how can I overcome a pistachio addiction?

are you using them to quit smoking?

Damn dude...

I love em too but I buy 1 bag a week for $7.00

i have a $28/month addiction

Its all mindpower...quit eating so many fuckin pistachios

my pet rat has the saaaamme problem. I just cut him off.

Switch up your nuts. Variety is good for you.

Find a place to buy them in bulk already shelled.

They are one of the best things you can eat.

LOL

The whole world is nuts, fit in already

Pistachios are the gateway nut....soon you'll move on to the hard stuff like brazil and hazel nuts....you will exhibit nutdict behavior like hiding nut crackers,picks, and other paraphrenalia....no matter how you try to hide it, the bits of shell on your clothes will give you away.....your life will be hell cuz you'll spend all your time trying to cop the next fix....

that must be a small bag.

where I shop I buy 7 15 oz containers of shelled pistachios at $10 a piece a week.

the de-shelled containers are bigger but much more expensive.

when you have an intense craving for something, often it indicates that you have a borderline allergy, or sensitivity to that thing.

you may want to get tested for allergy to tree nuts.


i went between pistachios and cashews heavily.. i went through very large containers of cashews. eventually i had to give them up from developing stomach pains, nausea, and general aversion. i'm still abstaining now a year later.

i've switched to unsalted walnuts, the kind you buy for baking. raw would be better.


Allergy to pistachio: crossre activity between pistachio nut and other Anacardiaceae


C. FERNANDEZ 1 , A. FIANDOR 1 , A. MARTINEZ-GARATE* J. MARTINEZ QUESADA*
1 Hospital General de Guadalajara, Guadalajara *IFIDESA-ARISTEGUI, Bilbao, Spain
Correspondence: Dr C. Fernandez, Unidad de Alergia, Hospital General de Guadalajara, Donantesde Sangre, s/n, 19002 Guadalajara, Spain.
Copyright 1995 Blackwell Science Ltd
KEYWORDS
food allergy • nut allergy • pistachio • cashew • mango • pistachio allergens • Anacardiaceae crossreactivity
ABSTRACT


Background Anaphylaxis against Anucardiuccae nuts is uncommon and the allergens involved still poorly characterized. For this reason two patients with allergy towards pistachio nut (a member of the Anacardiaceae family) have been studied.

Objective Identification of immunoallergens present in pistachio nut and analysis of crossreactive antigens in other members of the same plant family, specifically cashew and mango.

Methads Presence of specific IgE for pistachio and cashew nut and for mango seed and pulp was determined by skin tests and radioallergosorbent assay (RAST). The allergenic profile of pistachio and cashew was analysed by sodium dodeeyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) followed by immunoblotting. Crossreactivity between pistachio and the other Anacardiaceae was studied by RAST inhibition.

Results Skin tests were positive for pistachio and cashew in the two children and for mango seed in one. RAST was positive for pistachio and cashew in both patients. On immunoblotting, serum from both patients recognized several pistachio and cashewallergens with a molecular weight ranging from <14.2–70kDa. RAST inhibition demonstrated common antigenic determinants between pistachio and cashew nut. Crossreactivity was also found between pistachio nut and mango seed but not with mango pulp.

Conclusion Pistachio nut contains several protein allergens able to trigger type I hyperscnsitivity reactions. These allergens can be found also in cashew nut and mango seed but not in mango pulp.


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Submitted 3 March 1995; revised 28 June 1995; accepted 3 July 1995.

In the old days there was a monopoly on the trade of pistachios by the Brits who imported them from Iran. All Iranian pistachios were dyed pink.

I guess there are worse addictions

but 70/week? LOL

Ur eating them thins liek a fiend

LOL

switch to crack

Your only hope is to commit a serious crime and do mucho jail time. They damn sure won't supply U them in there. About the only nuts you'll get then are Big Bubba's.

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its real #5 most additive substance

NOTHING WORKS BETTER THAN ANAL SEX !!

1 out of 5 has grubs / burrowing worm about 6-8mm brined and preserved within the nut... all ready for an unsuspecting nut junkie like u

why do u think it has high protein profile.

Ah! Pistachios!

Hard to fault you on that one - you've got good taste.

How about simply cutting down a bit - ration yourself.

Either don't buy them or you are doomed.
Is why I don't buy Macadamia nuts anymore.

"Pistachios are expensive."

What is that, a Mexican Golden Shower?

Yer a sick man.

Recheck your facts. No such doesn't.

Get a sleep-learning tape of Dr. Painter's "Pistachio Principle". It describes methods for fooling one's body into eating less. I'm not kidding. Google it!

you can't

Stick one in your urethra for a week...you will not like them anymore.

Thats right! In Europe they where pink, my dad said they are suppose to be green, since he was from the states.

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There is no hope for you

Buy more!!!!

I just now went thru a whole bag before I found this thread, and I've got 4 more bags calling to me............ Anyone else in deep pistachio trouble now?

Don't quit them they are good for you the secret is to exercise to burn off the calories while you chew your nuts walk on a treamill