Why is peanut butter considered carcinogenic?
By Tunde
@ogbenishyna (3009)
December 11, 2023 4:20am CST
Some scientists have linked peanut butter with cancer, and that is because it speeds up mold growth inside the body. Though I rarely eat peanut butter but I am skeptical about this new discovery and hopefully it will be debunked soon. Do you eat peanut butter? What's your experience about the substance??
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@LadyDuck (459353)
• Switzerland
11 Dec
@ogbenishyna I never buy peanuts. I have researched and I found that it is a fungus that affect the peanuts that contains aflatoxin, that has been shown to cause liver cancer.
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@Shavkat (137238)
• Philippines
12 Dec
@ogbenishyna Do you have any links to read about it?
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@ogbenishyna (3009)
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12 Dec
@Shavkat This is where I got it from;
Slashfood reported that peanut butter may contain aflatoxin, a carcinogen that has been shown to cause liver cancer. Aflatoxin makes its way into the nut through fungus that can penetrate the soft, porous shell of a peanut. Currently, all commercially …
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@lazydaizee (6738)
• United Kingdom
12 Dec
I heard that peanuts are treated with strong chemicals while they are growing, so perhaps these chemicals are the problem.
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@zhangxueying (2945)
• China
12 Dec
I rarely eat peanut butter. Most of the time, I eat pure sesame sauce
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@RebeccasFarm (86828)
• United States
11 Dec
Ugh they say this about everything. Yes and I wont stop eating it.
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@sathviksouvik (17994)
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22 Feb
I have no idea. I eat plain butter which is salty
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@Fa_Maverick (9458)
• Australia
14 Dec
You would need to eat ridiculous amounts of peanut butter for it to be carcinogenic... So much peanut butter you would be more likely to have a heart attack or develop an allergy to the protein in peanuts.
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