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Re:Meal Kit company sued by customers whose gallbladders wer... by WheelsAtLarge on Friday July 01, 2022 @05:20PM (#31953098)
I've eaten beans all my life and had no clue.

FYI, the green sprouts in raw potatoes are toxic too.

According to healthline.com:

"Sprouted potatoes contain higher levels of glycoalkaloids, which can have toxic effects in humans when consumed in excess. Eating sprouted potatoes during pregnancy may also increase the risk of birth defects."

https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/sprouted-potato#dangers

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Re:Meal Kit company sued by customers whose gallbladders wer... by FuriouslyAdrift on Friday July 01, 2022 @05:58PM (#31953556)
In addition, eating a diet that primarily consists of chickpeas can cause a non-reversible neurological disease... usually not seen except during famines.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neurolathyrism

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Re:Meal Kit company sued by customers whose gallbladders wer... by jkqwzsoo on Friday July 01, 2022 @07:10PM (#31954236)
Incorrect. It's chickling peas, not chickpeas, that cause illness. Chickpeas are fine to eat, as evidenced by the billion+ people who are eating them every day, particularly in the subcontinent.
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Re:Meal Kit company sued by customers whose gallbladders wer... by WheelsAtLarge on Friday July 01, 2022 @07:28PM (#31954380)
Had no clue there are 2 similar sounding peas.

Anyway, I found this for chickling peas (aka grass peas and cicerchia ):

https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-642-69083-9_...

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2010/07/why-do-po...

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Re:Meal Kit company sued by customers whose gallbladders wer... by nyanpasu64 on Friday July 01, 2022 @06:07PM (#31953635)
You had me scared for a moment. As far as I can tell, neurolathyrism is caused by plants of genus Lathyrus, which is different from (though the same family as) actual chickpeas of genus Cicer. I sure hope real chickpeas don't cause neural damage.
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