Poll: To eat the apple seeds or not to eat the apple seeds? That's the question!

[BangSmashBoom]

Ever since I remember, no one ate their apple cores along with the apple seeds, but I remember all the cool kids ate whole apples, some even the stem, so I recently have eaten a whole apple including all five seeds and then looked up eating apple seeds then I found very mixed results, some say eat seeds=dead, some some say it provents cancer, so set it straight people, should people eat apple seeds?

 

[A Random Reader]

Apple seeds are poisonous, as the seeds contain cyanide, which is the same stuff that gives almonds their almondy flavour. You probably shouldn't eat them, but the quantity of cyanide found in them is so small it doesn't matter. I, personally, eat the whole apple, but this is more out of laziness then anything else, as I don't have the spare time to go to a trash can from where I usually eat apples.

 

[JochemDude]

Not a big fan of apples, more of a lemon guy (yes, I eat them) I don't remember eating the seeds though.

 

[RaphaelsRedemption]

Apple seeds are poisonous, as the seeds contain cyanide, which is the same stuff that gives almonds their almondy flavour. You probably shouldn't eat them, but the quantity of cyanide found in them is so small it doesn't matter. I, personaly, eat the whole apple, but this is more out of laziness then anything else, as I don't have the spare time to go to a trash can from where I usually eat apples.

Thank you for putting that better than I could have myself.

Yes. Apple seeds in bulk - not that good for you.

I don't eat whole apples, but then, I don't really eat apples that much anyway.

 

[GLo Jones]

People do this?! How? The core is horrible.

 

[BangSmashBoom]

You eat from the bottom to the stem, it's possible and yummy.

 

[Tentickles]

You should go eat tomatoes in great numbers. Or Cherries. Or hot peppers.

Bet you didn't know they were poisonous as well

 

[BangSmashBoom]

People do this?! How? The core is horrible.

You eat from the bottom to the stem, it's possible and yummy.

 

[BangSmashBoom]

You should go eat tomatoes in great numbers. Or Cherries. Or hot peppers.

Bet you didn't know they were poisonous as well

Alright, I'll do it, wait... are you trying to kill me?

 

[Rusman]

Nope, I was always leave the core... it looks so icky... But then again i don't really remember the last time I ate an apple. More of a banana man myself.

 

[lettucethesallad]

My dad eats the whole thing, but I find it too... I don't know, chewy? It's just not as nice. I'll gnaw the seeds out of boredom though and eventually eat them. A little cyanide never hurt anyone... *cough*

 

[WalkerHill]

OH, i don't eat the big seeds. Sometimes i eat the small or wee seeds just like guava. LOL.

 

[Esotera]

It's fine to eat a couple of apple seeds a day as the human body can get rid of small amounts of cyanide quite easily. If you're going to be eating hundreds of apple seeds however, then there's a good chance you'll get cyanide poisoning.

Trivia: This was discovered by a man who really loved apple seeds, so saved one up each day for his birthday, so he could eat them all at once.

 

[TacticalAssassin1]

I eat the whole thing, and in a REALLY retarded way. I eat starting at one side, all the way through.

 

[Viral_Lola]

I chop my apples up and eat them. I pick the seeds out though but for the most part, I eat the whole apple.

You should go eat tomatoes in great numbers. Or Cherries. Or hot peppers.

Bet you didn't know they were poisonous as well

I'm allergic to cherries and hot peppers make my skin skin blister from small amounts of contact. It's a shame because I love cherries. Good thing I can still eat tomatoes... for now...

 

[DustyDrB]

I wast told as a kid that if I ate apple seeds, a tree would grow inside me. I still have a momentary panic whenever I accidentally swallow one...

 

[LongAndShort]

No I don't, but that's because I don't find the core as nice as the rest of the apple. If seeds were gonna kill me, well shit, I'd be dead by now.

 

[Project_Omega]

Ever since I remember, no one ate their apple cores along with the apple seeds, but I remember all the cool kids ate whole apples, some even the stem, so I recently have eaten a whole apple including all five seeds and then looked up eating apple seeds then I found very mixed results, some say eat seeds=dead, some some say it provents cancer, so set it straight people, should people eat apple seeds?

I don't eat apple seeds because I don't want a tree trunk to grow out of my ass...

People really eat that stuff?

 

[WolfThomas]

It's perfectly fine, Apple side supposedly have tiny amount of cyanide (whether that's true I have no idea). I don't think it will harm or help you. I eat apples whole (minus stem) just because it's easier.

 

[thiosk]

you would have to smash and eat at least hundreds of apple seeds to obtain a lethal dose. Its a comical old wives tail that swallowing them whole causes problems-- the seeds developed an outer coating specifically to enable them to pass intact to a poop pile, at which point they may sprout into an apple tree.

If you want to eat the fibery core, go right ahead-- apple seeds won't help or harm you in any way.

But dont chew them up by the truck load.