I think they are fantastic food but I have read so many things about the risks of
consuming nuts contaminated by aflatoxin, a well known carcinogen, that I am getting very worried.
The studies have identified important health risk factors including: persistent organic pollutants
consumed through
contaminated food may be linked to diabetes; eating meat or eggs before pregnancy may raise gestational diabetes risk; taking in less than a single alcoholic drink per day may still raise the risk of breast cancer; daily consumption of the amount of cholesterol found in one egg may shorten a woman's lifespan as much as limited smoking; meat intake may be an infertility risk factor; there's a positive association between teen milk intake, especially skim milk, and teen acne; and
nut consumption does not lead to expected weight gain.