Will it KIll me if i swallow a apple seed.....ive heard there posionus?

Answer 1

Apples are one such fruit: their pips (seeds) contain amygdalin, a cyanide and sugar compound that degrades into hydrogen cyanide (HCN) when metabolized. Cyanide itself is a poison that kills by denying blood the ability to carry oxygen and thereby causes its victims to die of asphyxiation. At least within the realm of murder mysteries, cyanide is the darling of poisoners because it acts quickly and irrevocably — once a fatal dose has been ingested, there is no effective antidote, and death takes place within minutes. It is sometimes described as having a bitter almond smell, but it does not always give off an odor, nor can everyone detect the scent. Cyanide is usually found joined with other chemicals in compounds: hydrogen cyanide, cyanogen chloride, sodium cyanide, and potassium cyanide. In the death camps of World War II, the Nazis used hydrogen cyanide (Zyklon B) for their gas chambers.

Luckily for those fond of their Granny Smiths, the body can detoxify cyanide in small doses, and the number of apple seeds it takes to pack a lethal punch is therefore huge — even the most dedicated of apple eaters is extremely unlikely to ingest enough pips to cause any harm. Yet those who have heard apple seeds house a poison (usually remembered as arsenic, a quite different though equally deadly compound) cling to the frightening belief that swallowing a small number of pips spells instant death. We've had folks fret to us that ingesting as few as three apple seeds would do someone in, a "fact" which, if true, would mean each and every one of us was flirting with the grim
reaper every time we made a grab for a Delicious.

Apple pips also have a tough protective coating which makes swallowing them even less of a risky proposition; unless the pips are pulverized or masticated, the amygdalin they house remains safely contained within. Apple pips have hard, durable shells that allow them to pass intact through the digestive systems of animals, a quality which helps the apple to reproduce by distributing its seeds to new locations far from the originating trees. Were apple pips susceptible to the eroding effects of digestive juices, apple trees could not reproduce nearly as well as they do — their seeds would not be so widely spread, and a good many of the pips would be destroyed before germinating.

Cherry, peach, and apricot pits also contain amygdalin; the latter two, at least, in potentially harmful amounts. Fortunately, peach and apricot pits are sufficiently large and hard that few people intentionally swallow or chew them. (The unapproved anti-cancer drug Laetrile is a semisynthetic derivative of amygdalin; a cheaper version of laetrile produced in Mexico came from crushed apricot pits.)

A far greater natural source of cyanide is the cassava root, a vegetable favored by many in Africa. (Westerners know this plant best as tapioca.) Drying, soaking, and baking cassava roots renders its cyanide precursor, linamarin, harmless, but if that process is not carried out properly the cassava can remain poisonous.

Answer 2

Apple seeds contain arsenic, a poison
But in order to suffer the adverse effects of arsenic ingestion you'd have to eat a hell of a lot of apple seeds
so dont worry

Answer 3

an apple seed is not posionus, alot of people have eaten them by accident but they're not dead.

Answer 4

i think dnt4get hit the head on the nail, although i'm not sure about what might be a lethal amount. that can vary from person to person. however, there are plant seeds out there that are extremely dangerous if eaten, like that of the rosary pea.

Answer 5

hell no, i have eaten many of those, a lot of people eat the whole apple with seeds and all and they all live, now there might be a little apple tree growing inside ofyou but that won't hurt a bit, just kidding, nah, eat them, you be fine, nothing wrong with that at all.

Answer 6

If this were true I would have been dead 40 years ago. Is that proof enough. I used to swallow cherry seeds also.

Answer 7

LOL, The reason that you hear that is bc apple seeds have cyanide in them, but you would probably have to eat your body weight in them to have an effect on you, You probably would get sick before you could die.

Answer 8

no way don't worry (when i waz little i ate the whole apple all the

time.and i bite the seeds i would't worry) i feel bad 4 you things

like thaught you don't wanna hear even if there are not true

Answer 9

No it wont kill u, i have eatin 1 before (on accedent) and it was 3 years ago so they are not poisonus what so ever

Answer 10

not poisonous at all, i've accidentally eaten apple seeds hundreds of times.