#amygdalin

Apricots, cherries, and many (if not most) other fruits with pits have cyanide in them. To clarify, they aren't actually cyanide, but the pits have a naturally-occuring compound called amygdalin which, if swallowed can convert to cyanide in your stomach. The poison is in the dose with these so if you accidentally swallow one or two cherry pits, you won't die. However, if you ate like a ton of cherries with pits, you not only will experience the bowel cleanse that accompanies the fiber in cherries, you could also experience cyanide poisoning (nausea, fever, insomnia, headaches, thirst, lethargy, low blood pressure, and even perhaps death) Cyanide causes cell death, how horrifying is that🙃

How Many Apple Pips Will It Take To Kill You?

, Regular readers of detective fiction will soon discover that many of the stories are laced with poison, cyanide, arsenic, and strychnine being especially favoured. It is a useful device because administering a poison, while requiring a certain degree of guile and some planning, does not require much in the way of brawn. Whereas a form of murder which requires the application of physical force…

Here, take this drawing that my friend requested XD it actually relates to the new year, a bit. :>

Apricot Kernels for Healing Cancer: The Story of the Hunza People of Northern Pakistan, their Health and Lifestyle:

What the Hunzas Knew About Apricot Kernels

In the 1930s, Major Sir Robert McCarrison wrote about a tribe called the Hunzas who lived in the remote countryside near Northern Pakistan. He encountered this hardy community while he was working with the Indian Medical Service. According to McCarrison’s written observations, the Hunzas seemed to enjoy near-perfect health. Some lived to be over 135…