Is it safe to eat an avocado pit?

You’ll get a lot of extra phytonutrients when you consume the avocado pit – the phytonutrient of that seed is much higher compared to the inner part of the avocado.

But there is a certain natural chemical (fungicide) in the seed called Persin, which is very toxic to animals but not as toxic to humans.

There is a study that showed it even has anti-cancer properties to the breast tissue.