to think that eating lots of seeds could be dangerous healthwise

[MariaWaria]

I'm into primal / clean eating and eat lots of seeds (sunflower, ground linseed, pumpkin) each day. Is this dangerous healthwise? Am I setting myself up for nasty health issues - gut? bladder?

OP, if you need to ask MN for advice then it seems you haven’t researched your diet very well.

If you’re on one of those absurd raw food diets, no, it’s not healthy. Nuts and seeds are packed with vitamins but they’re also packed with calories. That’s ok if you just eat a handful here and there, but if you’re grinding them up to use as the main ingredient to make breads and slices and smoothies and every other thing, yes, that’s too much and you will gain a lot of weight.

It’s not hard to find a healthy diet. Fad diets are all nonsense. Mostly veg and fruit, a bit of meat if you must and some grains. Stay away from heavily processed foods. It’s not rocket science.

CannuckTheCrow7, Canadians say arse and arsehole too.

In some regions, sure.

Correct spelling is not regional. 😂

Yes, I was being facetious about assholes and arseholes

Feel like admitting you were wrong about my first post?

OP, here’s the dietician AMA: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/AMA/3309953-Im-a-Dietitian-ask-me-anything

Just don’t eat too many at once. I once ate a whole bag of mixed seeds and had the most horrendous eggy burps and splattery diarrhoea for 36 hours afterwards, it was excruciating

It's day 2 of making my own muesli consisting of oats, dried apricots, cranberries, sultanas, flax seeds, nuts and sunflower seeds. I've just been to the toilet with what can be described as liquid. I haven't got a stomach bug so it must be the change of diet.

Didn't mean to imply any anxiety or crazyness but had heard that seeds can get 'lodged' in the bladder etc.

I'll ask the helpful dietitian and seek to ensure I don't imply I've got mental health issues - thanks for the link

Seeds couldn't possibly get into your bladder unless you are shoving them up your wee-hole.

how the frig are seeds going to get in your bladder?

assholes/arseholes either is going to be underpressure and on fire...

I don’t understand how seeds could get into the bladder either. Very odd.

Sorry I misread your tone OP. Very glad you don’t suffer with anxiety- I must be projecting!

had heard that seeds can get 'lodged' in the bladder etc

Are you poking them up your urethra? If so, then yes they could be a risk to your health.

In your bladder?!!! When did you last see seeds in your wee?! How on earth do you think that can possibly happen? Only fluids can pass through your kidneys and into your bladder...

I don't know about your bladder but from experience I would say don't eat a whole back of sunflower seeds in one go unless you want to spend the next day on the loo

Are you poking them up your urethra

They irritate my intestines and make my bum bleed so I don’t eat seeds. If they don’t do that to you, I can’t see how they could hurt otherwise!

If you are poking things up your urethra, you have quite a few more worries than just worrying about eating nuts.

OP, here is a very basic explanation of your urinary system. Please educate yourself. is a visual if that is easier for you.

PS: nuts and seeds are incredibly high in calories.

Occasionally, very occasionally seeds can become stuck in diverticular pouches, tends to happen to older people.

Thanks @Mominatrix . That's home educated DS's human biology lesson for the day sorted