Vegan food firm's lentil snack that could cause LIVER DAMAGE
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A vegan food delivery company has recalled one of its products after customers took to social media to complain about it making them violently ill.

  • One TikTok influencer said in a video: 'I have never had a health issue before until literally I ate this'

  • While a Boston man who ate the lentils says doctors are 'seriously considering' removing his gallbladder'

  • The company counts Gwyneth Paltrow, Serena Williams, Bobby Flay, Blake Griffin and Carmelo Anthony among its celebrity investors

  • kristina [she/her]
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    2 years ago

    they say its because they didnt cook the lentils properly, lentils are highly poisonous if eaten raw and will literally rip your intestines apart

    • crime [she/her, any]
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      2 years ago

      Do you have a source for that or is it speculation? Seems possible but I didn't think that lectin toxicity presented with the symptoms people have been experiencing

      • kristina [she/her]
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        2 years ago

        Seems textbook to me. Liver failure from the body attacking its own cells from an overdose of lectin. If they had a ton of uncooked lentils in it it could really fuck you up. One site says that it is unclear if the lentils were unprepared, the instructions say it must be cooked to an internal temp of 165 but most people won't have the tools for that.

        • crime [she/her, any]
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          2 years ago

          Ah huh most of the symptoms I remember reading about were gallbladder related but that's a good point. Just seems like that would've been an easy thing to determine conclusively by now

          • Bloobish [comrade/them]
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            2 years ago

            An interesting fact is that the gallbladder has lots of lectin binding sites that could lead to inflammation or blockage of cystic ducts (leading to a form of gallbladder disease). Similar research has been done towards lectin from wheat germ and how it can impact the gut as well.

      • kristina [she/her]
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        2 years ago

        Its a pretty common issue. Sometimes 'raw' lentils are already pre-prepped to cover the grocery store's ass. Don't count on it, cook your lentils and legumes

        Also, don't know the quantity. If they have a bunch of lechtin concentrated into the food it could fuck you up

      • Bloobish [comrade/them]
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        2 years ago

        What a google search gets ya. "raw lentils contain a type of protein called lectin that, unlike other proteins, binds to your digestive tract, resulting in a variety of toxic reactions, such as vomiting and diarrhea".

      • UlyssesT
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        24 days ago

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    • MKMuatra [they/them]
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      2 years ago

      And I'm never eating lentils again. Any other common foods that'll kill me?

        • panopticon [comrade/them]
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          2 years ago

          Literally our simian ancestors knew how to use fire, humans have been cooking since before we were humans