Avocado pit nutritious?

[Xanadu]

I just saw a video on youtube.com where a girl makes a smoothie incorporating the whole pit of the avocado. I am wondering about the nutrition or lack thereof. I am of the opinion that we should be eating a lot more of the seeds of things that we aren't for instance peach and plum pits have a tender seed inside them you have to use a hammer to get to but they contain a healthy form of cyanide that fights cancer so I eat the pit from every one of those. Olives also have a tender seed inside the pit and are very tasty but I know nothing about avocado pits. Anyone out there that can fill me in? Here's the link if anybody wants to see the smoothie made. It seems reasonable but I would like to learn more if anybody has any info. Thanks! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPDA_WL6d9M

[Conscious Midwife]

iN THE "NATURAL SCHEME" OF THINGS

I wonder if we should try to avoid eat things that require a hammer to get to:confused: .

I know coconut might be the acception, but it seems if you can't break over a rock or with your teeth then why bother:confused:

[Xanadu]

Hmmm, sounds reasonable too! Two rocks would work though. : )

[ChaiLife]

An avocado seed, according to Dr Tom Wu, has the most soluble fiber of anything. He recommends throwing it into your blender (ONLY if you have a high powdered blender!!) and blending it with your smoothies. I have done this and my Ktec did not have any problems with it. It does not change the tast of the smoothie hardly at all.
I dunno if it's true about the fiber or not.

[belle]

interesting... id like to learn more about the seeds in the pits...

[EZ rider]

I like to sprout seeds before eating them. Can the avocado seed be sprouted ?

[RawCutter]

would you have to sprout it in a lil jar with toothpicks in the window first?

[ChaiLife]

You can sprout the seed and it will turn into a plant. I don't think that you are supposed to sprout it for the smoothie though. I actually found out about blending the pit a year ago when I bought my blender. Rawfoodadvantage.com has some interesting info about blenders, juicing, etc. Interesting guy to talk to. :)

[PammieTaj]

I thought apricot pits are where arsenic comes from? Hmmm. I'll have to research that one. I don't think it's particularly becoming of a food to have to beat it with a hammer to render it edible.

[Xanadu]

Allright, some people will tell you the pits have strychnine in them, some will say arsenic, but it is actually cyanide, a natural healthy form of it which is only utilized by the body in the presence of cancer. Read "A World without Cancer" by G. Edward Griffin. Here's a good site http://www.worldwithoutcancer.org.uk/products.html
It makes sense that vitamin B17, alias cyanide, alias Laetrile, is lacking in our diet with the horrible rise in cancer we are seeing and that it would naturally be in our raw foods. The best sources of it are bitter almonds (Used to grow in the US but outlawed by the FDA) and apricot pits also outlawed by guess who to be sold as a cancer treatment/preventative. Seeing as how eating a raw diet is so cancer preventative it is also reasonable to think that we are probably missing other things in our diet that used to be available and used by our ancestors who had much lower cancer levels although they were also not exposed to the chemical, radiation, stress soup we live in. I forgot to mention cherry pit centers and apple seeds have a fair amount. Citrus seeds used to be a good source but they are so hybridized now that they have lost most of their B17. As for the nutritional value of the seeds in pits otherwise, I am still investigating. : )

[Xanadu]

You don't beat it, you just crack open the shell and eat (or blend into your smoothie) the seed inside - like you do a walnut, coconut, etc. : )

[EZ rider]

I sprout a variety of seeds and the smaller ones that go soft like sunflower seeds with green leafs I put thru my Green Power juicer with other greens for a tasty nutrious drink. Some of the sprouted seeds and bulbs I put thru my Champion juicer with carrots and other produce. I wonder if B-17 seeds could be juiced ? Do they get soft when sprouted ? This B-17 topic is interesting as a possible nature's chemo and worthy of further research. Does anyone know of any sources of research info ?
--- I just noticed the link above and will check that one out. Thanks

[EZ rider]

The video at youtube was very interesting. I am going to have to get a more powerful blender so that I can do that. Thanks for the link. :)

[EZ rider]

WOW, that info about B17 as preventive is really interesting.
http://www.worldwithoutcancer.org.uk/aspreventative.html

[Riiiya]

i've been wondering..that if the avocado pit prevents oxidation so well..maybe it has a whole range of amazing qualities our bodies can benefit from! sometimes i cut the softer parts of it with my knife and throw it into the blender, it's not strong enough to blend the whole thing!

[Riiiya]

WOW, that info about B17 as preventive is really interesting.
http://www.worldwithoutcancer.org.uk/aspreventative.html
That IS very interesting.. i heard some time ago it's good to eat seeds- mm now i'm eating my apples WHOLE

[Eva]

This is so interesting. I thought seeds were poisonous?!

[diali36]

I don't know about human consumption but all of the seeds mentioned in this conversation except for apple are poision and very harmful to animals. So do not give any of them to your dogs, or pet birds, cats, horses, etc.

[Bobbie]

I didn't know B17/Laetrile was Cyanide. I always keep the apple pips out of my juice because I thought cyanide was bad for you, and keep the apricot stones because they're a wonderfood. doh.

[EZ rider]

I am going to start sprouting all of the seeds and pits that come into my kitchen with the food that I get at the produce department and eat the sprouts. Can anyone think of a reason not to do that ?

[sport]

I am going to start sprouting all of the seeds and pits that come into my kitchen with the food that I get at the produce department and eat the sprouts. Can anyone think of a reason not to do that ?

I sprouted pumpkin seeds and planted them and put the little green shoots in my smoothie (as I do with sunflower greens) and I was so sick that I could not get off the couch for hours.
It takes a lot to make me sick.

[RowanC]

I don't know about human consumption but all of the seeds mentioned in this conversation except for apple are poision and very harmful to animals. So do not give any of them to your dogs, or pet birds, cats, horses, etc.

Are you sure?
Can you tell us where you got that information?

I do know that coyotes in the wild eat EVERY part of the fruit, including all the seeds they can get into their mouth, with no apparent ill affect. I've watched them decimate my garden! ::laughing::

Is there some study we can read somewhere?
Thanks!

[diali36]

This is just info I've picked up from working and being around animals the last 50 years. I have been a vet tech, zoo keeper and horse trainer. I now have 4 dogs, 1 cat, 4 birds, and just lost my 10 year old bunny.
I know if you give any advacado to birds it will make them very sick, possibly kill them. Horses and dogs contray to popular belief have very touchey tummys. Just be careful.
ASPCA's poison control center # is 888-426-4435.
Also, grapes, raisins, chocolate, sugarless gum and candies, onions and macadamia nuts are all harmful to your pets.
Grapes and raisins can cause vomiting, diarrhea and kidney failure
Chocolate can be toxic even in small amounts the darker the chocolate the more toxic it is
Sugarless gum and candy or anything containing Xylitol will cause a rapid drop in blood sugar
onions even one small onion may be fatal they damage blood cells and cause anemia
Macadamia nuts will cause temporary paralysis
This is all info from Steven Hansen DVM executive director of the ASPCA

[EZ rider]

My apple seeds are sprouting so I am waiting on a green sprout to appear and then I am going to take one sprouted apple seed and juice it along with some other greens and if that works out I will take two and juice em and if that works out ---etc.

[goodbeets]

I watched this video and I am wondering if you could have just used a vitamix for the whole thing or will only the k-tek blend up the pits so well?

EvaRB- yes, seeds are poisonous but you would have to eat a bucket-load to be poisoned. Don't eat that much!!!