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I'm gonna have to cut all nuts and legumes/beans out of my life, including peanuts (which is technically a legume/bean).
It seems that peanuts are inflammatory to me and I develop some sort of inflammation whenever I eat a handful of peanuts. It's part of the the reason why I stopped eating pecans, which used to be one of my favorite nuts to munch on. I get all kinds of inflammation when eating tree nuts and legumes/beans (and yes, this includes coffee beans, any bulletproof coffee drinkers out there?)
It makes a lot of sense though. No seed wants to be eaten and digested by an animal. The purpose of every seed is to grow into a new plant, therefore it creates phytic acid, anti-nutrients, and other poisons that blocks absorption in the digestive system.
Even if you don’t have an anaphylactic response to peanuts, your body may recognize them as foreign invaders and create an inflammatory response. One of the most concerning toxins associated with peanuts is a mold that produces aflatoxin. Aflatoxin is a known carcinogen associated with liver cancer.
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