Please qualify your comment, by making a distinction between the type of almond. I, you, the whole world can eat a ton of almonds of the sweet almond tree type and would have zero issue with it. No so if you opt to eating from the bitter almond tree with its high amount of that naturally occurring poison you made reference to in your (incomplete) comment.
If anyone here would like to know what I'm talking about and taste the difference between these two varieties, please go and buy yourself an apricot. Crack its kernel and taste it. You would find that (9/10) it would be very bitter. You won't find bitter almonds in your local shop because they are not for sale there.