Dr. Steven Gundry is here to tell you the truth about this favorite snack nut that you should start avoiding today! Cashews are NOT nuts – and they’re linked to the poison ivy family! Discover why these popular “nuts” may be secretly harming your gut, skin, and immune system in this shocking health deep-dive. 🥜⚠️
Think cashew milk, butter, and vegan cheese are healthy? Think again. Dr. Steven Gundry uncovers the surprising toxic truth behind cashews, their connection to poison ivy, and how even dermatologists are sounding the alarm on cashew-related inflammation. Learn how “raw” cashews aren’t actually raw, why they’re potentially dangerous, and what gut-friendly, anti-inflammatory nut alternatives you should be eating instead.
00:00 – The Cashew Obsession
00:36 – Poison Ivy in Your Pantry?
01:02 – How Cashews Are Processed
02:14 – Instagram Questions: Phytic Acid & Anti-Inflammatory Claims
06:08 – Safer, Delicious Cashew Alternatives
✅ Key topics covered:
Why cashews may damage your gut
What is cashew picker’s disease?
Truth behind “raw” cashews at the store
Do cashews really fight inflammation?
Best cashew substitutes for gut health
Don’t miss this essential episode if you’re plant-based, dairy-free, or love nut milks! 🚫🥛🧀
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47 Comments
Food does not work universal….some bodies cant take cashew nuts, some bodies cannot function on vegetarian or vegan food, some bodies cannot take alcohol or cowmilk well, and i do fine on cashewnuts, and well, there is also parsley pickers disease and strawberries pickers didease and many people who work a lot with limes and lemons get sensitive for citrus sometimes. I made oakflower, you have to rinse it often to get the tannins out, and slowl on slow heat roast the flower and it tastes wonderful, i had no problems.
Would I spread you on toast? Yes. Would I spread a peanut on toast, even though it's not a nut?
But you are.
Clicked just to see how much $h!t was going to be shoveled…
Being on the Gundry program, I gave up cashews a long time ago. I still learned so much watching this, and I sent it to my cashew eating friend who has some gut issues.
My Doctor told me to read ‘The Secrets of True Healing’. I didn’t realize how blinded I was until I read it. It’s crazy how nobody is talking about how powerful that book is.
Are you sponsored by those profiting from the atrocities committed on innocent animals?
Since everything is bad for us, I have decided to become a breatharian.
NOT. Cashews for life.
I love eating poison ivy. I raised my tolerance bit by bit and now I can eat a nutsload 😂
thank you Dr Gundry. I stopped eating cashews years ago as they had a laxative effect! I don't miss them. ❤
I read gut check, however I don’t agree, my 89yr young bookkeeper been eating them daily over 50yrs she still walks 5mi daily
I ❤ macadamias.
I’m a PhD, and ‘The Secret Health Reset’ is one of the few books I suggest everyone to read. It’s really powerful and eye-opening
Hey. Wait a minute Doc. In one of your past videos I heard you talking about how much you like pesto. Cashews (along with pine nuts) is one of the ingredients in pesto. So which is it? Do you like cashews OR NOT?
Like tRUMP, "Dr." Gundry has no interest in the Health of his faithful followers; he is totally motivated with how to line his gilded pockets. Gundry is this era's SnakeOil Music Man.
Thank You So Much Doctor Gundry👍👍
Pili Nuts: Never heard of these. I like the Sacha Ichi Seeds and Baru Nuts, Pistachios thanks to your recommendations. Let me try the Pili.
Pili Nuts
Chestnuts
As I'm presently eating cashews. Poison ivy is a distant relative tho. I eat the roasted cashews.
That’s not entirely true. I’m from Brazil, and we do consume cashew nuts here. It’s a product widely available in many places, including supermarkets. We have chocolates that contain cashew nuts, with actual pieces inside. We also have cashew nut plant-based milks on supermarket shelves, and cashew nut spreads that people use on bread or toast. So yes, it’s a product that is both sold and consumed in Brazil.
I don't know what that plant he was showing is, but it certainly is not poison ivy.
The cashew butter is only good in first few bites, the more I eat it, the more sick I feel, same as the peanut butter. I don't know who can eat loads of this shit, must be a real glutton, not mentioning the usual modified ingredients that producers tend to sneak into those vegan dairies – I don't even buy this shit.
Interesting that you recommend pistachios. My understanding is that they are from the same family as well. Same with mangos.
Switch from cashews to Cheetos.
This guy is such a pompous a-hole.
Peanuts are better (resveratrol)
Just say what is bad and good. Nobody is eating RAW cashews, Straight off the tree. Otherwise it is totally fine to eat once processed. Mainly roasted.
I don’t know that to think. It must be a western or different ethnicity issue because organic natural nuts have been a wonderful staple food for centuries in the other parts of the world. No issues with other common inflammatory bowel diseases in the west either. I don’t know why the there such a difference.
Besin paradoksu kitabıyla sizi tanıdım. İddialarınız cok ilginç geldi. Hakkınızda araştırmalar yaptım. Cok fazla eleştirilmenize rağmen lektinler konusunda geri adım atmamaniz beni şaşırttı. Sırf sizi daha iyi anlayabilmek için İngilizce öğrenmeye değer birisiniz diye düşünüyorum. Bu çılgın fikirler cok hoşuma gitti açıkçası. Ama size bir tavsiye vermek istiyorum lütfen kanalınızı evrensel hala getirin. Kim hangi ülkeden izlerse izlesin o ülkenin diliyle sizi dinlesin.
here's the thing– wear PPE and gloves
I love my cashews in ice-cream
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What about almonds?
This guy is a TOTAL FRAUDSTER.
I’m Brazilian and I don’t eat cashews, other nut that is Brazilian and I saw people eating like crazy and in a fair amount start to be toxic for your body as well is “Brazilian nuts”, it has a lot of good in it but we only should eat maximum 2 per day, otherwise you probably will get intoxicated
Cashew trees are not in the same family as nightshade plants like potatoes tomatoes which are annual plants.
If I keep listening to Dr Gundry, my food cupboards will be empty LOL! 😢
If it taste like cashew yes I would 😮
We are over informed here and there..listen to your body. We all react differently,I’m surviver of tons of cashews munching
I have been eating cashew nuts whole my life. never had a issue/problem
I agree with the cashews having quite a few issues, the one good thing that people get from them though is MAGNESIUM, so if you're going to cut cashews out of your diet (which you should) make sure that you're getting your MAGNESIUM from another source!
I have been eating the cashew SEEDS for over 60 years, NO issues here.
Gundry is a horses rear end. He has gotten a lot of people to stop eating some really good and healthy foods.
Love you. But the images of "poison ivy" were a different plant. (Of course wouldn't be safe to use the real thing.)
Gundry is a quack
This guy is so ridiculous. It’s shocking what people will believe.
Then we should stop eating mangoes, pistachios aswell,lol.
Dr Panic Talking bs here. Nobody needs such guys.
Fact is that the poison from the shell is neutralised either by hot steam or roasted. This neutralises the poison chemicals. You can savely eat the those from the store but ovoid eating them raw from a tree.
Nuts are the biggest hoax ever. Not superfoods at all and full of inflammatory Omega-6 fatty acids.