my mum used to tell me that eating kiewi fruits where extra good for you as I could actually see the vitamins. which i later realised were just the black pips.
A childhood belief about seeds
others believed things like this
- I used to belief that the crusts on bread had more vitamins— mims
- I used to believe that if you accidentally ate grape pips you 'd get appendicitis.— Sue Beach
- I used to believe that if you ate the pips in apples a tree would grow inside your stomach.— QueenB
- My dad always told me never to swallow the pips from apples because trees would start growing in my stomach!!— ALISON W
- We were told at school by the evil dinner ladies that apple pips contained arsenic.....Anon
- If you eat your fruits and vegetables you will grow much faster and your muscles will be very happy!— Bruno