That table was referring to the plants themselves, not necessarily the
seeds. I have been eating the seeds of my apple-a-day now for at least
6 or 7 years and I haven't had any toxic reactions that I know of. I
do not have cancer, but, it runs in my family and my mother died of
cancer 15 years ago - it was too far advanced for them to be able to
tell the source. With three relatives having contracted cancer, I
consider myself at a higher risk than I would otherwise, and I started
eating these apple seeds years ago based on a radio show - maybe it was
quackery or manybe not, but, I found that I actually developed a taste
for the apple seeds. Lately, I have been craking open the nectarine
seeds and I find them even better tasting.
No problems here, just looking to see if anyone else doing something
like this.
J - 26 Sep 2006 00:06 GMT
> That table was referring to the plants themselves, not necessarily the
> seeds. I have been eating the seeds of my apple-a-day now for at least
> 6 or 7 years and I haven't had any toxic reactions that I know of. I
> do not have cancer,
Take it to sci.life-extension.
Best wishes,
J
PS it says "Nectarine (seeds)"
turtletrot1 - 26 Sep 2006 14:18 GMT
> That table was referring to the plants themselves, not necessarily the
> seeds. I have been eating the seeds of my apple-a-day now for at least
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> No problems here, just looking to see if anyone else doing something
> like this.
I understand apple seeds contain arsenic!
Matti Narkia - 26 Sep 2006 14:31 GMT
>> That table was referring to the plants themselves, not necessarily the
>> seeds. I have been eating the seeds of my apple-a-day now for at least
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>
>I understand apple seeds contain arsenic!
I haven't heard about that, but they contain cyanogenic glycocides,
which could potentially cause some harm, if you consume large amounts
of apple seeds very quickly.
Reference:
Holzbecher MD, Moss MA, Ellenberger HA.
The cyanide content of laetrile preparations, apricot, peach and apple
seeds.
J Toxicol Clin Toxicol. 1984;22(4):341-7.
PMID: 6098693 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Abstra
ctPlus&list_uids=6098693>
"Laetrile preparations obtained from a cyanide intoxicated
patient were analyzed for their cyanide content by a
microdiffusion colorimetric procedure. Cyanide was also
determined in apricot, peach and apple seeds. The results were
compared to those reported in the literature for cyanogenic
glycoside containing seeds."

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