Is it healthy to eat the core and seeds of an apple?

Question

I just hate to waste it. I have eaten Fuji Apple and Pink Lady Apple cores but I tried the Granny Smith and nearly fainted. Now I am wondering if there may be something in the seeds that is bad.

Answer 1

Apple seeds are poisonous. According to the American Medical Association's Handbook of Poisonous and Injurious Plants, eating too many apple seeds can be fatal. The toxin in them is cyanogenic glycoside a.k.a. cyanide.

What is a lethal dose?
Apple seeds from a single apple that are swallowed whole or chewed and eaten in such small quantities are harmless. A single case of fatal cyanide poisoning has been documented in an adult who chewed and swallowed a cup of apple seeds. Why? Unknown!

Since the cyanogenic glycosides in apple seeds must be hydrolyzed in the gastro enteric tract before cyanide is released, several hours may elapse before symptoms appear. Symptoms may include abdominal pain, vomiting, lethargy and profuse sweating.

Cyanosis is not inevitable. In severe intoxications, coma develops and may be accompanied by titanic convulsions, muscle flaccidity and incontinence. Conscious patients may require only gastric lavage (stomach pumped) to recover completely.

Children will be affected by a smaller amount of apple seeds than adults. According to Shirley Corriher's book, CookWise, 15 apricot kernels, which also contain cyanide, can kill a child. Of course, it is best not to consume any apple seeds or apricot kernels. If you are juicing apples or cooking apples to make apple butter, it would be prudent to remove the seed pocket first.

Answer 2

I dont recall ever eating the core of an apple. The seeds don't taste very good and the center is sort of rough. I would say, don't eat it. Just like you wouldn't eat the center of a pear or any fruit with seeds in the middle. Probably not healthy, as the seeds could give you a stomach problems

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Answer 3

healthy eat core seeds apple

Answer 4

There are usually a couple seeds toward the top, which are easy to swallow, though it's probably a better idea to spit them because they contain a substance called amygdalin. That can release a small amount of hydrogen cyanide when digested. Nature wants those seeds on the ground, not in our colons. You would have to eat a ton of apple seeds for it to kill you, but I'm not here to coax you guys into testing your bodies' limits in metabolizing cyanide.

Answer 5

Theoretically, you can get poisoned from eating Apple seeds. THEORETICALLY! You would have to eat the seeds out of at least 18 apples to even have a chance of dying from it, though. And Apple chores are healthy, and contain a lot of vitamins.

Answer 6

There is nothing persay in them that may hurt you I just think that is a lot of roughage for your stomach. Instead of eating them why don't you throw the core outside for the critters to eat?

Answer 7

theres nothing wrong with eating the core and seeds of an apple. its pretty much just an aquired taste... some people like it, most dont. thats why most cores get thrown away.

if you got sick after eating that apple, i would hazard a quess that there may have been chemicals on the skin of the apple that made you sick. sometimes just rinsing off the apple doesnt totally clean the chemicals off.

Answer 8

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Answer 9

Never thought about that too much

Answer 10

my husband does all the time (freaks me out) and he's skinny and healthy as a horse.