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我雖然走得慢,但我從不會倒退。
Apples, along with cherries, peaches, and almonds, are members of the rose family.
蘋果,櫻桃,桃子和杏仁都是玫瑰科。
The seeds of apples and these other fruits contain natural chemicals that are toxic to some animals.
蘋果和這些水果的種子,都含有對某些動物有毒的天然化學物質。
Are they poisonous to humans?
它們對人類有毒嗎?
Apple seeds do contain a small amount of cyanide, which is a lethal poison, but you are protected from the toxin by the hard seed coating.
蘋果種子確實含有少量的氰化物,這是一種致命的毒物,但種子外面堅硬的塗層可以保護您免受毒素的傷害。
If you eat whole apple seeds, they pass through your digestive system relatively untouched.
如果你直接咽下整顆蘋果籽,它會直接通過你的消化系統,沒有直接接觸毒素。
If you chew the seeds thoroughly, you will be exposed to the chemicals inside the seeds, but the dose of toxins in an apple is small enough that your body can easily detoxify it.
如果你徹底咀嚼蘋果籽,你會接觸到種子內部的化學物質,但是因為蘋果籽中的毒素劑量很小,你的身體很容易將毒素排除乾淨。
By body weight, about 6 milligrams of cyanides can kill a person weighs 60 kilograms.
按人的體重計算,約6毫克氰化物劑就可以毒死一個60公斤重的人。
A person weighing 70 kilograms would need to eat 143 seeds to reach the lethal dose. That's about 18 whole apples.
一個體重70公斤的人需要吃143粒蘋果籽才能達到致命劑量。那大概需要18個完整的蘋果。