Do almonds contain cyanide?
The Romans found that here and there almond trees appeared which had almonds that were completely sweet and no longer had any trace of bitterness. That bitterness is due to the presence of Vitamin B17. So they proceeded to destroy all of the almond trees that had any trace of bitterness and propagated those almond trees that just yielded the sweet kernels. so those almonds that have come to us in the Western World are very rich in the enzyme B-glucosidase, but deficient in Vitamin B17. On the other hand the eastern part of the world, such as the Ukraine, Soviet Union and Red China, have predominately the original bitter almond, very rich in Vitamin B17 Q. Is it o. k. to eat all the legumes raw? No, it isn’t. It is good to cook most beans. The cooking doesn’t destroy the Vitamin B17 content. Although beans eaten raw in small quantities are quite acceptable as food. Q. Is it best to take all 15 apricot kernels at once? Yes. I should add that it is a good idea to grind them up in a nut gr
