Robb Wolf lists them on his shopping lists. The outside of the cashew seed is inedible and contains toxins, but the seed is perfectly edible and oh so yummy!

The problem with cashews is that I used to eat them half a can at a time. My solution to that was to not buy them anymore.

I'm addicted to cashews. It's a real problem. I need a support group.

Here's a fun botany factoid for you: cashews are in the same plant family as poison oak (the sumac family) -- that's why you never see them in shells, handling them would be a bad thing for anyone sensitive to sumacs. You may also have heard of "mango mouth," a rash that results from contact with mango skin -- another member of the sumac family.

I've not heard of the sumac connection causing anyone problems from consuming cashews or mangos, but I get poison oak very easily and have been the victim of mango mouth myself, so I stay away from cashews for the most part on general principals.

My favorite nut. Cashews are better than big macs, gas station slushies, deep fried food, candy, cakes, pies, etc. I will continue to eat them without guilt.

Perhaps because technically they are a seed, rather than a true nut. And yeah, Robb mentions them in a couple of recipes, but not all that much.

I like them too...just ate a handful before seeing this post. My faves are Trader Joe's organic dry roasted...no added oils and they are yummy.

In my experience, it's a lot easier to find nuts like walnuts and almonds without nasty oils added than it is to find cashews. I know that's the main reason I don't eat them as much. If you can get them raw and without added oils though... they're delicious! And they seem to have a good nutritional profile as well.

All nuts are seeds, but not all seeds are nuts. That is because nuts are the seeds of some trees. So cashews are nuts, but peanuts are legumes (not from trees).

I LOVE cashews. So much so that I ate tons of them and I believe I developed an allergy to them. Be sure to moderate. There are a couple brands out there that are only cashews and salt, check amazon for best prices on them. Sometimes on sale in food lion.

Cashews are seeds http://vegetarian.lovetoknow.com/is-cashew-legume - That being said, they give me the same issues that the nightshade family does. Bad for me, okay for my husband in small quantities.

Nuts should be raw or dry-roasted (and at best from organic sources). The way I figure it, the "toxic" or inflammatory part of the nut is mainly in the shell or the skin. Original paleo-humans would have consumed huge quantities of them when animal sources of protein were not available. Of course the key issue with all nuts and seeds is the degree of engineering, hybridization and petrochemical fertilizers or pesticides used to grow them now. When consuming them, just how much distortion results in the ratios of Omega-3s to Omega-6s or presence of inflammatory compounds or addictive qualities ? With respect to all the latter, I believe that peanuts have been ranked the worst. I eat nuts every day. Almost always raw nuts: between 6 and a dozen raw almonds (Ayurvedic dosage) and a palm full of raw walnut meats once or twice a day. When I can afford it I consume reasonable amounts of raw or dry-roasted cashews, pecans, Brazil nuts, macademias. There's probably not a nut or seed in existence that I won't try. Since I came of age in the "organic" 60s. Together with berries or apples or just about any kind of fruit, they are delicious and provide excellent fat and protein. Which allows for smaller necessary portions of animal sourced protein. However, I also observe that over time I have known some people with terrible, terrible allergic reactions to things like nuts or sesame - even potentially lethal. In one case someone got deathly ill practically went into a seizure when someone else opened a package of halvah (containing sesame and pistachio) in the same room. Some people just automatically get inflammatory reactions to nut meats and nut products. I would also be wary of over-consuming nut butters; even the pure ones with no added salt in them. They are delicious but very high in fat. Here again, PORTION CONTROL (self-discipline) is the key thing. With proper portion control, nuts and nut products can be an excellent source of good fats and protein for most people.

Ooops... I forgot that. Peanuts are technically legumes rather than nuts ?

Some people react to them badly. Also, in nature a human would not be able to eat them without getting poisonous oil on them. Can't really trust the manufacturing sector to properly blanck or steam the poisonous exterior to get the "nut" un-contaminated.

Thanks Zot for that bit of information. I am very senistive to Poision Ivy and oak. I knew there was a reason I didn't care for mango's, now I understand why. I love cashews but fortunately find them as an expensive treat only eaten once a year if that.

Did you all know that Cashew seeds can be ground into powder for use as snakebite antivenom? I bet you didnt. Check out this cashews infographic I created for the superiornutstore.com. I think you all may like it.

According to Robb Wolf's app "Only Paleo" they are paleo

The chili lime version at Trader Joes are awesome!