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[ryanmcgarry-winne]

I guess this explains why even the “fancy” mixed nut containers, with all the nut varieties, only has like 3 or 4 Brazil nuts mixed in…to keep people from essentially OD’ing

[Nameless-lkld]

I used to eat these in that famous nut mix in the blue can. My ears would get crazy itchy deep inside so I tested each nut in the mix separately until I realized it was the Brazil nuts that caused the itching. My sister freaked out and told me to never eat them again because I could die. I never eat them anymore. They taste good though.

[Blaag]

First of all: they taste amazing
Second: the recommend intake is two nuts per day because they are also slightly more radioactive than other foods. Enough to put a limit on consumption on them

[naofg]

As a Brazilian, I'm surprised. Never heard of this potential risk ny entire life, and it's common for people here to eat a lot more than 7 in one go. Fun fact: in Brazil those are called "catanha do Pará" (Pará nuts), and Pará is a state in Brazil. When I learned they were called Brazil nuts abroad I realized they were actually from here, it wasn't just our name for it.

[CherylLime]

I did not know this. My 5 year old loves them and quite often will eat about 7 at once- thank fully I’ve not noticed side effects. I will have to limit her intake going forward!

[erinc]

But on the up side, I've read that Brazil nuts are one product that can't be industrially farmed and thus is helping to justify keeping natural rain/forests. Their higher price point means there is more incentive to keep the wild wild, harvest sustainably, and get fairer compensation to workers. So yeah, just eat them responsibly.

[SigneFremel]

Also should be noted that it matters where the Brazil nuts are grown - selenium content is based on the soil where the nut is grown, some nuts have 60mcg others have 180mcg per nut

[sam.]

I eat a few a day once in a while, bc I do like them, but I absolutely agree that they should come with a warning, this is simply dangerous.

[S_Carol]

There's also the radioactivity thing...

Fun story: Some classmates and I were playing around with a geiger counter in an x-ray diffraction lab (waiting for some samples to run). Talk about radioactive foods came up bc someone had a banana in their backpack 😂 I mentioned Brazil nuts and how there's an intake limit due to that excess radiation (on top of the selenium toxicity). One guy was very shocked and mentioned that he often went through a whole large bag of those in a day (a lot like the guy in the video, but happening almost every week). Still joking around, we started scanning him with the geiger counter. ... It got a lot less funny when the area over his kidneys was clearly making noise.
We scanned him all over, moved him to different parts of the room (since it _could_ be a very localised equipment leak? I guess?), scanned everyone else in the room, ... and his kidneys were still the only thing making that geiger counter crackle.
It was nothing too bad, I'm sure if we had a bunch of bananas instead of a single banana it would crackle about as much, but it was still a bit worrying 😅

[eja]

I use to eat these a lot and never got sick. I read that Brazil nuts don't innately have high amounts of selenium but it just happens to be where they grow, the soil is high in selenium or causes them to gather high amounts. You could potetially grow a brazil nut tree somewhere else and it wouldn't be very high in selenium at all.

[Sammyklynn]

I bought a raw food cookbook once when experimenting with that diet. Thankfully I knew about Selenium toxicity due to excessive consumption of Brazil nuts because some of the recipes called for 1 to 2 cups. I ended up throwing the cookbook in the trash because that alarmed me and I was worried there was something I might not know and I make myself sick with another recipe.

[sheilahtaylor]

I grew up on brazil nuts. The flavor is WONDERFUL! My favorite nut. I just learned that fact about its possibility of danger, last year. I ate TONS, every holiday season when i was 8 yrs old. Couldn't wait til Thanksgiving time to buy them.

[jdmosaics]

I love Brazil Nuts! They are pretty expensive but to actually find one in a Christmas Nut Mix was always a treat.

[WigglyTuffStuff]

My grandmother used to have these in her christmas nut blend on the kitchen table. These were my favorite nut, but nature sure made sure they were hard to access! I couldn't crack enough to od if i wanted to.

[banditnmbr]

I knew about this because of an episode of House. A solder almost died from this on an episode.

[HopeSingh]

There was an episode on House where a guy had too many Brazil nuts and almost died due to selenium poisoning.

[gawdess]

Huh. Us Gen Xers are made of steel. They're so delicious.I've eaten way more than six or seven in a sitting before as a kid as well.

[Ewwwwwwnone]

I ate this my entire childhood, cracking these up with my siblings… ate a ton of it… And so millions in Brazil… I am fine, my brothers are fine.. so is my entire family… Truly not understanding what this is about ..

[alenaadler]

I mean, yeah, more people should learn about the risks of Selenium poisoning, but i’m a little surprised a health influencer would suggest peanuts have any kind of role at parties. the number of kids with peanut allergies had tripled in recent years, and that’s anaphylaxis, which can kill you a lot faster than selenium poisonings

[jennamont]

I’ve been eating them for years and I’ve never had a problem and I’ve never heard this information before