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minus-square@lath@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish6•3 months agoDon’t eat the apple seeds. Their content can turn into cyanide during digestion.
minus-squareAtelopus-zetekilinkfedilink44•3 months agoYou would need to eat a lot of seeds, estimated over 150, to do harm. https://curejoy.com/content/are-apple-seeds-poisonous/ https://www.britannica.com/story/can-apple-seeds-kill-you https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/08/20/fact-check-apple-seeds-have-cyanide-but-not-enough-kill/3359754001/
minus-square@finitebanjo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish8•edit-23 months agoKill and Do Harm are not exactly the same. My vote is toss the apple core into a field unless apples are not native or present there.
minus-square@PoopingCough@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish9•3 months agoApple seeds dont typically grow in to apple trees with actually tasty fruit
minus-square@T156@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish4•3 months agoWe’ve also spent a lot of time and effort genetically modifying apple trees to get more, tasty, feuit, and less seeds. Just compare a modern banana to a wild banana.
minus-squareAtelopus-zetekilinkfedilink1•3 months agoTrue, and… there’s a difference between Killing, doing harm, and benefitting. The dose makes the poison. Amygdalin as a Promising Anticancer Agent: Molecular Mechanisms and Future Perspectives for the Development of New Nanoformulations for Its Delivery https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10531689/ An update on the toxicity of cyanogenic glycosides bioactive compounds: Possible clinical application in targeted cancer therapy https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0254058420302200
minus-square@finitebanjo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish1•3 months agoIf your metric for “actually good for you” is “used in cancer therapy” then you’re going to live a very very short lifespan.
minus-square@adhocfungus@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglish7•3 months agoHow else am I supposed to built up a tolerance for cyanide if I don’t microdose insignificant amounts daily?
minus-square@DannyBoy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish7•3 months agoNo thanks. I eat the whole apple daily.
minus-squareMrsDoylelinkfedilinkEnglish2•3 months agoSo do I - apples generally have very few seeds. I don’t eat the stem though.
Don’t eat the apple seeds. Their content can turn into cyanide during digestion.
You would need to eat a lot of seeds, estimated over 150, to do harm.
https://curejoy.com/content/are-apple-seeds-poisonous/ https://www.britannica.com/story/can-apple-seeds-kill-you https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/08/20/fact-check-apple-seeds-have-cyanide-but-not-enough-kill/3359754001/
Kill and Do Harm are not exactly the same. My vote is toss the apple core into a field unless apples are not native or present there.
Apple seeds dont typically grow in to apple trees with actually tasty fruit
We’ve also spent a lot of time and effort genetically modifying apple trees to get more, tasty, feuit, and less seeds.
Just compare a modern banana to a wild banana.
I didn’t say it would.
True, and… there’s a difference between Killing, doing harm, and benefitting. The dose makes the poison.
Amygdalin as a Promising Anticancer Agent: Molecular Mechanisms and Future Perspectives for the Development of New Nanoformulations for Its Delivery https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10531689/
An update on the toxicity of cyanogenic glycosides bioactive compounds: Possible clinical application in targeted cancer therapy https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0254058420302200
If your metric for “actually good for you” is “used in cancer therapy” then you’re going to live a very very short lifespan.
nah
How else am I supposed to built up a tolerance for cyanide if I don’t microdose insignificant amounts daily?
No thanks. I eat the whole apple daily.
Same.
So do I - apples generally have very few seeds. I don’t eat the stem though.