Herbal Health

What has been said about sunflower seeds applies equally to poppy seeds. As part of the diet these seeds are worthy of far more consideration than they have hitherto received. One should not be content with making a poppy seed cake once in a while, or on certain holidays during the year as they do in Hungary. Instead of putting them in cakes, poppy seeds should be eaten regularly. They do not contain opiates as some people think, as the opium is obtained from the seed capsule and not from the seeds themselves. It sometimes happens that fruits or nuts do have a slight trace of a harmful substance, for example the hydrocyanic acid contained in plums. However, this is no cause for worry. The substance is an integral part of the fruit and, as such, does not act in the same way as the pure, extracted acid would. It is only found in infinitesimal quantities, in what one could say was a homoeopathic potency, and far from being harmful, it can actually do some good.

*1062/28/1*

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