Brazil nuts, not all good?

fictor · Post by **fictor** » Tue 15 Jan 2008 18:10

As I am getting familiar with this strange diet (Wai), one thing
I really find hard to swollow is this hype on brazil nuts.

I mean, the suckers are radio active...
Should that not be a clue NOT to eat them?

Christina · Post by **Christina** » Wed 16 Jan 2008 04:41

lol. I know that mangoes that are improted into the US have been radiated. I avoid them. I didn't know,they do that with brazil nuts.

Post by **Oscar** » Wed 16 Jan 2008 12:47

Radioactive? There isn't really a hype, but the protein quality of brazil nuts is very high, that's all.

YouTube · Post by **RRM** » Wed 16 Jan 2008 13:17

Almost the entire Brazilian rainforrest by nature is radioactive, and so are nuts from the rainforrest. This natural level of radioactivity is not considered harmful to the species that live there, and we therefore might assume its not hamrful for us either.

Brazil nuts are advocated here becuase they contain very much methionine, which is relatively lacking in virtually all other foods, so that if you eat little animal food, the methionine from Brazil nuts very effectively 'upgrades' the protein (from fruits and animal food) already consumed; an upgrade in protein quality.
Once you start experimenting with consuming more raw egg yolks and / or raw fish, you dont need that extra methionine from Brazil nuts though.

fictor · Post by **fictor** » Wed 16 Jan 2008 17:13

Thanks for the replies. I will research the topic a little more before I try these nuts out. I mean, radioactive does not sound too tempting, but
it would be really nice to have a protein rich snack for after workouts

YouTube · Post by **RRM** » Fri 18 Jan 2008 19:41

Its not that much protein-rich, but its high in methionine, which increases the overall protein quality of all foods that you eat that day (as the most scarse amino acid is less scarse, which makes more of the protein available for (re)construction purposes).

fictor · Post by **fictor** » Tue 22 Jan 2008 18:35

Instead of making a new thread about this, I just post in this one.

I found a local supplier of unshelled Brazil nuts.
Yesterday I sent them an email asking to
purchase some nuts.

Today I got the depressing answer.

They told me they no longer sold unshelled Brazil nuts, the reason
being as follows:

Brazil nut trees are so high (up to 70 meters high) that the nuts are
not harvested directly from the tree, but from the ground as they fall
down when ripe.

This, however, often leads to the nuts lying around for quite some time,
resulting in toxic substances forming from moisture in the nuts.
These substances are cancerous.

Because of this the import of Brazil nuts (unshelled) to Europe
decreased from about 800 kilotons to about 80 tons.

They told me that unshelled Brazil nuts is probably impossible
to get in Norway, where I live

Any suggestions? What is the second best nut to eat?

jfk · Post by **jfk** » Tue 22 Jan 2008 23:59

RRM wrote:Brazil nuts are advocated here becuase they contain very much methionine, which is relatively lacking in virtually all other foods, so that if you eat little animal food, the methionine from Brazil nuts very effectively 'upgrades' the protein (from fruits and animal food) already consumed; an upgrade in protein quality.

Also nuts are pretty convenient to carry around with you. Plus, on a non-diet related point, I like to think that those of us who can get hold of unshelled brazil nuts are helping to conserve the rainforest.

Post by **Oscar** » Wed 23 Jan 2008 11:41

fictor wrote:Any suggestions? What is the second best nut to eat?

Second choice would be macademia nuts.

Biev · Post by **Biev** » Wed 23 Jan 2008 19:22

Ohhh, so that's why 1 in 4 brazil nuts looks, smells or tastes bad (-_-)

Good to know that there's an explanation behind it.

fictor · Post by **fictor** » Thu 24 Jan 2008 10:33

Thanks Oscar, I will try to find some unshelled macademia nuts then.
They also need to be unshelled to be considered raw, right?

Post by **Oscar** » Thu 24 Jan 2008 21:02

Yes, they need to be unshelled.

fictor · Post by **fictor** » Thu 24 Jan 2008 21:58

Today I found organic Brazil nuts that are mechanically unshellled!

They are of course more expensive, but I can afford it

Post by **Oscar** » Fri 25 Jan 2008 19:04

Wow, great!

Where did you find them?

fictor · Post by **fictor** » Sat 26 Jan 2008 11:21

In a health food sore. It is the Danish (I think) company
'Urtekram' that manufactures it, or rather import and
sell it.