I eat about 10 to 20 daily. They taste great. I also put about 20 in a drink I make once a week. I combine the kernels with apples, ice, cinnamon, and a few other items in a blender. It's amazing.

The best source of information about apricot kernels is in the book called, Nutrition: The Cancer Answer II by Maureen Salaman.

Unfortunately, people have been scared by government propaganda concerning the cyanide in apricot kernels.

To make a complex explanation simple, healthy cells produce an enzyme that most cancer cells do not. This enzyme protects cells against small amounts of a cyanide compound (actually combined with amygdalin, or B-17 from the apricot kernels). If this enzyme is not present, the cell dies. Of course, it's a little more complex than this. Nevertheless...

Guess what happens...

Cancer cells die selectively. Healthy cells do not.

Because cancer is the second most profitable industry in the United States, this information has been (almost) completely covered up. I know a lot of people who have reversed their own late-stage ("go home and get your affairs in order") cancer using a program that included B-17 from cyanide-containing substances like apricot kernels and apple seeds.