Guest guest Posted October 9, 2005 Report Share Posted October 9, 2005 > Below , a few pages with info regarding Pomagranates, and their > benefits,(Including the seeds, which I enjoy eating, and no, No one > has ever encountered Cyanide in a Pomagranate, unless it was placed > there purposely,lol... ): Eating a pit of apricot, or peach > would certainly be foolish, as one would choke on its size in any > case, why would I even consider eating such pits, or Apple > seeds?---- http://www.wholehealthmd.com/hk/articles/view/1,1471,807,00.html http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1041/is_11_78/ai_66191144 http://www.wholehealthmd.com/refshelf/foods_view/1,1523,216,00.html http://www.bridgesforpeace.com/publications/dispatch/ inventionsinnovations/Article-16.html > RE: > ______________________________________________________________________ > __ > Message: 6 > Date: Sat, 8 Oct 2005 12:16:21 -0700 (PDT) > > Subject: Re: Pomegranate Juice > > Just a word of caution. > Some seeds of commonly eaten fruits eg: peaches, > apples, apricot contain cyanide. If you eat enough > apple seeds or peach Pitts you can die. so before we > get into eating allot of seeds, we need to research > that possibility. > > > --- wrote: > > >> Can the body actually digest them?? >> >> --- FH wrote: >> >> >>> According to several studies, the juice alone is >>> >> not as effective >> >>> as digesting the seeds, which contain the main >>> >> source of beneficial >> >>> qualities. >>> >>> >> >> >> > > > > Someone once gave me a $25.00 gift certificate to DR Kevorkian. > I wish I had kept it now! > > Sam I Am > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > Yahoo! Music Unlimited > Access over 1 million songs. Try it free. > http://music.yahoo.com/unlimited/ > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > __ > ______________________________________________________________________ > __ > > Message: 7 > Date: Sat, 8 Oct 2005 15:12:48 -0400 > > Subject: Slide presentation on Clinical Trials > > > http://www.ncipoet.org/docs/28 > > > > Kathy Meade > > > Arlington Educational Consulting > > <http://www.vapcacoalition.org/> http://www.vapcacoalition.org/ > > phone > > fax > > " Respect means listening until everyone has been heard and understood, > only then is there a possibility of " Balance and Harmony " the goal of > Indian Spirituality. " > > " Dave Chief, Grandfather of Red Dog " > > > > > > [This message contained attachments] > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > __ > ______________________________________________________________________ > __ > > Message: 8 > Date: Sat, 8 Oct 2005 12:24:22 -0700 (PDT) > > Subject: Re: Pomegranate Juice > > Went to Whole Foods today. Came across unsweetened 100% > pomegranite juice made by Knudsen. > $5.99/bottle. Bought a bottle anyway. Ahhh... Not my favorite > beverage??!! It says a 6 oz > glass equals one pomegranite. I think I porobably got down a > quarter of one... > > --- sam mcdaniel wrote: > > >> Just a word of caution. >> Some seeds of commonly eaten fruits eg: peaches, >> apples, apricot contain cyanide. If you eat enough >> apple seeds or peach Pitts you can die. so before we >> get into eating allot of seeds, we need to research >> that possibility. >> >> >> --- wrote: >> >> >>> Can the body actually digest them?? >>> >>> --- FH wrote: >>> >>> >>>> According to several studies, the juice alone is >>>> >>> not as effective >>> >>>> as digesting the seeds, which contain the main >>>> >>> source of beneficial >>> >>>> qualities. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 9, 2005 Report Share Posted October 9, 2005 Well you can LOL as much as you want but apricot, plumb. peach and apple seeds do indeed contain cyanide. Don't believe it? Look it up yourself. excerpt I'm afraid for my life. All these years I've been eating the seeds of fruit, such as apples, oranges, apricots, peaches, plums, etc. I started when I began living with my grandfather, a dentist, about 10 years ago. He said they were good for the teeth because of the minerals they contained. Over the years I've cultivated a taste for them, and was extremely delighted when I found I could buy them in quantities of a pound or more at health food stores. Recently, however, a friend told me that all fruit seeds contained cyanide, and that he had read an item in a newspaper once about someone who had died from eating apple seeds! I am especially concerned about apricot kernels, my favorite. What's a lethal dose? Can any be eaten safely? If so, about how many? I really like them and would be loath to give them up, but on the other hand I really don't want to be slowly poisoning myself and my guests and roommates. -- T., Phoenix Dear : You've got good reason to be afraid, pal. Fruits of the rose family--including cherries, apples, plums, almonds, peaches, apricots, and crab apples--contain in their seeds substances known as cyanogenetic glycosides, which on ingestion release hydrogen cyanide gas through an enzymatic reaction. They can most certainly do you in. Since 1957, Turkey--a big apricot country--has reported nine cases of lethal poisoning from apricot seeds. Unfortunately, victims of such poisonings have a habit of kicking the bucket before doctors have a chance to ask them how many seeds they've eaten; in addition, the amount of amygdalin--the most important cyanogenetic glycoside--varies from species to species, and since the poisoning does not involve a direct transfer of cyanide from one place to another, " lethal dosages " of these various seeds are hard to pin down. Use the following as guidelines: (1) bitter almonds contain by far the greatest amount of amygdalin, and it takes 50-70 of them to kill an adult, 7-10 to kill a child. (2) Ingestion of about a cupful of any of the above seeds is pushing things a bit. I didn't know about pomegranate it was meant as just a caution. --- FH wrote: > > Below , a few pages with info regarding > Pomagranates, and their > > benefits,(Including the seeds, which I enjoy > eating, and no, No one > > has ever encountered Cyanide in a Pomagranate, > unless it was placed > > there purposely,lol... ): Eating a pit of > apricot, or peach > > would certainly be foolish, as one would choke on > its size in any > > case, why would I even consider eating such pits, > or Apple > > seeds?---- > http://www.wholehealthmd.com/hk/articles/view/1,1471,807,00.html > > http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1041/is_11_78/ai_66191144 > > http://www.wholehealthmd.com/refshelf/foods_view/1,1523,216,00.html > > http://www.bridgesforpeace.com/publications/dispatch/ > > inventionsinnovations/Article-16.html > > RE: > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > > __ > > Message: 6 > > Date: Sat, 8 Oct 2005 12:16:21 -0700 (PDT) > > > > Subject: Re: Pomegranate Juice > > > > Just a word of caution. > > Some seeds of commonly eaten fruits eg: peaches, > > apples, apricot contain cyanide. If you eat enough > > apple seeds or peach Pitts you can die. so before > we > > get into eating allot of seeds, we need to > research > > that possibility. > > > > > > --- wrote: > > > > > >> Can the body actually digest them?? > >> > >> --- FH wrote: > >> > >> > >>> According to several studies, the juice alone > is > >>> > >> not as effective > >> > >>> as digesting the seeds, which contain the main > >>> > >> source of beneficial > >> > >>> qualities. > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > Someone once gave me a $25.00 gift certificate to > DR Kevorkian. > > I wish I had kept it now! > > > > Sam I Am > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > > Yahoo! Music Unlimited > > Access over 1 million songs. Try it free. > > http://music.yahoo.com/unlimited/ > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > > __ > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > > __ > > > > Message: 7 > > Date: Sat, 8 Oct 2005 15:12:48 -0400 > > > > Subject: Slide presentation on Clinical Trials > > > > > > http://www.ncipoet.org/docs/28 > > > > > > > > Kathy Meade > > > > > > Arlington Educational Consulting > > > > <http://www.vapcacoalition.org/> > http://www.vapcacoalition.org/ > > > > phone > > > > fax > > > > " Respect means listening until everyone has been > heard and understood, > > only then is there a possibility of " Balance and > Harmony " the goal of > > Indian Spirituality. " > > > > " Dave Chief, Grandfather of Red Dog " > > > > > > > > > > > > [This message contained attachments] > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > > __ > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > > __ > > > > Message: 8 > > Date: Sat, 8 Oct 2005 12:24:22 -0700 (PDT) > > > > Subject: Re: Pomegranate Juice > > > > Went to Whole Foods today. Came across > unsweetened 100% > > pomegranite juice made by Knudsen. > > $5.99/bottle. Bought a bottle anyway. Ahhh... > Not my favorite > > beverage??!! It says a 6 oz > > glass equals one pomegranite. I think I porobably > got down a > > quarter of one... > > > > --- sam mcdaniel wrote: > > > > > >> Just a word of caution. > >> Some seeds of commonly eaten fruits eg: peaches, > >> apples, apricot contain cyanide. If you eat > enough > >> apple seeds or peach Pitts you can die. so before > we > >> get into eating allot of seeds, we need to > research > >> that possibility. > >> > >> > >> --- wrote: > >> > >> > >>> Can the body actually digest them?? > >>> > >>> --- FH wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>>> According to several studies, the juice alone > is > >>>> > >>> not as effective > >>> > >>>> as digesting the seeds, which contain the main > >>>> > >>> source of beneficial > >>> > >>>> qualities. > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > Someone once gave me a $25.00 gift certificate to DR Kevorkian. I wish I had kept it now! Sam I Am __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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