Vitamin B17, found in the seed kernels of many fruits including apricots, has vital cancer fighting properties.
Vitamin B17, also known as laetrile or amygdalin, has vital cancer fighting properties. It is naturally occurring in a variety of foods, such as buckwheat, berries, lentils, linseeds, almonds, walnuts, buckwheat and millet, but it is most concentrated in the seeds of apricots, peaches, plums, nectarines and apples. It is a form of cyanic acid, toxic to cancer cells, although not toxic to other cells in the body.1
The apricot kernels can be chewed, or ground and chewed, 5 or 6 at a time, throughout the day. If you have cancer, start with 5 per day, and gradually build up to a daily amount compatible with your body weight. A person of average weight can build of to 25 or 30 per day. Stay on that number for 2 or 3 weeks, then gradually come down to a maintenance dose of 10 or 12 per day.
Pineapple, (containing the enzyme bromelain) or paw paw/papaya (containing the enzyme papain) or additional pancreatic enzymes should be taken along with the apricot kernels. Papaya leaf capsules are an excellent form of enzymes, and have anti-cancer properties. The enzymes break down the coating of the cancer cells so that the B17 in the apricot kernels can get into the cell and destroy the cancer.
The kernels should be taken throughout the day and not taken all at once. If ground, they can be added to foods to help disguise the bitter taste, e.g. with mashed banana or a little yoghurt or coconut cream. However, they should be chewed, even if ground.
The Hunzas, renowned for longevity, were traditional growers of apricots. They cracked the seeds of apricots, ground the kernels and added them to their food.
Dr.Ernst Krebs Jr. medical graduate of Illinois in 1941, with his father, researched the use of enzymes and Vitamin B17, in their treatment of cancer. He built upon the research of Professor John Beard, from Edinburgh University, 30 years before. Krebs found that Vitamin B17 was extremely toxic to cancer cells, although harmless to normal cells. He discovered that the cancer cell had a protein covering, and if the body’s pancreatic enzymes dissolved that covering, then the cancer cell can be destroyed by the white blood cells, but even more effectively by Vitamin B17. The two components, Hydrogen cyanide and especially Benzaldehyde in the B17, are extremely toxic to cancer cells. 2
In normal cells, the enzyme rhodinase, produced in the liver, renders B17 harmless. Every day we produce several hundred cancer cells. We need to get them early with a diet rich in B17. B17 seeks out and destroys only the cancer cells. Krebs recommended eating ten apricot kernels per day for life as a preventive measure. A maximum of 5 kernels at any one time in a two-hour period is recommended to prevent excess B17 building up in the liver. Vitamin B17 should not be taken by people with liver cancer, or by people with liver malfunction. 3
Dr Binzel, who uses nutritional therapy along with Vitamin B17, explains that removing the tumour does not correct the defects in an individual’s defense mechanism, so it is likely that the tumour will come back if ongoing nutritional precautions are not taken. Dr. Binzel does not start his patients on laetrile until the patients have been on vitamin and mineral supplements, enzymes and the diet for ten days to two weeks. He finds that laetrile seems to have little or no effect until a sufficient quantity of other vitamins and minerals are in the body. Zinc, for example, is the transportation mechanism for the Laetrile. The body will not rebuild any tissue without sufficient Vitamin C.4
References:
- Woollams. C., The Tree of Life, 2004, p. 151
- Binzel, P.,Alive and Well, 1994, p. 24
- Woollams, C. Op. Cit.,p. 153
- Binzel, P., Op.Cit.,p. 25 & 99