Poppyseed
Avoid in High Concentrations
Eat only small amounts. If a food does not sit right, put it aside for a week, try it again and self test to see if similar symptoms return. I could find no articles that poppy seeds are harmful for kidney or liver cysts. The way foods affect our particular unique PLD bodies is different for each and every one of us. I have no diverticula, (out pouchings within the intestinal wall). Sometimes if one has diverticula, these little seeds can lodge themselves within an intestinal out pouching irritating the lining. Poppy seeds could be implicated in random drug testing for opiates as a possible reason for a false positive drug test. There is a case in the literature of an octogenarian lady seeking treatment for poppy tea dependence. I particularly used to love eating a German pastry called Mohn made with a poppy seed paste. This was similar to sweet marzipan, an almond pastry paste. Lignans in poppyseed are phytoestrogens with an estrogenic activity. They may cause growth of liver cysts.
