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please dispel myths from my childhood...  Hiya... I will
sheepishly admit that I do not know if it is OK/safe to consume
the seeds and pits of common fruit. Sometimes I just want to eat
the entire apple, orange, grape, pomegranite, etc., seeds and
all. I'm stuck with a childhood-derived fear of eating seeds and
pits, purported at the time to be 'deadly'. Can anyone chime in
and dispel my ignorance? Is there anything in the seeds of
oranges, apples, etc, that should not be consumed regularly?
Perhaps I vaguely recall someone telling me that the almond-like
interior 'nut' within the hard outer pit of stone fruit (like
peaches and nectarines) was poisonous. But then again, I equally
remember a story about such inner seeds being cure-alls for
certain diseases ( I've heard, for instance, that a tea brewed
from fresh cherry seeds and stems is good for the kidneys)...
I'm sure I can find this info via google, but what I was looking
for was some anecdotal