So Long, All Peanut Butter

I had this nagging vague recollection of something in The China Study regarding peanut butter, and figured it applied to all peanut butter - organic, natural, etc. So I Googled... bummer...

“Aflatoxin has been called one of the most potent carcinogens ever

discovered.”

Peanuts, Peanut Butter, Aflatoxin, and Cancer

“The ratio of omega-6 to omega-3 oils is terribly important to health.”

“The worst offenders are safflower oil and peanut oil (with extremely high

omega-6 to omega-3 ratios), cottonseed oil, sunflower oil, sesame oil,

and corn oil.” p. 51

“Peanuts are forbidden. They are not nuts at all; they are legumes—and

legumes contain lectins and other antinutrients that can adversely affect

your health.” p. 126

The Paleo Diet

Loren Cordain, PhD

Professor in the Health and Science Department at Colorado State Univ.

Wiley, 2002

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Aflatoxin is a mold toxin. p. 5

“Aflatoxin has been called one of the most potent carcinogens ever

discovered.” p. 5

“Peanuts often were contaminated with a fungus-produced toxin called

aflatoxin.” p. 34

Aflatoxin “was said to be the most potent chemical carcinogen ever

discovered.” p. 34

Peanuts and corn are the foods most contaminated with aflatoxin. p. 35

“All 29 jars of peanut butter we had purchased in the local groceries were

contaminated with levels of aflatoxin as much as 300 times the amount

judged to be safe in US food.” p. 35

The worst, moldiest peanuts are “delivered to the end of the conveyor

belt to make peanut butter.” p. 35

The China Study

T Colin Campbell, PhD

Professor Emeritus of Nutritional Biochemistry at Cornell University

Co-author of the largest and most comprehensive epidemiological study

ever published on human health and nutrition, the China Study.

Benbella Books, 2004