I'm not sure why nuts can be such a problem for some people.  They are
quite high in carbohydrates (both sugars and starch) which won't help;
but then, you would have to eat a *lot* of nuts to get the carb content
of even a piece of bread.  Maybe the fact they are roasted doesn't
help.  I've very rarely ate raw nuts because they just aren't
available.

On Jun 03, 2004, at 1:15 am, Ingrid Bauer/Jean-Claude Catry wrote:

> if there is an overeating of nuts it can shows a deficiency of some
> fatty
> acids coming from animal sources, they are used as a substitute . it
> was the
> case for me before i got more animals fats . with plenty of animal
> fats (
> raw ) my desire for nuts just dropped drastically .

While I was eating nuts, I found that I wasn't so much craving nuts as
craving food- although I did tend to reach for the nuts as I found them
quite filling.  It was definitely not the same effect as when I stopped
wheat and milk.  I'm wary of eating too much animal fat because all the
meat we get is grain-fed.  I'm happy to eat a lot of oily fish (I like
salmon and trout), but I can only stomach so much at a time (about a
piece the size of my hand) before it starts to taste unpleasant.

I can understand why overeating of nuts is possible, because it seems
unlikely a human would have encountered them in sufficient quantities
to have too many.  They are so nutrient dense it would make sense to
gorge on them now and again.

Does anybody know if nut allergies (not peanut allergies) are usually
found alone or in people with more common allergies/intolerances?  I
had been led to believe that nuts are a normal part of the human diet
(all it takes to eat one is a flat rock and a big stone) so I can't
understand why they cause problems for so many people- unless it is
either to do with the processing or the quantity.