Can you die from eating apricot seeds?

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asked Sep 5, 2019 in Other-Food Drink by AlexPala (300 points)
Can you die from eating apricot seeds?

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answered Sep 10, 2019 by Christeen (70,120 points)
Yes you could die from eating apricot seeds due to the cyanide that apricot seeds contain.

To get the cyanide poisoning from eating apricot seeds you'd have to eat between 6 to 10 apricot seeds to get the cyanide poisoning.

Eating one or two apricot seeds is unlikely to cause any problems but I would avoid eating any apricot seeds at all because they do contain cyanide which can be fatal or make you very sick.

I've never eaten apricot seeds and have just throw them outside or in the trash instead.

If you have young children make sure to remove the apricot seeds from the apricots before giving them to the child because they could even choke on the apricot seeds.

So remove the apricot seeds and then throw them out.

There was a case of a child who was 28 months old who died from eating apricot seeds due to the cyanide poisoning.

The 28 month old girl died from eating 10 apricot seeds because of high cyanide levels in her blood after eating those apricot seeds.

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