Do peanuts cause cancer?

monster · 11-12-2008, 09:42 PM

my friends and I were discussing allergies over lunch today, and we noted that there are so many kids these days with peanut allergies -almost allof our kids are in class with at least one peanut allergy person. Nothing new there. But then the woman who is a nurse on the oncology ward at the University of Michigan children's Hospital (MOTTS) noted that they never have to deal with the peanut allergy issue up there.

So wait, kids with peanut allergy don't end up on the cancer ward. Hmmmm.

so I googled "peanuts cause cancer" and found this on the website of an organic peanut product seller:

Quote:

Finally, when peanuts grow, they can harbor a carcinogenic mold that contains aflatoxin. This goes for conventional and organic peanuts. In fact, peanut farmers have a disproportionately high rate of cancer. This mold grows on peanuts, pecans, pistachios, grains, soybeans, spices, walnuts and it can even grow on milk in warm humid soils. Aflatoxin is known to cause liver cancer.

link

so now I'm wondering if our idle lunchtime banter has led to a major medical breakthrough?

but seriously.....could there be anything in this?

lumberjim · 11-12-2008, 09:45 PM

i can't wait for the clone thread.

monster · 11-12-2008, 09:49 PM

monster · 11-12-2008, 09:50 PM

it was hard not to use that title for the original thread

Aliantha · 11-12-2008, 09:51 PM

Peanut allergies don't seem to be that common over here. Certainly not one in every class. Maybe one in the school. Most schools don't even have bans on peanut products. Some daycare centres do though.

monster · 11-12-2008, 09:56 PM

No bans on peanuts here -freedom of gluttony is in the constitution. But all classrooms and a couple of tables in the cafeteria are peanut-free.

monster · 11-12-2008, 09:59 PM

Ali "Falling is easy, it's the landing that hurts" your sig -what is that all about? Did you fall somewhere?

Fresh in my mind because figure skating class this morning and as always, hampered by my fear of falling. Falliing is hard, because i alwys quit rather than fall. On the rare occasions i do fall, landing is easy, because iI realize I'm still alive.....

Aliantha · 11-12-2008, 10:01 PM

No, just something I thought of one day when Dazza tripped over for about the third time in the space of a couple of hours...and he wasn't even drunk. Just sidetracked by his own thoughts.

He's generally pretty clumsy though, so for him falling is easy, but it's always hard when he hits the dirt.

monster · 11-12-2008, 10:09 PM

maybe beest needs the signature "walking is easy, it's the stuff I tread on that breaks"?

tw · 11-12-2008, 10:18 PM

So how do elephant peal the shells to get at the peanuts?

monster · 11-12-2008, 10:20 PM

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Originally Posted by tw

So how do elephant peal the shells to get at the peanuts?

85% of them get top management to do it.

Nirvana · 11-12-2008, 10:23 PM

Aflatoxin is a by product of mold found on wet feed grains similar in its effect to nerve gas. I would think it would cause a nervous system dysfunction before it would have time to cause cancer. Nice scare tactic on that website. Aflatoxin can be the culprit for renal failure in dogs and cats when pet food is contaminated with moldy feed grains. The first signs you usually see are rear limb paralysis as it usually manifests in a neurological response first. Cattle affected with aflatoxin poison are ataxic and usually present with abnormal neurological symptoms.

monster · 11-12-2008, 10:29 PM

so maybe there are other carcinogenic properties of peanuts?

Nirvana · 11-12-2008, 10:31 PM

I should have continued to say that the nervous system would present with symptoms before long term affects could really cause a cancer situation. So many eat peanut butter the whole country would have cancer if that website were true.

Nirvana · 11-12-2008, 10:35 PM

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Originally Posted by monster

so maybe there are other carcinogenic properties of peanuts?

http://www.drweil.com/drw/u/id/QAA115491

Here is the article those "peanut heads" quoted leaving out the important facts like maybe roasting kills the aflatoxin etc.

11-12-2008, 09:45 PM	#2
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	i can't wait for the clone thread. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

11-12-2008, 09:49 PM	#3
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	__________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

11-12-2008, 09:50 PM	#4
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	it was hard not to use that title for the original thread __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

11-12-2008, 09:51 PM	#5
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Peanut allergies don't seem to be that common over here. Certainly not one in every class. Maybe one in the school. Most schools don't even have bans on peanut products. Some daycare centres do though. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

11-12-2008, 09:56 PM	#6
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	No bans on peanuts here -freedom of gluttony is in the constitution. But all classrooms and a couple of tables in the cafeteria are peanut-free. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

11-12-2008, 09:59 PM	#7
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Ali "Falling is easy, it's the landing that hurts" your sig -what is that all about? Did you fall somewhere? Fresh in my mind because figure skating class this morning and as always, hampered by my fear of falling. Falliing is hard, because i alwys quit rather than fall. On the rare occasions i do fall, landing is easy, because iI realize I'm still alive..... __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

11-12-2008, 10:01 PM	#8
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	No, just something I thought of one day when Dazza tripped over for about the third time in the space of a couple of hours...and he wasn't even drunk. Just sidetracked by his own thoughts. He's generally pretty clumsy though, so for him falling is easy, but it's always hard when he hits the dirt. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

11-12-2008, 10:09 PM	#9
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	maybe beest needs the signature "walking is easy, it's the stuff I tread on that breaks"? __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

11-12-2008, 10:18 PM	#10
tw Read? I only know how to write. Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 11,933	So how do elephant peal the shells to get at the peanuts?

11-12-2008, 10:23 PM	#12
Nirvana Back in 10 Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 3,684	Aflatoxin is a by product of mold found on wet feed grains similar in its effect to nerve gas. I would think it would cause a nervous system dysfunction before it would have time to cause cancer. Nice scare tactic on that website. Aflatoxin can be the culprit for renal failure in dogs and cats when pet food is contaminated with moldy feed grains. The first signs you usually see are rear limb paralysis as it usually manifests in a neurological response first. Cattle affected with aflatoxin poison are ataxic and usually present with abnormal neurological symptoms. __________________ Speaking simply... do not confuse this with having a simple mind.

11-12-2008, 10:29 PM	#13
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	so maybe there are other carcinogenic properties of peanuts? __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

11-12-2008, 10:31 PM	#14
Nirvana Back in 10 Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 3,684	I should have continued to say that the nervous system would present with symptoms before long term affects could really cause a cancer situation. So many eat peanut butter the whole country would have cancer if that website were true. __________________ Speaking simply... do not confuse this with having a simple mind.

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