From the article: Do Apple Seeds Contain Poison?
Eating apple seeds, peach seeds or cherry pits is controversial. Some people believe the seeds and pits are toxic because they contain a cyanide-producing chemical, while other people believe the seeds are therapeutic. Have you eaten apple seeds or cherry pits? Did you experience any effect from eating the seeds? Share your experience. Share Your Experience
exaggerated
- Cherry and apple seeds do, in fact, have cyanide in them. But not enough to cause harm. A full grown adult male would have to eat at least a cup or more of seeds in a single sitting to notice any problems. A cup of seeds eaten throughout the day, however, will show no effects at all.
- —Guest Lisa
5 apples seeds a day keep the MDs away.
- I chew and swallow the seeds from 1-2 apples per day (4-12 seeds total). No negative symptoms but I've noticed that possible pre-cancerous areas on my 54 yr old sunned arm have sloughed off dead skin and are appearing normal. Hmm. The cyanide is supposedly only released in the presence of a chemical that cancer cells contain. Nature is wiser than man.
- —Guest Dana-x
idiots
- u seed eaters are weirdos. those arent meant to be eaten. thats why they incased in a hard shell and/or a core.
- —Guest brandi
no way...really?
- The FDA & the medical industry are always right because they're looking out for our best interest right? You tell me. I have been prescribed medication by a doctor that was supposed to regulate my hormones, instead it messed me up so bad I am still struggling to recover there years later. I don't trust them as far as I can throw them. But yeah don't eat apple seeds, it might save you from buying cancer treatments later resulting in huge inconvenience to the big pharma...what a joke.
- —Guest Al
Interesting
- I looked this up out of boredom as when ever i eat an apple i always eat the entire thing, as for me it feels wrong not to eat the entire thing. i have never had any noted side effects even after going through like 5-6 apples inside of an hour or two. so while most people get side effects from them, i personally have never experience this.
- —Guest Phoenix Duspiva
apple seeds
- Apple pips are yummy and i have lots in my tummy they are also very scrummy and are given to me by my mummy therefore they are good for my gummy and i don't need a dummy
- —Guest kiera
Hmm... Weird taste.
- I remember hearing about poisonous seeds a while back and this suddenly sprung to mind when I ate the insides of apple seed sout of curiosity.I must have eaten about 10 today and i like the almondy taste.Nothing bad has happened, though.My arms sting a little, but that's just a placebo effect from knowing I'm eating something that contains cyanide... I THINK.
- —Guest Mister_Pedro
cherbarn
- I started eating whole apples, being sure to chew the seeds, as a cancer preventative. Am ordering apricot kernels in their natural state and plan on eating 10 per day, plus 2 whole apples per day. Seeds are there for a reason! There is even a verse in the bible that explains this. So, eat your fruit, seeds and all.....and enjoy a long, healthy life. If you eat so many you feel nauseous, just cut back to a lower dose until your body becomes accustomed to the new substance you are introducing in your diet, then increase over time. Search FB and Google for Carl O'Helvie. Mr. O'Helvie survived Stage IV lung cancer 30+ years ago by eating apricot seeds, amygdalin/laetrile!
- —Guest cherbarn
Every day for 2 weeks
- I didn't know apple seeds were poisonous and have been eating the whole apple, seeds included, almost every day for 2 weeks. So far I've had no noticeable symptoms, I am diabetic and have those types of side effects most days anyways.
- —Guest Zack
No Problems With Seeds Noted
- When they're available, I eat an apple a day (usually a large delicious variety) seeds and all, and I've never experienced any correlatable side effects.
- —Guest Seedy Guy
eat them
- I constantly eat the seeds from apples and other fruits and have experienced no side effects.
- —Guest corbie appleseed
TRUE
- The USA and the UK government made a law for all the pharmacies to stop the sell of Vitamin B17.Also peach seeds because they contain a lot VITAMIN B17. WHY? Because they want to kill the population of the world... So eat as many PEACH SEEDS or try to find Vitamin B17. I know a woman she survived twice Cancer and is proved by other people!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- —Guest ev
Often eaten, never suffered.
- I was once told that eating enough of the apple seeds can create a resistance to some cyanogenic acid based poisons. As a result, I always conciously eat the entire core, including all (usually 8-10) pits. I have often eaten 2-3 apples in a row this way since the age of maybe 15 (now 18) and have never suffered a single side effect. Any thoughts on this? I plan on continuing this habit until either the resistance gaining theory is disproved or I see or feel any of the related side effects. Side note: eating the core could cause far less waste, it is approximately 10-15% (guessed) of the apple.
- —Guest James
Tasty
- They taste sort of like sweet almond candies. I've eaten about 11 over the past two days and have not experienced any negative effects
- —Guest Eileen
Well Eating Some Seeds...
- I've been eating the entire apple since the day i first ate one and the worst I've ever been was i ate 30-35 seeds because i thought that they were sunflower seeds and i didn't tell anyone that i was feeling sick and well, i passed out on my bed reading a book and when i was awake again i had thrown up all over my bed and then i told my parents and the next day i had literally no feeling what so ever in my mouth and i could not taste ANYTHING, it was like eating paper food.
- —Guest Paul
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