 Kate Krader (@kkrader on Twitter) is Food & Wine's restaurant editor. When she tells us where to find our culinary heart's desire, we listen up. This gorgeous spring weather triggers so many thoughts and emotions. It could make you daydream about weekend beach getaways, lolling around in a hammock, fresh produce - hey, isn't rhubarb in season? A fresh pie sounds just delicious - and wouldn't it be so much prettier if you included a few of those lovely leaves? Don’t do it, unless you're planning on making this your last meal. Rhubarb leaves are poisonous, raw or cooked (they contain a not-good-for-you substance - oxalic acid). The stalk isn’t toxic, although it’s crazy tart if it’s not cooked and somehow sweetened up. Here are a couple of other ingredients to avoid - or at least moderate your consumption of - this season. Cherry Pits Or, if you’re enterprising, save them. According to Michigan Cherry Pit Recyclers, cherry pits burn hotter than wood pellets and leave almost no ash. Plus, it’s cheap fuel - at least if you’ve been eating a lot of cherries. Sichuan Peppercorns Here’s what the terrific website Serious Eats had to say on the subject: "Like some other habit-forming items, Sichuan peppercorns are actually toxic when ingested in large quantities." But Dr. Andrew Weil thinks otherwise: “Their toxicity appears to be minimal.” Pine Nuts Kristin used nuts imported from China; however, USDA scientists tested the DNA of 45 sample pine nuts and couldn’t get a definitive source for Pine Mouth, which means I can’t offer you one either. I just hope it doesn’t stop you from making pesto this season. More from Food & Wine Best Fried Chicken in the U.S. © 2011 American Express Publishing Corporation. All rights reserved. 
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hey dude just eat bread... but if you're allergic to gluten... that means eat nothing!
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My wifehas been cooking with nutmeg and pine nuts the last fewdays...is she trying to kill me?
Aren't most foods dangerous if eaten in large quantities? I mean, if i ate 10 pounds of chocolate, would that not also be dangerous? Just saying...
Is it ok to eat the tootsie rolls in the kitty litter?
After I brush off the kitty litter, of course. I know that's not good for you.
I can't believe the amount of people giving Kate such a hard time about writing this article. Nobody forced you to read it OR spend the time to complain about it! Seems to be a lot of people need to get a life.
Great article Kate, thank you for your contribution.
Good to know these things. LOL.
Pine Mouth may also be a result of using certain kinds of toothpaste. We had very similar symptoms and from our research discovered that the Crest Pro-Health toothpaste we were using was the source of the consistently metallic taste in everything were eating. As soon as we switched to a different toothpaste (Tom's), our normal taste returned within a couple of days.
This is so poorly written and researched. REALLY???? Nutmeg???
This should bump Nutmeg sales to a new all time high. As the kids reading this (well someone will just text or facebook it) will surely be trying it.
This is nothing new to kids it has been around for years...
This was really the most worthless article ever written. My 10 year old writes better quality material than this. "They can be deadly! Only if you ingest 10 pounds of peppercorn.." Really?? Stupid...
We can only hope the pitiful fool who rote this pathetic article gets fired, with extreme prejudice, and fast. That this piece of worthless trash wound up indexed on google news in the 'spotlight' section is just beyond comprehension. Whatever money you earned to write this article, lady, give it charity right now, the ungoldly ball of karma you've unleashed by wasting so many thousands of people's time needs to be remedied and fast. You are appalling.
Before you trash someone else's writing, perhaps you should learn how to spell.
Concernint pine nuts: they are exremly perishable, store them in a container in the freezer taking out what you need each time. They become rancid very quickly and I imagine that would create the bitter taste the writer experienced. Other nuts which reach the rancid stage will create a bitter taste and it often extends to the cooked product. Italians and (New Mexio residents) have been using pine nuts forever and with proper care should not bring about a problem.
Nope. Pine Mouth is real and has nothing to do with rancidity. The effect lasts much longer than the bad taste of a rancid nut. The varietals of pine nuts usually used in Italy don't seem to cause Pine Mouth.
note its pine nuts FROM CHINA which cause PineMouth– becoz of their nasty fertilizing practices. high in Bad Stuff
I'm going to assume there wasn't much research put into this article; the amount of rhubarb leaves that must be consumed to cause any damage is quite large. This is the exact same situation with poinsettia leaves and pets.
My wife is from Cheng Du. If Sichuan pepper corns were harmful, I'd be dead now. I ain't dead yet!
This article was terrible, I'm not surprised that it was published by CNN haha
Well, apparently a BUNCH of you flunked the "reading for content" part of school. Nutmeg: she's talking about eating dares / competitions like the cinnamon ones that have been on the Web for a while. So, in review, she's talking about eating SPOONFULS (or more) at a time. Although, the article should say, "If you have ANY common sense, you won't need to read any of this."
Check again, the writer stated,
"Here are a couple of other ingredients to AVOID – or at least moderate your consumption of – this season."
I'm so glad that Your Friend Kristin was there to figure this all out with Google!
I have cancelled my medical insurance. Can I call you and your friend next time I'm sick??!! Please help! Thanks!
Don't drink water, people have died from drinking too much water too quickly!
HA! thank u! lol
Water intoxication = hyponatremia
Do your research before showing your azz, idjit.
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noun
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2. a sharply ironical taunt; sneering or cutting remark: a review full of sarcasms.
Seriously, "Dr", catch a clue before showing YOURS.
Nutmeg?
OHHHHHHHH MANNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!
I AM SO TIRED OF GETTING NUTMOUTH!!!!!
THIS GUY SEEMED TO HAVE COME UP WITH THIS ARTICLE AT THE LAST MINUTE BECAUSE THERE ARE PLENTY OF OTHER FOODS HE COULD HAVE MENTIONED, LIKE GREEN POTATOES AND PORK BRAINS. YEAH, PORK BRAINS. WHERE I LIVE PEOPLE PUT A LOT OF WEIRD THINGS IN THEIR MOUTHS.
Nutmeg? When I was a teen me and my friends used to abuse nutmeg and had some wild trips on it. However it takes A LOT! Don't tell people not to put it in food because of that =/ Next you'll be telling people not to be taking Benedryl because at high dosages it will make you have a delirium that makes bath salts OD seem weak.
When I was in college back in the 80s people used to get high on Robitussin. Do they still do that? After i saw what it did to one dude, I would never touch the stuff. Even now, I give it only sparingly to my kids when they have a cold.
oh they still do it to this day. its not exactly something people brag about. tried the benydril thing myself. makes u paranoid as hell! been there done that. never again! lol
*You forgot to mention McDonald s, KFC, Burger King, Taco Bell and all fast food. And lets not forget the food at the grocery store: Fruit Loops, Pepsi, hot dogs, apple juice, chicken, and everything there except the produce. Oh.. wait that's covered in pesticides. You could probably chance that Rhubarb stalk I'm thinken. Nice article. Real detective work there Kate.
Not Giving up my Fruit Loops man lol
right on unfred right on.its a shame everybody doesnt see it that way. most people tend to be scared of the truth.
I sweeten my Rhubarb with fruit loops. mmmm
You forgot to mention McDonald s, KFC, Burger King, Taco Bell and all fast food. And lets not forget the food at the grocery store: Fruit Loops, Pepsi, hot dogs, apple juice, chicken, and everything there except the produce. Oh.. wait that's covered in pesticides. You could probably chance that Rhubarb stalk I'm thinken. Nice article. Real detective work there Kate.
Is this article a joke? Surely the author realizes that many people believe anything and everything they read. Whatever, it is just another indicator of the death of journalism.
I literally thought it was a joke at first as well. "Don't eat this because my friend did and we googled it and our at-home google research has led us to believe..." are you kidding me? Pitiful.
what a bunch of crap.
man, a lot of extremely upset people because of this article. I guess I need to start getting serious and see the gravity of this situation. How dare you CNN, how..DARE you.
ok f. ill give u that was funny. lol
:) cheers.
cheers to u. lol
I feel your rage – I just punched out a kitten, I'm so bleeping furious!!!
*Disclaimer : No real, live, actual animals were harmed in the production of the previous comment. Thank you.
You forgot poison ivy stew! Add nutmeg and pine nuts to it – it's delicious!
dont forget the poison oak too penny. lol YUM!
Jus' like Momma used to make...
"Eatocracy"? Should be called Idiotocracy–what a bunch of crap disguised as public service! A total waste of time to read such s***! CNN is descending into the pit of mediocrity–moreso with the sensational junk spewed by Headline News and the ghoul Nancy (Fatso) Grace! A pox on all your houses. And food nostrums.
good call jonah! totally agree!
Nutmeg poisoning is fun! I recommend eating as much of it as you can for a solid buzz. Chicks totally give up the poonany for guys that are hallucinating.
Kate Krader should think twice before posting her inane rumor-based nonsensical advice.
exactly! seems like everything we do is bad for us nowadays! pretty soon their gonna say breathing oxygen is detremental to your health! this is getting rediculous!
As a young woman during WWII when food was rationed, my mother did fix and eat rhubarb greens. She said they tasted good but made her extremely sick. As a result of her telling me about that experience, I have known about the toxicity of rhubarb leaves for as long as I can remember.
I had to double check the web address. I thought I was reading another sensational article from Yahoo! Where can I get a website with serious (real) news?
Let me know when you find it. This article may have finished off my attempt to use CNN for information and news. I do read NPR online, the BBC, and the NYT. (Yep, I've got liberal leanings – but at least I get to read well-written and edited articles.)
Who the hell can even bite into a cherry or peach pit in the first place, much less chew one...??? They're rock hard.
*seriously scratching my head on this one*
Perhaps Ms. Kate Krader needs to find a different job?
So what? There are lots of foods and herbs that are good for one thing, bad for another. If you don't know to pull the leaves off of rhubarb before cooking, maybe you should buy a traditional cookbook and read it. (Try Rombauer's). This world was not made for stupid. And some of the nuts that you shouldn't eat are bad for you if you eat a whole lot of them, but some people think that these same seeds in the very small quantities that they are traditionally eaten are anti-cancer drugs. Which reminds me, back in the Middle Ages, Hildegard von Bingen went on a similar rampage against an herb that was used for cancer because it couldn't possibly have a bad effect since people lost their hair and got sick to their stomachs; that same herb is now one of the many chemo therapy drugs that is effective in killing some kinds of cancer cells. The problem isn't in your spice rack, but in those who really want to be so nouveau that they re-invent the wheel; they won't do any traditional recipes the right way. They microwave or deep freeze which kills all the nutrition, and then they wonder why they get sick. According to a recent health article, 97 percent of the flavinoid that prevents cancer that is found in broccoli is destroyed in a microwave. Bon appetit!
Good article. For those asking, who eats cherry pits ? Many people diagnosed with cancer eat them because of a so called myth (?) that it cures cancer. Nutmeg is common in Indian cuisine.
Out of curiosity – are you going to give up eating nutmeg?
And the author is an editor of Food and WINE? Let's see now. Number of deaths caused in U.S. by consumption of nutmeg? How about deaths due to the effects of ALCOHOL? I take a drink now and then, but seriously. But I am glad for the warning. Come to think of it, I did hallucinate for DAYS after using nutmeg in an egg nog recipe. Or was it the rum?
But poison Ivy and hemlock are still okay, right?
yes
The only thing I took away from this article is that cherry pits are good for fires. Good to know.
Pine nuts are a staple in Middle Eastern cooking. We eat them regularly and have no ill effects.
I love pine nuts too but the bitter taste lingers (no matter what you eat) from 3-5 to days for me. So I prefer to stay away from it. Some online sources say those pine nuts mostly originate in China.
.......except crazy illusions of grandeur. And Israel.
Pine nuts are very common in middle eastern cooking...frankly I think with the state of that region of the world, as well as the religious "nuts" who live there....research should be done on how pine nuts effect ones mental stability..
Here is a BIG TIP....."Pesto" is delicious. It is also expensive to make IF you use pine nuts as a central ingredient. In point of fact, there MANY kinds of "pesto," it is a generic term and if you want to make a delicious one w/o pine nuts that will not cost you up to $20/lb. (as pine nuts can cost), merely substitute a WONDERFUL inexpensive, delicious and extremely healthy nut–ALMONDS. Just throw whatever amount you want into your food processor. BTW, you can ALSO make delicious Pesto WITHOUT using fresh basil (and in Italy it is routine) by using fresh PARSLEY and adding DRIED BASIL which is inexpensive and whose flavour will permeate the pesto. Remove the tough stems from the parsley, using the leaves. Make large quantities if you like, and save containers in your freezer for use. It freezes easily and will be readily available. Homemade pizzas, focaccia and pastas willl never be the same. Pizza doughs and this Pesto can remain in your freezer for considerable lengths of time. But it is so good you will probably be having it at least once a week or more.....It is a mega-vitamin pill for you, an added bonus. Almonds, BTW are one of two substances known to be capable of actually removing arterial plaque. The other is...surprisingly, Metamucil! This info came directly from a senior cardiologist at one of my local hospitals.
I was making my dinner guests a nutmeg cocktail with cherry pits and pine nut scones when they read this article to me. Well my face is just red now!nthanks CNN!
that is hilarious.
You dirty busturd, you could've killed them busturd.
Hey, there's still that rhubarb green salad you whipped up...Oh. Yeah, it looks like you've got a problem. BTW apple seeds contain cyanide. Crunchy but deadly in large amounts. That's all I have. Bye.
What kind of imbecile would eat cherry pits anyway?
If somebody dies cause they're too stupid to know how to eat a piece of fruit, it can only improve the gene pool of our species.
I have bitten open cherry pits in the past, the insides are really tasty and taste like amaretto.
@JoAnn: you're exactly the kind of imbecile that Lol@ is talking about!
are you kidding me? two minutes of my life i wasted reading this nonsense and another minute wasted feeling compelled to comment. re dick u lous
AND why on earth would anyone who is not familiar with Food and Wine EVER click on other articles featured by them. I am at a loss for words...
Yes, and yet another minute..
Jesus, another 5 minutes wasted..... what rubbish
I never comment, really. But...THIS is the stupidest thing I ever read! What is the matter with CNN? How could they have left out that avocado pits should never be attempted to be swallowed whole, and you should always pop popcorn before eating? Not to mention – do not make a sandwich from stale, moldy bread that your dog coughed on. Seriously, folks, NEVER! (don't ask, just take my word for it.)
I'm with you Susan!!!!! What are they thinking?
u have my vote as well susan!
I dunno, the evidence you are siting for most of these is pretty flimsy. Just about anything is poisonous if consumed in large enough quantities – even water.
Also I hope its common knowledge that hard fruit pits are generally poisonous.
Wow. What a waste of bandwidth. I am almost over CNN. Hardly a worthwhile article written by an educated person left on here. So sad. This entire piece is absolute garbage. Not a doctor. Not a chemist. Just a woman with a computer. With the audience of CNN.com, you would think they would show a little common sense before allowing articles like this to be posted for all too read. It is actually HARMING th public by spreading FALSE information.
Great news coverage CNN. Fire this moron!!!
I have to agree that this article doesn't seem very professional... not what I come on CNN to read.
My throat gets badly irritated if I eat the peach or cherry flesh that has been next to the pit. Guess I know why now.
Yeah, and drinking too much water can kill you too. Why did you write this article again?
So I shouldn't swig a bottle of ground nutmeg? Thanks for the tip.
Seriously, I'm at a loss of words.
apparently so was the "author" for writing this sad excuse for journalism
The one I liked the most: "Cherry pits burn hotter than wood pellets" That's economical.
2 tons of wood = 2 tons of wood pellets
2 tons of cherries = 50 pounds of seeds biofuel at it's greatest.
Imagine how dead you'd be after eating two tons of cherries...
I've been eating pinons (pine nuts) off and on since I was a kid. I even collected them in Colorado...they grow by the roadsides in the chaparral areas...roasted them and ate them. I've never had a problem. I can't imagine that pinons from China would be any different so long as they are from the same species of bush, and given the government's inability to find a DNA difference, they'd either have had to have been contaminated with something, not the problem at all, or maybe there's a genetic link to the problem in certain people that makes most of us immune. O rmaybe those of us that are seemingly immune have the problem, poisoning ourselves with them over the long term and not knowing it without the symptomatic side-effects of Pine Mouth. Anyway, except for the hassle of opening them, not nearly as easy as sunflower seeds, and the cost, it's a non-issue with me.
I know right? If the even the air you breath in China is bad, then pretty much everything from that country is, too.
Rarely do I feel compelled to comment but this article totally sucks.
Have any of not figured out yet, and I'm also doing it right now, these stories, and the more moronic they are, attract visitors to the comments section, which in turn produces more advertising dollars, this is not journalism, it's schlock, and if you're complaining, you're part of the problem.
This woman Kate Krader is the real-life Debbie Downer. At least with Debbie Downer there is a shred of truth in the things she says. Kate Krader's drivel is 99% bunk.
I tried eating pine nuts, unfortunately for me Pine trees dont have legs so I couldnt get them apart to bite at their nuts.
This is such absolute rubbish. There are thousands of young people graduating with degrees in journalism, and yet somehow this schlock gets produced. Fire this writer and get someone who can at least write competently, please.
But to do that, you would have to pay more than a few cents per word – can't afford those folks.
Hypochondria much? Please quit you day job – you are dragging down the entire field.
Nearly every edible substance in existence has some tiny amount of naturally occurring or contaminant harmful ingredient.
Too much water at once can kill you! Oh and that air stuff – best to stop breathing immediately!!!
Nutmeg? Are you kidding me? I think if George Washington could see what has become of his masonic experiment he would rotate in his grave. Whatever became of the land of the brave? A bunch of shivering cowards who are afraid of their own shadows. Terrorists, child molesters and now Nutmeg?! What is the next thing people will be scared of? Mr. Potato head? Get a grip on yourself people!
Don't eat green potatoes!!!
Also I agree with all postings about the abysmal quality of stories on CNN. This site has become seriously schlocky.
i ate pine nuts straight from the pine cones as a child living in italy 60 years ago, and im still alive.
I ate Vermiculite as a kid -well maybe I just separated a couple of the chunks with my teeth – and lived to talk about it.
Oh and did I tell you about how they would pass around liquid mercury in our 1960 grade school class so the students could roll it in their hands?
Me too, Roger!! Do you still have your breasts?
Pine nuts from the US or Italy, Spain or other European countries do not have the same effect. It may be in the preservatives used from China. Preservation does not effect the DNA. Beware of CHINA food products
Watch out for the Chinese Sea Cucumber a mouth full of those seed will make you really woozy!
My ex tried to get high using nutmeg. After grinding up 6 or 7 WHOLE nutmeg and mixing it up in a drink, all she got was a stomach ache and slightly dizzy.
LMAO!! I assume this factored into her becoming your ex?
I love pine nuts. Rice is tasteless without them. I have never had any issues with them what so ever nor I have heard anybody that had any bad experiences.
Rubbish! Who's eating cherry pits? Who ingests more than a couple of sprinkles of nutmeg? Who can get past chewing on a szechuan pepper before it burns the hell outta their mouth and the have to spit it out.
Why do I keep reading these stupid articles on CNN?
How can I get paid to write vacant fluff pieces like this?
The pits they are referring to are full of Laetrile, a cancer curing substance. It may kill you if you ingest a pound or so but question, are they telling people not to do it for the benefit of the drug companies? I don't trust anyone anymore about these things. All lies.
I also don't trust the people who comment. The pits do not contain Laetrile, although it is derived from a compound in them. That is not what makes them toxic, though (and it does not cause cancer; it is an ineffective treatment for cancer). The toxic substance in the pits is, as stated in the "article" a cyanide salt.
oops – meant to say "cure", not "cause"
I really wish the people who have money in CNN would read this comments – this article is just one of the reasons why CNN is getting such a bad reputation (and the impact on otherwise serious reporting is huge.)
CNN Finally did it! I can't take it anymore...!
I'm out to buy all of these things and begin eating...But if I run into a hot babe on the way to the store...like that neighbor of mine, I might change my mind.
BS article. Now Eatocracy is jumping on the fear monger bandwagon.
OMG what a load of hooey. Everything you eat has some detrimental effect if you eat too much of it. How many people eat a whole nutmeg seed???????? Bull puckey -– you are scaring people off wonderful foods and ingredients and spices cause overdose quantities are in the ridiculous range? Give me my microplane and my nutmeg and I shall eat my scrambled eggs and my kohlrabi and whatever suits my palate....... Nanny government and Nanny commentators and whatever take a hike please..................
"Eventually, after extensive time spent Googling symptoms"
Really? Because everyone knows that when you're sick you just google the symptoms and it's 100% accurate.
What a moron.
Poorly constructed article that lacks forethought and reasoning! The zombie apocalypse is upon us!
Inane, repetitive and non-original use of the tired term 'zombie apocalypse' lacks forethought and reasoning.
They left out water. drink too much and you could die (really).
You could say this about pretty much anything....too much _______ and you could die.
This is the biggest piece of s**t "journalism" I have read in a long time. What a waste of time.
Ha ha ha ha! No kidding. Nothing to see here. Move along. I mean, talk about an overly dramatic piece designed to get a rise out of you that really contains a whole lot nothing. Oh, apricot pits contain cyanide, so don't break a ton of them up and then eat them. Who does this?!
The last one is plan crazy – my husband and I eat LOTS of pine nuts. One woman had something weird happen and thinks she made a connection. It's pure coincidence,
What a horrible article. I bet an editor created this snappy headline for a story that just didn't exist.
NOOOOOO sichuan peppercorns are awesome!!!!
this is a dumb article
"Eventually, after extensive time spent Googling symptoms, Kristin determined her predicament was caused by pine nuts she’d had in a salad."
This whole article just makes me LOL. Moronic.
Kate Krader please leave the culinary articles to Anthony Bourdain. Thanks
I to just bought pine nuts imported from china from cosco, and they also gave my mouth a weired sensation, I never have boughten these before. but have had others from different areas and stores and never had that feeling in my mouth. I thinking just reading this I will get rid of those from china and stick with my other relieable sources. thanks for the story
after the from china dog food poisoning followed by the chinese baby fornula (melamine also?) poisoning, and various and sundry other china made imported products with health issues resulting from trying to 'cheat' (make it test as added protein, whatever), if it comes from china, it doesn't go on my table or in any of my family's mouths.
Pine nuts from the US are delicious, nutricious.
boughten?
Well, all the spelling is pretty rotten, but food prepared for export from China is even worse.
This sure works for us!
WRITTEN BY A 21 YEAR OLD FEMALE
I am going to let the Republican nominee know that we have found him a VP from Texas that truly understands the situation at hand. Wow, this girl has a great plan! Love the last thing she would do the best.
This was written by a 21 yr old female who gets it. It's her future she's worried about and this is how she feels about the social welfare big government state that she's being forced to live in! These solutions are
just common sense in her opinion.
This was in the Waco Tribune Herald, Waco, TX , Nov 18, 2011
PUT ME IN CHARGE . . .
Put me in charge of food stamps. I'd get rid of Lone Star cards; no cash for Ding Dongs or Ho Ho's, just money for 50-pound bags of rice and beans, blocks of cheese and away. If you want steak and frozen pizza, then get a job.
Put me in charge of Medicaid. The first thing I'd do is to get women Norplant birth control implants or tubal legations. Then, we'll test recipients for drugs, alcohol, and nicotine. If you want to reproduce or use
drugs, alcohol, or smoke, then get a job.
Put me in charge of government housing. Ever live in a military barracks? You will maintain our property in a clean and good state of repair.
Your " home" will be subject to inspections anytime and possessions will be inventoried. If you want a plasma TV or Xbox 360, then get a job and your own place.
In addition, you will either present a check stub from a job each week or you will report to a"government" job. It may be cleaning the roadways of trash, painting and repairing public housing, whatever we find for you. We
will sell your 22 inch rims and low profile tires and your blasting stereo and speakers and put that money toward the "common good.."
Before you write that I've violated someone's rights, realize that all of the above is voluntary. If you want our money, accept our rules. Before you say that this would be "demeaning" and ruin their "self esteem," consider that it wasn't that long ago that taking someone else's money for doing absolutely nothing was demeaning and lowered self esteem.
If we are expected to pay for other people's mistakes we should at least attempt to make them learn from their bad choices. The current system rewards them for continuing to make bad choices.
AND While you are on Gov't subsistence, you no longer can VOTE! Yes, that is correct. For you to vote would be a conflict of interest. You will voluntarily remove yourself from voting while you are receiving a Gov't
welfare check. If you want to vote, then get a job.
Now, if you have the guts – PASS IT ON...
I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO GET THIS BACK, IF EVERYONE SENDS IT, I WILL GET OVER 220 BACK!!! I WOULD KNOW YOU SENT IT ON!!!
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Sounds like Wacko to me, that's why it is and always will be the middle of NOWHERE.
oh no, michael bloomberg's gonna wanna ban all of these too!!!
Now who would like to hear about the dangers of dihydrogen monoxide?
Matter of fact I challenge the author of this garbage of an article. That I a high school drop out (did get my GED) could write a better article on seasonal food or any topic for that matter.
My wife is from Chengdu (population 12mil), and I've been there. Everyone, and I mean everyone, eats sichuan peppercorn. It is in everything, and the people there eat enough of it to set your mouth on fire. By the logic of this writer, they'd all be dead...or at least seriously ill, by now. When I saw that, my respect for this article dropped like a rock.
Seriously people we got bigger issues at hand than too much rhubarb or nutmeg my sister had a teddy bear and named it nutmeg she is just fine. Dont worry about the price of gas or unemployment rate. Itsnt the water we drink filled with hundreds of micro organisms Im sure that great for us. We live in fear of the government everyday our rites get taken away one by one and were writing articles on cherry pits.
Who writes this garbage... oh wait... really an editor for Food and Wine, how do I get paid to write utter BS? I could do this in my sleep. Don't eat apple seeds, they can do the same thing as cherry pits, and watermelon seeds. Wait... it takes how many apple seeds to kill you? You mean you could not eat enough seeds before your stomach burst to poison yourself?
Is this writer getting paid to write this profoundly stupid crap? while others are jobless?! wow!
Concentrated levels of oxygen cause cancer in laboratory rats. Don't breathe oxygen!
he he
Argh! Don't stop eating anything with nutmeg, just don't be stupid about it. Eating a cookie or curry with nutmeg in it won't hurt you, otherwise the population of India would be very, very low right now. Eating a jar of nutmeg powder, though, might finish you off. Just follow the recipe and don't be stupid. Lots of substances in foods, natural or otherwise, would be deadly if someone concentrated them and consumed them. A glass of pure citric acid would do wonders for your health, that doesn't mean you should stay away from oranges.
You know what else can kill you if you get too much of it in your system? Dihydrogen oxide (more commonly known as "water"). Avoid this potentially dangerous substance by all means – you wouldn't want to accidentally overdose on it. :-P *shakes head*
Cause of death: Nutmeg overdose. Bummer!
So how is it Ok to eat these away from home?
Everyone knows you don't have to follow the rules when you're not at home...or in school.
Why would one burn cherry pits that contain cyanide? Would not the burning of the pits release it into the air that you would then breathe in. Seems like a stupid risk.
Burning cherry pits won't harm you. Well not unless you exhaust the hot flu gases into your home. Once the fumes are outside, they are diluted by the rest of the air in the atmosphere. Even if you did inhale the fumes, it's not the cyanide that is going to kill you. It would be the CO.. Carbon Monoxide, Cyanide is most usually a risk if ingested.
the cyanide in cherry pits decomposes under high heat as found in a fire so, it does not pose a heath risk to burn the pits, at least where the cyanide is concerned.
Pine nuts, seriously? In Russia people have been eating those for ages. Also, apricot seeds are edible , they taste like almond. You just get them out of the hard shell. But plum seeds are not edible.
Yes, while apricot seed can be eaten, they too have a relatively high concentration of cyanidic chemicals that at a high enough dose can kill you. It is different for different people of course but kids especially under the age of 14 should not eat them as even one or two can be toxic.
In re the pine nuts-the symptoms seem to come from eating rancid pine nuts. Did that, got the yuk mouth for about 3 days. Great diet aid-unpleasant but not harmful.
I had the pine nuts from China and got Pine Mouth. Horrible because I love yummy food and it made everything taste bad I'll stick to the non Chinese pine nuts.
This article was a waste. Anything in excess is dangerous. Hell, drinking too much water can kill you.
Agreed. eat in moderation. Ever watch Supersized me. McDonalds diet can kill you too.
Seriously eatocracy? I can write better food articles than this. Hire ME!
Anyway, my grandfather put freshly grated nutmeg in his coffee every day, as did many of his contemporaries. He died at 93, of prostate cancer. All foods in moderation.
Imagine how long he could have lived if he hadn't eaten all the nutmeg. Another 30-40 years maybe. One will never know.
We were young (and dumb) and ate half a can of nutmeg each.
Yes, that was hard to swallow.
But absolutely nothing happened.
I'm not too worried about people abusing it. If the dosage is a whole can – which I doubt since half a can did nothing – then they will only do it once.
A fine spice, wonderful in many desserts, but don't waste your time trying to get anything more out of it.
In general, if you can enjoy it, it is already illegal.
Someone asked me if we will ever legalize pot – I said legalize pot? You can't even sell alcohol with caffiene in it. You can't smoke a cigarette OUTSIDE in many places. And just try to get a 17oz Coke in NYC.
Worse thing about Gov't healthcare is they will then say they can control anything you do since it might increase health costs.
Good thing I live in the land of the free. Free-ish. Sorta Free.
ONCE FREE.
I used to eat nutmeg in high school, like malcom x
Really, this was a waste of my time. Why do you post this kind of stuff?
So, the author is basing their news off a friend who self diagnosed themself on the internet? I saw an article that Bigfoot lives in Colorado, so you should stay away from there.
Those that are commenting on this article as being the dumbest or worst article that CNN has put out are completely uneducated and ignorant. Even my 14 year old understands that all plants ( seemingly good and bad) contain chemical compounds and many of these compounds... when ingested in excess or even minute amounts...can cause significant health affects. Contrary to what some of these ignorant pin heads are posting...the article is not saying that all pine nuts are harmful or that you should not eat nutmeg or cherry pits....but rather recognize that even seemingly innocuous plant substances contain harmful compounds if eaten the way the article describes. The article should of included cassia cinnamon which contains the toxic compound coumarin. If you ingest just a little more than an teaspon of cassia cinnamon a day....more so for a larger male... for several weeks you liver and kideys will exhibit toxicity. Bottom line is that spices, herbs and fungi should be respected and not brushed off as benign substances.
chill people, i may be mistaken, but i believe this was meant to be tongue-in-cheek.
If you want to try something yummy, eat Squirrel Brains...YUMMY
This the idiotic articale about food. Nutmeg is been used in asian countries for stomach problem and is a medicine at the same time it is a spice used frorm centuries. May be this is not good for you, but i do not agree that you say not to use in your home. Well i have lot of numeg at our home and i regulary use this with other spieces to make our food delicious.
Make me drink 16 oz or less sodas, tax me on my booze & cigarettes, but I'll be DAMNED if you'll stop me from eating cherry pits! Really – who eats the pit of a cherry??
For $300 and the win.....a boyfriend!
This article is stupid. If you're dumb enough to eat these things at all or in large quantities then you also shouldn't be allowed to corrupt the human gene pool either. BTW for 3 generations our family has used a heaping teapoon of ground nutmeg in and old fashioned sugar cookie recipe. No one has ever gotten sick, most family members have lived into their 80's and 90's.
Really, people who eat spices should just die so as not to corrupt the gene pool? Listen to yourself, is that really what you think? What's with the anger issue? I don't know why people think it's ok to be total jerks on web pages. As to nutmeg, the spoonful was spread out over the batch of cookies, so of course it doesn't cause a problem. You appear to have a reading comprehension problem – it is only toxic in large quantities. Try eating the whole spoonful, or maybe two. Then report back on how it affected you. And relax, Tom, you're wound way too tight.
That teaspoon was spread among many cookies so of course nothing happened. Look google nutmeg high. You can get high off of nutmeg, but apparently it's a horrible high and not recommended.
Miss information much?
what's the catch???
What??? No more cherry pit pie? Arrrrrrgghhhh!!!
I always eat the cherry pits and spit out the flesh
Weed is best eaten than smoked...
the fats and bad fast food we consume is more dangerous than any listed here, but we dont do anything about it.
This is quite possibly the dumbest food article I have ever read. Who lumps rhubarb leaves and cherry pits (two things no one eats) in the same article with nutmeg and pine nuts (fairly common edible items)? Pick a focus.
This is one of the worst articles CNN has allowed on it's website. We don't need a bunch of baseless fear mongering to be spread all over the internet. We already have enough of that, thank you very much. It's much more likely that the problem with the pine nuts is due to the fact that they were from (*#&$# China rather than because they were pine nuts! People eat pine nuts all the time. You'd have to eat a ridiculous amount of rubarb leaves in order to get sick from them. Horrible, horrible, horrible, horrible acticle. I thought CNN was for factual news, not fear mongering.
CNN is merely trolling........
They just don't want you putting strange nuts in your mouth. Their looking out for everyone
familiar nuts are OK though
Strange nuts that impart medicinal flavors are dangerous. Stick with the musky flavored ones.
What about sweat pickles? Are they poisonous?
Totally agree...wouldn't you think cherry pits would break your molars, unless you were Goldfinger, how the heck could you chew on them?
Once again... America has been brainwashed... Here we go... The Apricot Kernel, The Plum Kernel, etc etc... They all contain a Vitamin called B17... It is a vital vitamin that has been linked by some to the cause of cancer (lack of)... We know cancer is man made because it didn't exist before 1600... Our society always has considered apples seeds etc as bad for you, but they are the healthiest part of the fruit... The USA has outlawed the Apricot Kernel from being sold in stores stating it causes cyanide poisoning... What people don't understand is the cyanide reaction to the cells in your body when eaten at a reasonable amount, say 5 – 20 kernels per day... assists in the killing of cancerous cells. YES if you sat down with a bag of Apricot Kernels & ate them all, you might die of cyanide poisoning but most bags state "Don't eat more than 35 Kernels" in a day. So, this writer... is full of it when they say don't eat any seeds.
I'd rather sit down with the Colonel and chow down on a bucket of wings.......... Kosher, of course.
"Did'nt exist before 1600"??????? Where did you here that? Think again.... No Cancer is NOT man made, but I am sure that Man is responsible for a majority of the cases... Skin Cancer is is as old as UV rays.... and that is just one that is caused due to non man made issues..
UV Rays have been around much longer than skin my friend. Much, much longer..
1 word describes you well: uneducated!
The writer may be full of it but so are you for making claims such as fighting cancer by ingesting fruit pits without citing references.
Then that comment about cancer not existing before 1600; you better back that up also otherwise you are completely full of it.
Cancer didn't exist before the 1600s? Could you please explain how we've found mummies with identifiable cancers then? Or ancient bones that clearly show bone cancer? How about various medical texts and reports from throughout history that described cancer? If you are going to make an extraordinary claim please have some serious proof to back it up.
There were no mummies before 1600?
If there were no mummies, how did the daddies make babies?
A number of egyptian mummies have remains of the cancer that killed them. Guess you're a little misinformed regarding cancer.
There is also no record of mental illness (it was considered either possession or just an imbalance of the humours) along with many other things. Medical science has advanced GREATLY since the 1600s, cancer was not diagnosed, but that does not mean it didn't exist. Unless you do a full biopsy most cancers are not even obvious (blood and bone marrow cancers like leukemia, for instance, would not even be ABLE to be diagnosed) and tumors have CERTAINLY been around since LONG before the 1600s, but were called tumors, or other things, not cancer.
I'll show you some nuts imported from China
In the flesh?
What I wouldn't eat is Yenna Wilkus's gedempte flanken! Oy, such chazzerei!
We eat piñon nuts here in the Southwest all the time and I've never heard of "Pine Nut Mouth" — that is just ludicrous.
Well golly gee, I never heard of it so therefore it must not be true.
I ate pine nuts for years. One day my wife opened a bag and I was just scarfing them down. For the next 2 weeks, everything tasted bitter and metallic. My wife recalled reading something about it, and I looked it up. Apparently, it last a month or more in most people. One theory is that cheap Chinese producers have been using nuts from tree varieties previously considered inedible. Another is that some sort of spoilage does it. The researchers really don't know.
But Pine Mouth is REAL (and quite unpleasant.)
I experienced "pine mouth" after eating about a handful of pine nuts about three years ago. It was horrible to eat or drink anything for days.
Such hogwash! My kitties eat all of that stuff and they are just fine.
eat poop
I'm sure you do.
NO.. not without my pine nuts, I love them so much
Darn, there goes my prize-winning recipe for 40-Seed Nutmeg-Roasted Rhubarb Leaves with Sichuan Peppered Pine Nuts. It was to die for!
Good one! :)
Don't forget the lovely garnish of foxglove leaves...
Let's wait until next week when they say these foods are safe to eat... They always say the same thing about coffee...
Actually...just earlier this week CNN had an article on the best foods to eat. Pine Nuts were right up there.
What a shame, cuz when I get the munchies I just chew on cherry pits and nutmegs.
Some men just want to watch the world burn :)
Everything has a measurable amount of entertainment value. ;-)
Clearly, news blogs were an idea that sounded great in concept, but have turned out terribly in practice. Every article, regardless of how far removed it is from politics, ends up with silly mudslinging between "libtards" and "repubtards." What in the world did these low-lifes do in the pre-blog era?
LarryB, good post. You have to wonder if the pioneers of the "information superhighway" ever anticipated the road would lead to this nonsense.
Amen Larry B- Every article on this thing gets hijacked as some kind of liberal vs. conservative piece. Bottom line, and I know this is hypocritical, but CNN really does now cater to the lowest IQ demographic and most of these people's interests are actually that narrow. They're looking for a fight- not a decent fight in Vegas either, more like a "pro" wrestling bout. . CNN is the USA today / National Enquirer of journalism. I mean do we really need a new story with new video every hour about the guy who chewed the homeless guy's face off? Yes we do, this is how CNN raises their page views!. This kills me to say it, but even an idiot like Trump called it when he said CNN's ratings were in the toilet.
"I know this is hypocritical, but CNN really does now cater to the lowest IQ demographic" They sure got you pegged right, then. Now go back over to FAUX.
"What in the world did these low-lifes do in the pre-blog era?" Bathroom walls.
Funny thing is that the Hunza people, free from cancer of any kind, munch apricot kernels from the pits, every day. Yes, too many are toxic because of the cyanide but there is another constituent of the kernels that kills cancer cells. Research if you are interested in using them – too much of a good thing can most certainly prove deadly. Don't just buy them and start eating them without finding out how many to munch. I give my cancer stricken 35 lb. dog 3 kernels a day.
This is just shoddy, alarmist, much ado about nothing journalism. For shame CNN.
Exactly. It's like overhearing old wives tales at a hair salon.
Looks like the author forgot to mention that different cultures around the world have different tolerances to what she calls as "dangerous foods!" Indians use a lot of nutmeg without becoming delirious! We eat pine nuts in US without any problems, but someone across the planet that hasn't been exposed to pines may be allergic. Many are lactose and peanut intolerant, but no one has put a label "do not eat these foods!" It all depends on who you are.
Nutmeg was a substance used by priests in the Middle (Dark) Ages to put in extremely small quantities on top of cakes when they had finished their seasonal duties. It is a common substance to be found at your local starbucks or coffee shop. Anyone who ingests a substance like this in large quantities could hurt or himself. But a few shakes of a nutmeg shaker is very uncommon to cause any of the symptoms mentioned.
Pine nuts taste great and are filled with essential vitamins and minerals and if ingested in moderation and with other foods they can increase vitality and energy in healthy men.
You forgot couple more ditz:
Shrooms, they will cause death and hallucinations.
Weed also causes brain cancer, premature death, and violent crimes.
Alcohol, also causes violence and abuse.
And dont forget bath salts, they cause you to rip the face and eat it.
Kate Krader , this article is one of the dumbest ones I've seen yet. Keep up the bad work! LOL
@anonyi – "dont forget bath salts, they cause you to rip the face and eat it" –
That is so true!! LOL!
Weed causes violent crimes? Really? This has got to be about the stupidest comment I have ever read. Obviously you have never tried it. It makes people peaceful! Alcohol causes violent crimes. Just go back to watching Reefer Madness for the 100th time and keep your stupid comments to yourself!
I think they were going for sarcasm....
Indeed you seem very peaceful.
I guess he needs another hit.
"Weed causes violent crimes? Really? This has got to be about the stupidest comment I have ever read. " Man! Chill out! Yer harshin' my buzz.
This is the most ridiculous article they've ever published. Good grief. Little information, and what is there is worthless. Who agreed to publish this?
Ive been eating raw apricot seeds for years as a cancer preventive............usually 18 seeds a day......never felt sick from them. I researched the benefits of these seeds..........excellent reviews. Read the book on-line "A World Without Cancer".....very informative.
Only if you consider pseudoscience and quackery to be informative. A world without cancer would be a world without humans. You are playing in somewhat dangerous territory with apricot pits and certainly doing yourself no favor. Twenty minutes of exercise a day would give you all that benefit and more with none of the risk.
OMG it's a Laetrile flashback! Forget about the apricot seeds, man.
I suppose there is so much material on the 'net, and it is constantly changing in microseconds, so it would be impossible to study how much of it is completely true, or has a reasonable certainty of being true, or is complete unadulterated idiotic fiction. But, I suspect that over 50% of the information on the internet is fiction, misinformation or disinformation. Few actually understand scientific method, or can reliably interpret what they read. Our one never ending resource is a vast pool of ignorance.
I feel significantly dumber for having read through the entire article. You'd need to eat 11 #$(*ing POUNDS of rubarb leaves to hit the LD50 level for oxalic acid. The rest of these are similarly inane.
The LD50 is not the whole story. Take a single bite into a single rhubarb leaf – or the the leaf of any other oxalate plant like a peace lilly – and then come back and tell us how awesome they are. FYI – it has been described as "biting into a bee hive". I used to work at a poison control center, and kids biting the leaves of oxalate plants is a very common reason for calls.
I didn't claim they were pleasant. The article says that rhubarb leaves will be "your last meal". That's utter crap as you'd need to eat 11 freaking pounds of leaves just to hit LD50.
When I purchased my first home, there was a rhubarb plant in the yard, probably five feet wide and three feet tall. It was in perfect, glossy condition in an otherwise neglected garden. Snails and earwigs lived inside it, but the leaves were never nibbled.. Now I know why.
Great. Chinese pine nuts make everything taste bitter and medicine-y. WHY DO WE IMPORT _ANY_ FOOD FROM THAT COUNTRY?????
YAKOBI – havent seen you on the other sites. Miss your comments!!!!
Because you suck.
Pine Nuts? Seriously? So Fed up with naive opinions like these!!! do your readings and researches before posting random experiences. Pine nuts actually have a lot oh health benefits!!
"Pine Nuts? Seriously?" Google 'Pine mouth' before you scoff. It seems to be the Chinese ones so far. Also, don't eat bitter almonds.
Wrong. Calcium oxalate is a major component of renal stones. In large quantities in can obstruct the renal tubules and cause renal failure. It's effect can be accentuated with gout.
Nutmeg might come in both oil form and as a ground spice. If used in the right quantities it can have a calming effect. However, it can also cause paralysis. I dont think it hurts at all to eat pumpkin pie which has nutmeg in it. This whole article is stupid. Salt is a spice and a preservative, but if you consume too much it can probably kill you. Too much of anything might kill you. Even drinking too much water can be dangerous. This is the train to stupidville.
"I dont think it hurts at all to eat pumpkin pie which has nutmeg in it." Duh, ya think? A nutmeg seed is bigger than a golf ball. Write when you get to Stupidville.
You lost all journalist integrity with the "pine nuts" entry. You based your data off a) your friends self-dagnosis and b) your friends self-diagnosis from Dr. Google. It's flat irresponsible.
Maybe she based the pine nuts thing on her friend – but man that happened to me and it 5ucked! Bad. Two weeks and everything I ate tasted like metal including my spit. It was horrible. It does finally go away after your taste buds renew but it was just bad bad bad. I'll never eat another pine nut – and more's the pity cuz I loved them in salad.
That would be terrible!! I find I can't have too many pecans because they make me shakey and "out of sorts".
I just wish the journalist had interviewed an actual doctor for that portion. :) Some poor saps will read this article and never touch these things again. It's a shame; a lot of these foods in the proper portions are good for you!
Same thing happened to me. They were pine nuts from Trader Joe's, imported from CHINA. HORRID taste in mouth lasted for 2 weeks. Pine nuts from USA, Isreal and Mediterranian countries are okay and do not have this side effect. Pesto people are safe if they check the source of the pine nuts.
You know, I've wondered why those Joe's pine nuts have never tasted right to me. I purchased pine nuts imported from Europe to do a taste comparison a while back...not even knowing abut the pine nut mouth thing.
"your friends self-diagnosis from Dr. Google. It's flat irresponsible" Of course you googled this first to see if it was real, right? And you found . . . oh, you were too sure of yourself to check? RIGHT. So your medical advice is based on stuff you pulled out of your fundament?
Seriously CNN? This was a smaller headline? Im done with this news source, what a joke. Reuters for me.
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Worthless article to the readers, but not to CNN. They certainly suckered you all into clicking it didn't they?
yep, natural foods bad....please eat cheeseburgers and hotdogs, add doritos and coke as well, while at it, shove a few poptarts down your throat as well
Sometimes horses on pasteur board where one or more apple trees is present will die during apple season because they eat so many apples (the seeds of which contain cyanide), they experience cyanosis and die. Moderation is the key. Excess of anything is bad.
Everything in moderation, especially moderation. That's my motto.
i lived in Nevada for a few years, i used to go searching for arrow heads, garnets, getting a fresh pine tree for christmas on the top of a mountain picked it out and cut it down. one of my favorite things was gathering pine nuts right from the tree. there is nothing like fresh pine nuts! the stuff you would buy at the store is just not the same. i used to munch them like crazy as i was gathering them never once did i ever get "pine mouth" neither did anyone else i was with.
That is so cool you were able to enjoy that. I live in FL and we dont get to go cut our own tree. Anyway now to the article...I don't know about you but what I got from the article was TOO MUCH of these items are not good for you. Well heck generally to much of ANYTHING isn't good for you...
So this is journalism? Adorable.
WTF is this about pine cone seeds? It is one of the most nutricious seed in the world, this is what poor people in Europe during the 60's when the USA was booming from War payments ate as a snack when times where tough. i used to see hundreds of people combing the forests for these, and everything in the forest was picked clean along with yellow mushrooms very tasty. Hence why the was no fires at all since the forest floor was picked clean of litle twiggs and any cones for used in the home for cooking ( wood fireplaces).
At one point Nutmeg was one the most prized fruit in the world along with Fruitbread.
man if the world's hydro goes out we are in for a real problem as people do not know how to live off the forest's anymore, people think the food they eat comes from a supermarket lol. Where do you think the corn, wheat, soy, potatotoes grow on? Yes that's right on dirt filled with bugs and maggots.
I really want the world to go out with no hydro for at least 2 years, then you would see some zombie actions as people would literally eat each other, since no one knows how to even plant seeds anymore.
Did you eat a mad cow recently?
people get paid to write articles like this??
I've heard that eating fresh cherries along with milk will cause a monstrous tummy ache. anyone else hear this?
Cherries and milk – that's how Zachary Taylor died! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zachery_Taylor#Death
Maybe not tummy ache but a massive diarrhea for sure :)lol
I like eating food that's bad..it gives me bone-rattling flatulence.
Ha, now that's funny! Good Work
Quoting Andrew Weil as if he's some sort of scientific authority rather than a nutjob is a serious disservice. He's as credible about dietary issues as Stephen Hawking is about weight training.
Ouch..
OMG I'm twins?
Heath: Stephan Hawking probably knows volumes more about everything than you do. Do male obstatricians no nothing about birthing babies?
This is dumb – yet it's okay to take a combination of pills your doctor prescribes you which have much worse reactions and side effects?
Its too bad this article is not about the dangers of Red Herrings
i guess if Obama loses in November, all the freeloaders will be in dire straits!
So, you can't actually address the content of the article?
That's what happens when you watch too much Faux News.
I'll keep eating my nutmeg and daily pine nuts I've eaten for 20 yrs (pine mouth lol)
I suggest Kate TRADER instead concentrate on GMO foods or unsafe factory farmed animals or contaminated fast food. Please. This is journalism!?
Oh NO! Not GMOs!
Erin: you obviously don't know anything at all about GMO crops. You are no better than the idiots in tribal lands who refuse to vaccinate their kids because somebody told them vaccines are meant to sterilize their ethnic group and wipe them out. Or how about this popular belief: HIV+ men can cure themselves by boinking a virgin. Please read what GMO crops REALLY are (organically grown crops that are high yielding, economically viable and don't destroy the environment because they express an additional protein that allows them to resist pests, fix their own nitrogen or conserve water). Don't take my word for it. Look it up from several reputable sources. You are so ignorant.
All the slander in your response took away from your credibility. Try an anger mangement class... or stop eating GMO.
This is why CNN is suffering its lowest ratings in its history – bad journalism. What a JOKE!
Cherry pits are also eaten by some animals like chipmunks and evening grosbeaks (although if you don't have evening grosbeaks then they might go to waste in the bird feeder because nothing else will eat them).
CNN should not be encouraging such articles which make no sense! Please withdraw before naive readers get influences and stop eating some of the best things in the world such as pine nuts and nutemg!
Yeah, the pine mouth I have experienced, but the rest of the stuff is bunk.
It's not bunk. Nutmeg (actually the skin, from which mace is derived) is psychotropic. Rhubarb leaves are toxic. Many pits do contain cyanide (although you'd have to have strong teeth to munch through enough to get ill) - remember Laetril?
Nutmeg has been used for centuries and has beneficial properties. Pine nuts are likewise very healthy. I think the author is confusing overuse and rare cases of allergies and in this regard the article is highly slanted and inaccurate. Poor journalism. The fact is that eating extreme amounts of anything can cause harm. I heard of someone who died when they went on a "carrot diet" as their skin turned orange and their liver failed. So are you going to outlaw carrots? This article is nonsense because of the slant, poor writing, and misinterpretation of facts.
Clearly this is because Mitt "the unicorn" Romney is lying about Obama – he knows were getting another term in 2012....don't deny it...it's happening
DOES JUSTIN BIEBER KNOW ABOUT THIS?
Does SANJAY GUPTA knows about this???
Clearly this is not a political article. Please check which tab you have open before replying.
This article isn't news, yet it appears on CNN.
Everything is politics to these people.
Cyanide poisoning from cherry pits or any pits is a LIE. You would have to eat hundreds of them at once for that to be even a potential problem.
Mari: a lie is something that is false, not something that is uncommon or difficult to do. Since cyanide poisoning CAN occur with cherry pits, and HAS occurred (rarely), it is peculiar to call it a lie.
I think maybe you need a little refresher on what the word "lie" means.
Which means it's not a lie, right?
Cyanide poisoning is indeed a huge lie. Apricot pits, hunza, are known to improve health and prevent cancer. They contain laetrile, B17, that is banned in the U.S. because it works so well and threatens the $200B/yr cancer industry. CNN is pathetic when it comes to health related issues.
Yeah, Scott. There's no cancer in countries that haven't banned quack treatments.
Cyanides are produced by certain bacteria, fungi, and algae and are found in a number of plants. Cyanides are found, although in small amounts, in certain seeds and fruit stones.
This includes apples, which is why it's a bad idea to juice whole apples without coring them first, and why last year there was that huge scare with apple juices containing cyanide. It doesn't occur every time, only those infected with the bacteria or fungi, and the amounts are small, so eating one pit isn't going to give you any adverse effects, unless you are highly sensitive to it, or have a weakened immune system, however it is NOT a lie, it just just very rare for someone to be unlucky enough to #1 have enough fruits that are infected and #2 eat the pits of all of those fruits in a short enough span to cause obvious side effects from the poison.
The health benefits does not mean that there isn't any chance that something bad could happen by eating them.
Rhubarb leaves are poisonous (but so are tomato plants, and potato leaves), Nutmeg if taken in large enough quantities does cause issues. The only thing that I don't know anything about is the pine mouth thing? That's odd, but considering the resins in pines I can see this being possible, though not like from the nuts themselves, but maybe from a lack of cleaning them properly.
The article isn't a lie, it's just silly.
Scott: you are the gullible type that spends large amounts of money on substances that are bottled and marketed in unregulated, untested and irresponsible ways. Laetrile is extremely toxic and yet an uneducated person who believes in pseudo(false) science praises the use of laetrile while condemning traditional (and equally toxic) chemotherapeutics. Please educate yourself. Stupid happens but there's no excuse for poorly educated.
That's why all those laetrile clinics in mexico are reporting such fantastic outcomes.
"laetrile, B17, that is banned in the U.S. because it works so well " Yeah, that's what Steve McQueen thought when he wasted his life on laetrile injections in Mexico.
Don't eat this at home? Can I eat it at a friends house??? What a joke lol
Stupid article. Wild sorrel leaves are high in oxalate – nevertheless, they are widely used in Russian cuisine, and soup made from them is oh so tasty. And nobody has ever died from it in my family.
It's true sorrel has oxalate. However it used as a seasoning. If you ate enough of it, then it would be toxic. Rhubarb leaves have a particularly high amount of oxalate. If you are sure of yourself, eat a large bowl and I hope you enjoy the subsequent renal failure etc.
Too much oxolate will give you...gout. Annoying, but hardly life threatening.
Wrong. Calcium oxalate is a major component of renal stones. In large quantities in can obstruct the renal tubules and cause renal failure. It's effect can be exacerbated with gout.
Calcium oxalate is a major component of renal stones. In large quantities in can obstruct the renal tubules and cause renal failure. It's effect can be exacerbated with gout.
KR: got kidney stones in the family? oxalate + calcium = kidney and bladder stones. Gout is caused by precipitation of uric acid in synovial spaces. Anyone experiencing the pleasure of passing a stone makes deals with dieties and will typically avoid substances likely to precipitate another stone.
None of the above in the family or friends' families. And it is NOT used as seasoning but as a dish itself.
This article is just trying to sell a story by scaring people. I expect this from Fox “news” but CNN?
Tonight at 11pm, what you should know about sleeping and how it could k!ll you, your kids and your dog! (the cat is safe)
What's the purpose of this article? It sounds ridiculous! Most of the people dont do things mentioned here!
Jerry, not all "news" articles have to be about hard "news." There are human interest articles (stories about the queen, for example. There are sports stories. There are articles about "how to do ...," and ones about what not to do. This article fits into a genre that might be called, "Did you know ..."
The fact is, there are a LOT of people whose curiosity is much wider ranging than yours. Just because YOU don't find an article interesting doesn't mean everyone else is as dumb as you are.
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Wow, Howard just destroyed Jerry. LOL!!!
You were doing good Howard until the last sentence. Why do you have to do name-calling to make a good point?
this is a stupid article
That was exactly what I thought... total filler.
Agreed. Yeah, that's right. Eat a nutmeg nut all at once, you might have a problem... OK everybody ... are you ready? ... Duh.... gee, I never would have known. Cherry pits? Cyanide? What about apple seeds? OMG! Filler?! Yeah, no kidding. Seriously though, I would like to see an article on the dangers of consuming too much air. ... wonder what happens then.
Oy vey. How about anything in excess quantities is toxic. What a lame article.
Please don't let the NYC mayor read this I kind of like nutmeg in some things
That's funny! Sadly he just might decide to ban them if he reads this article
Other foods to avoid:
rat poison – not very tasty
cats: high in nutrients but high in fat
pandas – you'll get arrested
someone's face – you'll get shot
HILARIOUS!
this guy right here! lmao!
This was one of the most annoying articles that I have ever read. period.
@Jack – I agree, a horrible article: no real content, no structure, no good jokes, and it left out the most obvious hazardous foods, like blowfish sushi, and gagh.
worst article ever. you can die from drinking too much water. too much of a lot of things will kill you.
Please! It is NOT the worst article ever. It is definitely a poor article, but it ranks far better than some. At least this one is written in sentences and stays on subject (albeit a very weak subject).
Too much posting will kill you.
Someone texting a retaliatory post will cut off a truck at an intersection causing it to jump the curb and crash into your house killing you on the potty where you do most of your best thinking and posting. Don't be that dead guy on the potty, logoff and go get some sunshine and an ice cream.
I'm just sticking with bath salts and eating people faces off...