Diet guru reveals the nut that could trigger life-threating health problems if you eat more than SEVEN By Jonathan Neal For Mailonline Published: 13:24, 1 November 2024 | Updated: 13:24, 1 November 2024 e-mail View comments Eating too many Brazil nuts could trigger a raft of alarming health problems, a leading dietitian has revealed. Abbey Sharp took to her social media channels claiming 'this is not a drill, folks..
. so few people know about this, but [eating too many] can be deadly'. Canadian Ms Sharp, 37, who has two million followers across TikTok , Instagram and YouTube , said the key concern was selenium.
The mineral aids fertility and metabolism and is found in a variety of foods such as eggs, fish, mushrooms and turkey — but Brazil nuts are by far the richest source. Just 1oz — six to eight — Brazil nuts contains roughly 1,000 per cent of the recommended daily amount of selenium — meaning it's very easy to overdose, according to Ms Sharp. 'The upper limit for selenium is 400 micrograms, and it only take seven nuts to cross that threshold,' she added.
'And obviously much fewer for a child.' In the post, which has been viewed more that 1.5million times in Instagram alone, she lists the downsides of consuming excessive amounts of selenium.
'Toxicity symptoms can range from garlicky breath — gross — diarrhoea, brittle nails, up to life threatening symptoms like kidney and heart failure. Dietitian Abbey Sharp took to her social media channels claiming 'this is .