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davsf@neto.com - 23 Sep 2006 20:22 GMT
I have been eating nectarines for some time now and lately I have been
busting open the hulls and eating the seeds within after I eat the
nectarine.  I find these small seeds meaty and tasty, but, it is a lot
of trouble to crack the hulls (it takes a hammer and anvil and a really
hard blow - the hull flies all over the place).

Question:  Is there any mail order outfit that cracks open the
nectarine hulls and sell the removed necatine seeds intact?  Unwashed,
unprocecessed?

I imagine someone could come up with a machine that could crack these
tough hulls and sepearate the meaty seeds for a reasonable price, but,
I haven't found a source for them yet.  I read somewhere that these
seeds maybe help stave off cancer - I don't know about that but they
sure do taste good.

littleberry
Steph - 24 Sep 2006 07:56 GMT
>I have been eating nectarines for some time now and lately I have been
> busting open the hulls and eating the seeds within after I eat the
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>
> littleberry

You need to get out more......
J - 24 Sep 2006 18:44 GMT
> I have been eating nectarines for some time now and lately I have been
> busting open the hulls and eating the seeds within after I eat the
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>
> littleberry

Nature made them that way for a reason; they're on the highest rated for
toxicity (here)
http://www.plantsciences.ucdavis.edu/ce/king/PoisPlant/Tox-COM.htm

How about introducing yourself?
ie type and stage of cancer.
If it's breast cancer, I would suggest alt.support.cancer.breast.
J
davsf@neto.com - 25 Sep 2006 23:20 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, 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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