Dad nearly killed by cyanide from eating three cherry pips
A FATHER almost died after he chewed on three cherry stones, unaware they contain cyanide.
Matthew Creme, 29, opened one stone and ate the cherry-almond tasting pip inside – and found it “so delicious” he had two more.
But as his head throbbed and temperature soared, he was told by emergency medics to get to hospital fast as he had eaten enough to be lethal. The dad of three was given an antidote and made a full recovery but is now questioning why labels carry no warning. Matthew, from Lytham St Annes, Lancs, said: “I referred to the packaging to see if it said you shouldn’t eat the stones – there was nothing. “Just one or two seeds cause cyanide poisoning enough to kill a 160lb male. If my daughter had eaten them she’d have gone to bed and not woken up.”