allergic too, but some fungus that grows on pistachios and cashews.
- jasinjames 1y agowait, what fungus? I am allergic "to" exactly those two nuts but can't find mention of this online.
- ralferoo 1y agoHmmm, interesting. I've just searched now, and it seems I can't either so maybe I was totally mistaken, but I'm sure I remember reading this a few months ago when I was googling pistachio allergies when my tongue first felt slightly swollen (I've eaten pistachios for years before, and continue to do so, so it's obviously not a severe allergy). Apparently, from what I read today, those two are caused by sharing a similar protein, and nothing at all to do with a fungus. It did say that both are susceptible to the aflatoxin fungus, but that apparently can contaminate lots of other things and if it's detected, the affected nuts, and sometimes even the whole batch, are destroyed. So, I guess it's not that after all, and I'm kind of at a loss as to what it was I remember reading from before. Sorry for leading you down a dead end. BTW what I also read today said there are other things that cross-react with cashew and pistachio, such as pink peppercorns, so if you're allergic to the nuts, you might want to check what else might affect you.