If Apple Pips Make Me Feel Sick Then Why Do I Eat Them?

[Dauphin]

Originally posted by Faboba


Hmmm... possibly some kind of cyanogenic compound but cyanide can kill in even very small doses so I doubt it could be t...

Rosebud.

Apple pips contain prunasin(?), which reacts to form cyanide H-CN when digested.

[Az]

ugh. I eat those things all the time. Never knew they're toxic...

[muxec]

If you were hungry you would eat everything.