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- 8 Foods That Could Kill You (If You Eat Enough of Them)
A typical supermarket apple contains about eight seeds, so if you really wanted to get cyanide poisoning you'd have to eat at least 25 apple cores in one sitting
- Can Apple Seeds Kill You? | Britannica
Finally, the average adult would need to eat anywhere from 150 to several thousand crushed seeds (depending on the apple variety) to be at risk of cyanide poisoning The average apple contains only about five to eight seeds
- Here’s How Many Apple Cores It Would Take to Poison You
But here's where that logic is off: A single apple's worth of seeds can't produce nearly enough cyanide in your belly to make you even a little bit sick So if you're throwing out the rest of
- Fact check: Apple seeds have cyanide, but not enough to kill
But one would have to consume between 150 and several thousand apple seeds — and they would need to be crushed — to cause cyanide poisoning, and possibly death
- Cyanide in apple seeds: Can eating them be dangerous?
Here’s the math (don’t worry, it’s simple): Each apple seed contains about 0 6 mg of amygdalin When metabolized, this can release about 0 01 mg of cyanide per seed The lethal dose of cyanide for humans is roughly 50–200 mg That means you’d need to eat 150–200 crushed apple seeds to reach a dangerous level
- How Many Apple Seeds Does It Take to Kill You? - ShiftyChevre
Estimating the precise number of apple seeds required to deliver a lethal dose of cyanide is complex Several factors play a crucial role: Apple Variety: Different apple varieties contain varying amounts of amygdalin in their seeds Seed Size and Quantity: The number of seeds per apple also varies
- Are Apple Seeds and Cherry Pits Poisonous? Is There Cyanide?
While the idea of “cyanide in fruit” sounds alarming, the actual risk to human health depends on how many seeds or pits are consumed, whether they are chewed or swallowed whole, and the person’s size and sensitivity
- Apple seeds: Are they poisonous? - Medical News Today
A lethal dose of cyanide is around 50–300 milligrams (mg) A 2018 analysis of previous research states that a person would have to eat around 83–500 seeds to develop acute cyanide poisoning
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