Posted by Jinna on
URL: https://www.es-forum.com/Celery-Juice-tp4034195p4034966.html

I just read one part of Herbal Antiviral from Buhner, who talks about cyanide components in elder, how it's described as 'poisonous' and dangerous.

He says that, anyway, cyanide is also present in apples and cherries, and no one so far talked about how 'poisonous' apples and cherries are.

The term 'poisonous' should be used only when something kills someone. He thinks such warnings are wrong, scientifically wrong.

Plants produce chemicals to protect them to be over-eaten, so they may cause vomiting or diarrhea if eaten in great amounts (like it happens with cherries), but from there to call cherries 'poisonous' is a big step, he said.

There's a lot of phytohysteria going on in the herbal world, he says. Phytohysterics know nothing about chemical interaction inside the plant world - that oxalates in a plant will be counteracted by anti-oxalates, for example.

Of course, he writes, if you isolate these cyanide components in apples, cherries, elder, and give them isolate to animals and people, they may die if in sufficient amounts.

But how many people already died from apple consumption? Or apple juice?

For those who believe plants are just formed by 1 or 2 chemical compounds that work like drugs in a lab, well, you guys should stop eating ALL veggies and ALL fruits, all nuts, grains etc.

Anything natural, coming from the plant world should be avoided.

They ALL contain some poisonous chemicals against bacteria, viruses, fungi, parasites, insects and most contain chemicals that will cause vomiting or diarrhea if eaten in great amounts.

Even grains, such as wheat, rice contain these chemicals to avoid excessive foraging.