Did you know that eating just three small apricot kernels, or half of one large apricot kernel, can exceed safe levels? Apricot seeds, or kernels, contain a naturally occurring compound called ...

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“A lot of people say that they’re poisonous,” Sandra Holl says of apricot kernels. “They are, I guess, in large amounts.” Apricot kernels—the seeds inside of apricot pits—contain the compound ...

A naturally-occurring compound called amygdalin is present in apricot kernels and converts to cyanide after eating. Cyanide poisoning can cause nausea, fever, headaches, insomnia, thirst, lethargy, ...