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Been a long while but I looked into and bought a bag of apricot seeds (kernels) fr amazon. At the time, I didn’t know what was used (for laetrile) was the inside kernel of the apricot seed…not the outer shell. If I remember right, you can throw a couple in the blender with your smoothie. And that you are only sposed to eat a couple a day.
But that was a long time ago and maybe things have changed…like dosages for maintenance or specific problems. Maybe one of our GAW naturopaths can chime in.
Just cracked one open, sure enough there's a seed as soft and shaped like a pumpkin seed. Just ate one, bitter little thing. I'll try a couple a day and see how I feel. The whole cyanide thing is a joke, I've accidentally ate enough apple seeds over the years to know the levels are so low there's nothing to worry about. I'm sure you may have a problem if you ate a thousand at a time but it would take a special kinda stupid for that.
Many fruit seeds contain cyanide. This is why there is opposition to laetrile. So, do some research and see what a couple of seeds contains. All medicine is poison. It's the dose......
In my research years ago, the “don’t take apricot seeds cuz cyanide…” was debunked. Can’t remember exactly why or how now. Something about chemical structure and how the body processes.
Agree with “It’s the dose.” Always is. I’d check with the Bolangers (The Truth About Cancer) re: apricot pits.
Again, need a naturopath to comment.