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13 plants that could kill you

13 plants that could kill you

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David C. Sullivan 04/25/2012 08:24 AM

Yep, appleseeds being dangerous is a total hoax. It's interesting to see "researchers" purvey old wives' tales.

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jaared 02/18/2012 15:39 PM

i eat apple seeds every week. they are good for you,

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Anonymous 05/14/2012 12:01 PM

Chew them and see what happens....

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Lawrence 05/17/2010 09:42 AM

You have to eat tons of apple seeds to be killed.
Imagine how many tons of apple you will need.

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micheal Mc cabe 05/05/2010 09:11 AM

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Information about vitamin B17-Correct information is key !
the first thing to note about cyanide is that it's compounds are very different from one another.Hydrocyanic acid,which occurs in nature in,for example,the seeds of common fruits[excluding citrus],is world's apartfrom the potassiumcyanide used in the gas chamber.Secondly,there is no free hydrogen cyanide floating around in the hydrocyanic acid of the foods from nature-hydrogen cyanide [HCN] has to.... More

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stefano leonardi 05/04/2010 14:52 PM

This is disinformation sadly created by drugs compannies after it was found that B17 laetrile, found in bitter apricot kernels, apple seeds etc, cured cancer. The cyanide in B17 is actually stable and only released at the cancer cells, due to their enzymes unlocking the cyanide from the B17 so the cancer can get to the carbohydrates. Then cyanide and benzaldehyde is released creating cyanobenzoate, 100 more deadly than cyanide, which kills cancer cells like moths to a flame. Sadly the drugs.... More

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jeff, Escalante, UT 10/22/2010 21:39 PM

Nicely worded!

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Jimmy Jones 05/04/2010 14:52 PM

This is disinformation sadly created by drugs compannies after it was found that B17 laetrile, found in bitter apricot kernels, apple seeds etc, cured cancer. The cyanide in B17 is actually stable and only released at the cancer cells, due to their enzymes unlocking the cyanide from the B17 so the cancer can get to the carbohydrates. Then cyanide and benzaldehyde is released creating cyanobenzoate, 100 more deadly than cyanide, which kills cancer cells like moths to a flame. Sadly the drugs.... More

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stefano leonardi 05/04/2010 14:51 PM

This is disinformation sadly created by drugs compannies after it was found that B17 laetrile, found in bitter apricot kernels, apple seeds etc, cured cancer. The cyanide in B17 is actually stable and only released at the cancer cells, due to their enzymes unlocking the cyanide from the B17 so the cancer can get to the carbohydrates. Then cyanide and benzaldehyde is released creating cyanobenzoate, 100 more deadly than cyanide, which kills cancer cells like moths to a flame. Sadly the drugs.... More

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carguy392 05/04/2010 11:17 AM

Robert Rodale was a well informed gentleman I had the pleasure of attending a few of his lectures on the farm many years ago !

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Dandy 04/16/2010 21:09 PM

Rodale once said he ate a tablespoon of apple seeds making him very sick.

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Guest 04/14/2010 16:55 PM

Talk about some misinformation. The amount of cyanogenic compounds in apples seeds isn't enough to harm you unless you were sitting eating hands full of them.

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Guest 05/04/2010 16:47 PM

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I once heard of a man who liked apple seeds, saved them up and ate a whole cup at one time. He died. It is true, all plants are dangerous; it just depends on the dosage. If you are qualified, drop doses of a 'toxic' plant part is very beneficial. Many plants have antidotes to the poison if the whole plant is used.

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Ray 05/05/2010 10:05 AM

Sounds like a story made up by the FDA.

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niceguyted 04/13/2010 14:32 PM

Check your snopes, bro: I'm pretty sure you need to eat about a bushel of apple seeds (at one sitting) in order to be at any type of risk.

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Apples

An apple a day might keep the doctor away, but the same can't be said for apple seeds. The seeds contain cyanogenic glycosides, and if you consume enough of the seeds, you could ingest a fatal dose. If you cut up apples for your children or prefer to eat whole apples down to the core, make sure you remove those seeds. (Johnny Appleseed never seemed so villainous!)
 
 
 
 
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