Ive heard cyanide is found in apple seeds. How many apple seeds would it take to kill you?
Apple seeds also have a very hard coating that resists stomach acids, allowing the seeds to pass through intact if you are simply swallowing them. You would have to chew the seeds, breaking through the coating or crush them before eating. I think it is Amygdaline that is in the seeds of apples and apricots, peaches, and some other seeds. The body converts this Amygdaline into Hydrogen Cyanide, but the amount is so small as to be insignificant. The body can metabolise safely the very small amount of the compound in the seeds of one apple, and probably several apples with no effect. I’ve been eating apples for more then fifty years, chewing the seeds with no effect to me. When I eat an apple, I eat the whole thing except the stem. No core to throw out.
