Delicious fruits but seeds are dangerous poison

Custard apple or soursop - a very delicious fruit, but absolutely do not chew the seeds because they are very poisonous and dangerous.

Below are some fruits you should be careful not to eat the seeds posted on Business Insider. This information is also confirmed by experts and doctors in Vietnam.

Apples and pears

According to Business Insider, apple and pear seeds can turn into cyanide when crushed. Each pound of apple/pear seeds contains about 700 milligrams of hydrogen cyanide. If you continuously eat 25 apple or pear cores, you can die from cyanide poisoning.

This information was also confirmed by Associate Professor Dr. Nguyen Duy Thinh, Institute of Biotechnology and Food Technology (Hanoi University of Science and Technology), apple or pear seeds can form hydrogen cyanide in the intestines.

At low doses, it causes fatigue, nausea, dizziness, etc. At high doses, this poison causes respiratory disorders, low blood pressure, headaches, coma, and can even lead to death.

To be safe, it is best to remove the seeds before eating, especially when feeding to young children. Do not blend the seeds when making fruit juice or smoothies.

According to General Practitioner Bui Hong Minh, people still use jujube seeds (Chinese apples) to make medicine to prevent insomnia, but when making medicine, there must be a special method. For normal people, they should not eat or swallow the seeds of these fruits.

Cherry

Cherries are a favorite of many and are widely used in cooking, winemaking, or eaten raw. They are known as cousins ​​to plums, apricots, and peaches. However, few people know that cherry pits contain highly toxic hydrogen cyanide. Death from eating cherries is rare, but we should never swallow or chew their pits.

Regarding this, Associate Professor Thinh said, similar to apple and pear seeds, crushed, chewed, or even scratched cherry seeds also produce prussic acid (hydrogen cyanide). Plum and peach seeds are similarly dangerous.

However, Associate Professor Thinh said that no one eats the seeds of these fruits, so there is no need to worry. In case of swallowing a few seeds, it will not cause poisoning because they can only cause poisoning when the seeds are chewed and swallowed.

Bitter almonds

Almonds come in two varieties: sweet almonds and bitter almonds. Bitter almonds also contain relatively large amounts of hydrogen cyanide. According to health experts, eating even just 7-10 bitter almonds can cause problems for adults, and can be fatal for children.

Associate Professor Thinh also said that the poison in bitter almonds has been mentioned in medical literature. Adults eating 40-60 kernels and children eating 10-20 kernels can cause serious poisoning.

Custard apple seeds

Associate Professor Thinh recommends absolutely not eating custard apple seeds even though this type of seed has been used to dye teeth, soak clothes to kill lice, etc.

Custard apple seeds are very poisonous and can be poisoned by ingestion. When using custard apple seeds for other purposes, do not let the solution containing custard apple seeds get into your eyes.

However, when eating custard apples, if you accidentally swallow the seeds, you should not worry too much, because custard apple seeds have a thick and very hard shell that covers them, preventing the seed from taking effect.

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According to physician Bui Hong Minh, Strychnos nux-vomica grows wild in mountainous areas. Strychnos nux-vomica fruit is spherical, 2.5-4 cm in diameter, yellow-green when ripe, containing 1-5 flat round seeds, one convex, one concave, with smooth, shiny hair.

The seeds of this fruit contain strychnine and brucin – two types of poison, of which strychnine is a group A poison. Brucin is not as strong as strychnine.

Strychnos nux vomica seeds are bitter, cold, very toxic, and have the effect of clearing the channels, relieving pain, and dispersing stagnation and reducing swelling. Used in appropriate doses, it stimulates the nerves, regulates nerve activity, especially the spinal nervous system, and at the same time has the effect of stimulating appetite and aiding digestion. However, to make medicine, one must have a separate processing procedure./.

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