The "Great Cashew Caper of 2017" in our household involved mysterious orange oily poop in our toddler's potty chair. After some online research and logical deduction, we determined that it was not caused by a horrible disease, but from eating an excessive amount of cashews!
As it turns out, our 3 year old had eaten close to an entire bag of cashews in one day. The orange oily stool lasted for almost 3 days, but it was otherwise an uneventful situation. :)
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Glad I found this!! My five year old ate a container of cashews over three days and now she has this orange oily stuff and a lot of gas! It's also in her panties, poor thing. Hoping it passes soon!
Oh my! This is exactly it, I was snacking on cashews two days in a row (probably too many) and the orange oily spots came out the following days. Thanks for sharing. It has relieved my stress as if it was something serious.
So glad I found this, had a bit of a freak out when mr almost 3 had a weird oily poo. We just brought ourselves a treat, we will take is easy on the cashews from now on.
I am so happy to read this. My daughter has downed 2 bags of grab n go cashews over the last 2 days and has drops of orange oil in her poo as well and horrible stomach cramps to go with it.
I'm currently experiencing this problem I'm on day 2 ..How long dose it take to go away or is there anything that I need to do or take to help it go away ????
So glad I found this site that popped up the pictures look just like my son hes 11 and ate a whole bag of cashews in two days and he has had this oil come out when he poops and when he passes guess it just comes leaking out it was starting to freak me out because he has had it for 24 hours He has had this before when he ate a really oily pizza but it was only one or two stools and that was it he does not have stomach cramps but does have a lot of bubbles and gas I was scared it could be something serious but after seeing the pictures and reading these comments I understand now it was the cashews because he ate nothing different from my daughter and she has no problem except he ate the cashews for two days
Thanks lol i ate cashews most of yesterday and today. I saw orange oil in my stool just now. So I googled the first things I show had me ready to make a dr appt. Now that im aware of the culprit no need for that because I have never had this problem before.
Can this same thing happen after eating, Very Greasy Pizza And about 25 carrots?
Oh my gosh am I grateful to have found this. I seriously was about to FREAK OUT! My daughter and her cashews almost gave me a coronary :-/
Thank you so much for sharing, I was convinced I had pancreatic c. I ate a ton of cashews the other day, and seeing this gave me peace. (I'll still consult w/doc.)
omg thanks so much. i was literally so close to having a panic attack until i found this. THANK YOU
Not just cashews! I bought a bag of Omega 3 Nuts at Costco- ate too many and had the same issue- freaked me out! But after seeing the cashew link I thought maybe these would do it also- so I stopped eating them...
Wow! I was also freaking out like what is this floating orange oil. Lots of 'wet farts' and stinky gas. My 4 year old ate a ton of cashews too. So relieved she's not the only one and that this is actually a common thing.
Does anyone know if this happens with peanuts too? This morning my 6yr old had this he loves those sweet and salty granola bars and sometimes eats them a few times a day.
The orange color is specific to cashews, I think. Excess peanut oil would be more yellow. Also, the granola and other ingredients probably soak up some of the peanut oil. I think your son would have to eat a great deal of just peanuts to get this effect.
My boys loved the sweet and salty granola bars too, it was a regular addition to their packed lunches.
I ate a bag of pistachios 3 days ago and have been dealing with this since. Its happened before but I didnt connect the 2, nuts have LOTS of fats in them
I am extremely glad I found this. This is kinda embarrassing but I was getting the orange oil and all the other symptoms and couldn't figure out why. I was very concerned until I found this article. The culprit was me eating a whole container of cashews in less than a day.
Phew!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you for this post!!! You don't know how many peoples minds you have put at ease. Of course, I saw your disclaimer too, about other things can cause the oily stool so not to just go off this blog. But I've been bugging my husband to go to the doc for other gastrointestinal issues, when he told me about these oily spots I freaked out and thought the worst!!
Omg, thank you for publishing this poop article!
My 3 year old just had orange oil with hers and I was very worried.
She ate a bunch of cashews yesterday!
I'm so glad I found this! My daughter has the same oily looking poop and it just so happened she ate cashews also! That is crazy!
OMG.... Thank God!!! I was really about to freak out. I am the one who should not own a medical dictionary. I ate LOADS of cashews this weekend. Thank you for posting this. Whew!!
THANK YOU for this!!! My 3 year old recently started eating cashews. Not a lot. But this is a new food he is eating and now he has orange oil in his stool. I was freaking out and will still take him to the doctor just in case. But I feel like this is the reason. I appreciate your post.
Thank you!!!!! This post is allowing me ti sleep tonight. My 4 year old had oil in the toilet after his poop today. I saw this and remembered he had eaten a ton of cashews a couple days ago!!!
I have this same thing.. but how long does this last?
You shouldn't have it for more than a day. Maybe try eating some fiber to help soak it up and move it out.
Glad i found this my 16 year old toddle of a boyfriend had oily sh*ts and thought it was the funny. Just wanted to make sure they were ok.
Hi! I am so glad I came across this! I have ate a lot of cashews within the last couple of days and this morning I had the same thing happen to me! At the age of 21 I thought I was dying! I was freaking out and did not know what was going on with my body!
So glad we were able to help. I can imagine it would be a scary experience until you knew why.
We have cashews but my daughter only at a little bowl of them and this happened
Thank you! We were experiencing the same orange oily poop and our 3 year old eats a lot of cashews. Phew!!! I was going down a rabbit hole of worry.
My 3 year old is experiencing orange leaky butt as we speak. Turns out she ate a bunch of cashews two days ago, and I feel like I can breathe again. Thank you.
I'm glad I found this! I'm 26 and have always loved cashews but I guess I loved them a little too much these last couple days. When I saw bright orange oil looking stuff when I uses the bathroom I freaked out and went straight for Google and of course saw all the terrible things that could be the cause. Then I saw this ans immediately felt relief because I haven't had cashews in a while but got a container yesterday and finished it by this evening. So thank you for calming me down!
Hi, goodevening..same situation with me, i winder how many days did u poo orange fatty oil? Me? Its my 2 days today, i was totally panic..
Can confirm similar effect from too many pistachios. Green, somewhat grainy stool resulted with mild irritation but cleared up quickly!
Why is this the only place that I was able to find this info???? My 5yr old has had this a few times. I deduced that it was after eating a bunch of cashews each time. But, there is nothing on google that really points to cashews, EXCEPT for this page. Thank you soooooo much!
19 year old dude here, was wondering why my own stool looked like this, then i realized i also ate almost an entire bag of cashews.
Thank you for posting!! My kiddo had this after having a few handfuls of cashews. His poop looks just like this. This post makes me less worried. '
This is very informative. I just ate 2 glass of cashew and experience this. I thought I have a disease.
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