Cyanide poisoning is rare as almonds contain trace amounts of this toxin. As you know, there are two types of almonds – bitter and sweet. The almonds we get and eat are the sweet ones and they contain low levels of cyanide, but bitter almonds contain 50 times more cyanide per nut making them lethal.
To make it simple, you need about 1,000 sweet almonds to reach toxicity while you need only 10 to 30 bitter almonds to reach the lowest possible lethal level. Also, any form of cyanide that enters into the body system will be eliminated within one day.