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6 fruit seeds you can eat to improve your health

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6 fruit seeds you can eat to improve your health

Contrary to popular belief, fruit seeds will not poison you, and they won’t sprout a mini plant inside your stomach.

In fact, a large majority of fruit seeds contain beneficial amino acids, vitamins and minerals that you normally wouldn’t get if you just threw them away.

Listed below are 6 fruit seeds you can eat to improve your health and also help prevent cancer!

Avocado Seeds: Who doesn’t love avocados? Not only is it one of the most nutrient dense fruits around, but you can eat the seeds too! In fact, the seed of the avocado (or the “pit”) is one of the best sources of soluble fibre on Earth, and is rich in antioxidants and potassium.

Apple Seeds: Everyone is scared of apple seeds because they have heard of the cyanide content in the seeds. The truth is, you would have to eat so many apple seeds in order to get any toxicological effects from them. Don’t be afraid to juice the whole apple, or eat apple seeds from apples you eat. A tiny amount of cyanide is normal to normal cells, and in some scientific studies has even been found to kill cancer cells.

Read also: Health benefits of eating Onions

Pear Seeds: Pear seeds are incredibly small and soft, and it is usually impossible to tell whether you have eaten them or not (especially if your fruit is organic). Similarly to apples, pear seeds contain a small amount of cyanide, which again, will definitely not kill you if you aren’t eating stupendous amounts at a time.‎

Papaya Seeds: Papaya seeds are commonly consumed by those who live in tropical areas to help prevent parasite infestation in the body. They contain a proteolytic enzyme, papain, that literally rids your body of parasites by targeting parasite eggs and digesting their proteins. Papaya seeds also contain an anthelmintic alkaloid called carpaine, that also helps kill parasitic worms and amoebas.

Citrus Fruit Seeds: All citrus fruit seeds are safe to consume, given you are juicing them or happen to bite into some while eating an orange or grapefruit. I regularly juice citrus with seeds inside, and haven’t discovered any adverse reactions to them.

Watermelon Seeds: One of my all-time favourite seeds – watermelon seeds! I remember spitting out the black seeds as a kid because I was concerned that a watermelon might grow in my stomach – but now I crave them as much as I do the watermelon flesh!

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