Comments on: Vitamin B17 i förebyggande syfte

By: aprikoskarnor

aprikoskarnor — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 14:39:26 +0000

I have found something about apricot seed poisoning:

Acute cyanide toxicity caused by apricot kernel ingestion.
Suchard JR, Wallace KL, Gerkin RD.

Department of Medical Toxicology, Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ, USA. jsuchard@samaritan.edu

A 41-year-old woman ingested apricot kernels purchased at a health food store and became weak and dyspneic within 20 minutes. The patient was comatose and hypothermic on presentation but responded promptly to antidotal therapy for cyanide poisoning. She was later treated with a continuous thiosulfate infusion for persistent metabolic acidosis. This is the first reported case of cyanide toxicity from apricot kernel ingestion in the United States since 1979.

reference:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9832674?ordinalpos=2&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_DefaultReportPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum

By: aprikoskarnor

aprikoskarnor — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 14:35:03 +0000

Ok, I wouldn’t sit down and eat 35 apricots seeds the first time I tried them that just wouldn’t be smart. I have eaten 15 in a day, however I started slowly. The first day I ate 3, then I tried 5 the next day, then 8, and now 15. I have had no adverse effects. On a daily basis I eat on average 5 seeds a day as a nutritional supplement and preventive care.

But like Dr. Krebs suggests “Ät inte mer frön från frukter än vad du skulle ha ätit om du åt hela frukten också.”

The bottom line is I have not seen, read, or heard proof of a single death from apricot seed poisoning. If anyone has access to any statistics on actual recorded deaths due to apricot seed poisoning please share.

Sweet apricots/almond seeds do not contain vitamin B17 therefore no directive is necessary.

By: Rune Andersson

Rune Andersson — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:23:12 +0000

30-35 aprikoskärnor per dag? Rawfoodshop.se som jag nämnde i tidigare fråga har varningstext på sina bittra kärnor om en dos på högst 2 kärnor per dag.
De söta aprikoskärnorna däremot finns inga direktiv för.
Har du någon info om det?

Mvh