Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sure, you’ve never had raw apricots before. But odds are you’ve had dried ones in trail mix or granola before. Here, they add a ...

“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 ...

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 ...

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, ...