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Even if it's in there cyanide is pretty readily inactivated by the body because we have been dealing with it as a plant toxin to stop us from eating said plant
by snapplebobapple 4y ago
Even if it's in there cyanide is pretty readily inactivated by the body because we have been dealing with it as a plant toxin to stop us from eating said plant forever. The issue is just avoiding a dose that overloads our own treatment system in the event we don't eliminate it through other means like heating.
Cody's lab video where he drinks some and explains the process: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6hOVhQQ9hI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6hOVhQQ9hI