What do you think about cashews?

Dear reader, what do you think about cashews? Do you like them? Do you think they are healthy? Or possibly not? Are you allergic to them? Intolerant of them?

Dear reader, I’m writing this because I’m concerned. I do have an intolerance for them. If I have more than a tiny handful I basically end up with diarrhea and just feeling not-too-good in my stomach.

I can’t understand why they’re so widely accepted. But then, dear reader, when I think of all the other bad things available even at places which claim to sell healthy foods, it doesn’t surprise me. As one example, I know that granola is really not good. Its a bad mixture of oils, carbs, and sugars and is really not natural, wholesome, nor healthy. Yet every health food store has a whole aisle dedicated to it and there are all these different brands of it.

Cashews are bad too, dear reader. I know – I’ve been reading up on it – that there are those who don’t have any symptoms apparently when consuming even large quantities of them. But then there are people like me who get sick from only a small amount.

Cashews are not good for the body. But maybe they really are healthy for others. Maybe the intolerance I and others have for them is not tied to their being unhealthy, perhaps just to something being wrong with us?

Anyhow, I just wanted to write about it and find out because cashews make me feel kind of sad 🙁 I wish places wouldn’t even sell them.

Regarding other nuts, I think its probably true that if anyone eats too many they’re not going to feel the greatest. Nuts are high in fat and difficult for the body to break down. I guess they’re really good when the agni energy is super high and ready to do some super-digestion.

I know eating too many almonds can definitely make me feel not good, but that not-good feeling is not the same as with cashews. With cashews it really is like a serious irritation to the body, like a mild form of sickness. My body isn’t just saying “You pig!” like I ate too many, its saying “Eww yuck!” and then I have to feel bloated and crappy for the next 24 hours. Yaay. lol

I think I need to spray paint on my kitchen wall so I never forget “Don’t eat cashews!”