Currently, there is no evidence to support that eating apricot seeds, or kernels, can help treat cancer. Apricot kernels may also contain chemicals that have the potential to be harmful to the body.

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 ...

Apricot seeds are almond-shaped kernels inside the fruit’s pit, or stone. Raw apricot seeds contain a compound called amygdalin, which is an enzyme that your gut turns into cyanide. Cyanide is a toxic ...

Sareks brand Bitter Apricot Kernels is being recalled from the marketplace because of a natural toxin, amygdalin. The recalled product as it contains excessive amygdalin which may cause acute cyanide ...

Some cell studies suggest apricot seed properties may have anticancer effects. However, apricot seed products may have high levels of amygdalin, a toxic compound that can cause symptoms of cyanide ...

A man in Australia gave himself cyanide poisoning while consuming apricot kernels meant to prevent his prostate cancer from returning. The 67-year-old apricot kernel extract every day for five years, ...

Twice, Jason Vale was diagnosed with cancers that should have killed him. But 30 years after the first tumor was found in his chest when he was 18, Vale is still alive. The reason for his survival is ...

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, ...

Advantage Health Matters Inc. is recalling Organic Traditions brand dried bitter apricot kernels from retailers nationwide in Canada because of excessive levels of a natural toxin that can cause ...