text: safe to eat seeds? i like to eat cherries, but instead of spitting the seed out, i like to swallow the seeds. i feel like it would help my digestive system out, give it roughage and fill me up better.  is it safe for me to do this?  aren't fruits designed to be eaten and digested by humans, including the seeds? seeds actually do help your immune system work better by a chemical found in the seed, i'm sure it dose other beneficial things to your system as well. although, if your system is not used to the intake of seeds it could harm something. better to start slow for those how do not do this already. apricot seeds are the best. there is a chemical in them that kills cancer among other benefits, don't eat the shell around the seed, just the seed inside.  genesis 1:29 i give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. they will be yours for food, numbers 6:4 as long as he is a nazirite, he must not eat anything that comes from the grapevine, not even the seeds or skins