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I read an article on cnn that a meal delivery service recalled a snack made of lentils and leeks. People are blaming it for extreme pains and at least 2 persons blame it for having their gall bladders removed.

So is the snack toxic or did people just eat too much of it? Leeks have been cultivated for 4000 years and lentil have been eaten forever.

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Snappy lentils, herbalicious thyme, and nutty porcini mushrooms with a kiss of sweetness from butternut squash. Plus, 13 grams of good-for-you protein per serving. Pile onto lettuce wraps, top a tostada, or use anywhere you would tuck, sprinkle or stuff ground meat.
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Could it just be a protein imbalance? As in too much protein in the diet? Scratch that Too much sodium One serving of 4 oz is 19% of daily sodium requirement. How much were people eating?

Serving Size
4 oz
Amount per serving
Calories 290 % Daily Value*
Total Fat 18g 23%
Saturated Fat 2g 10%
Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol 0mg 0%
Sodium 430mg 19%
Total Carbohydrate 19g 7%
Dietary Fiber 5g 18%
Total Sugars 3g Includes 0g added sugars 0%
Protein 13g 15%
Vitamin D 0mcg 0%
Calcium 68mg 6%
Iron 4mg 20%
Potassium 486mg 10%

I'm interested in this. I don't eat leeks but I eat tons of lentils and other allium and never seem to have any problems. I wonder what their diets look because sometimes people can have bad intestinal problems when trying to add more fiber into their diets.

Need a better source but their are people saying too much fiber causes bloating.

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/321286#:~:text=Too%20much%20fiber%20in%20the,g)%20of%20fiber%20a%20day.

Too much fiber bloats me and makes my stomach ache something fierce

And then explosive shit

Pretty sure the recalled lentil snack thing was specifically from one company, and it isn't an issue with lentils or leeks in general. People were getting sick (like blood in urine and bloating 3x their size type shit) off of like 4 oz of the junk.

Smashingpmkns posted...

Pretty sure the recalled lentil snack thing was specifically from one company, and it isn't an issue with lentils or leeks in general. People were getting sick (like blood in urine and bloating 3x their size type shit) off of like 4 oz of the junk.

You would have to be really unlucky to come up with a toxic meal made of lentils and leeks. It is more likely that the stuff tastes good and people were consuming too much fiber and too much protein.

CobraGT posted...

You would have to be really unlucky to come up with a toxic meal made of lentils and leeks. It is more likely that the stuff tastes good and people were consuming too much fiber and too much protein.

Not really. Probably has something to do with how it is preserved or manufactured, which happens kinda frequently. There were multiple people that said they ate just the serving size and ended up getting deathly ill from it.

I don't think they released what exactly is the cause of what happened, but I've definitely eaten more than 4 oz of lentils and I've never pissed blood in my life. These people were suffering from liver failure and some had to get their gallbladder removed. This isn't a case of just too much fiber lol

Smashingpmkns posted...

Not really. Probably has something to do with how it is preserved or manufactured, which happens kinda frequently. There were multiple people that said they ate just the serving size and ended up getting deathly ill from it.

I don't think they released what exactly is the cause of what happened, but I've definitely eaten more than 4 oz of lentils and I've never pissed blood in my life. These people were suffering from liver failure and some had to get their gallbladder removed. This isn't a case of just too much fiber lol

A happened and afterward B happened is not cause and effect? If Lentil and Leek Crumbles cause liver failure - possible for all I know - this company does not have the think tank and laboratory to figure it out.

I would really like to know.

It could be mass hysteria, food poisoning, getting indigestion then too much Tylenol, or anything. No answers seem to be coming.