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by jacquesm 1037 days ago
A̶r̶s̶e̶n̶i̶c̶ Cyanide is the thing to watch for I believe. Stay away from bitter almonds, roasted should be fine. You'd have to eat a 25 Kg bag of sweet almonds to get into trouble. Not sure about the cumulative effects though, that might be worth checking into.
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Not Arsenic, but rather bitter almonds contain compounds that the body degrades into cyanide.
Ah yes, that was it, sorry for mixing those up. But regardless, bad idea to eat any sizeable quantity of bitter almonds.
Cyanogenic glycosides. Amygdalin in bitter almond.
I assume this issue is the same with almond milk? I'm almost always buying oatmilk, though.
That stuff is not what you think, look up a video on it to be enlightened.
Almond milk or oat milk?