Peanuts not recommended?

[Janice Richards]

Why is it that peanuts are never included in recommendations for good fat sources?

[Robb Wolf]

Peanuts actually have a nice fatty acid profile for the most part, mainly Mono-unsaturated. The problem with peanuts is that as a legume they carry a potent load of lectins that have a high atherogenic potential. Loren Cordain looks at the atherogenic potential of peanuts in this paper:

http://www.thepaleodiet.com/articles/Lipids%20Peanut%20Oil%20Article.pdf