I made a study about this on my own a long time ago:
- There is no vitamin B17, Krebs is generally credited with popularizing it as a purported cancer cure and as "Vitamin B17."
en.wikipedia.org...
- vitaminB17 is actually Amygdalin
- Amygdalin is also called laevomandelonitrile, or laetrile for short.
- Though it is sometimes sold as "Vitamin B17", it is not a vitamin, as no disease is associated with a dietary deficiency of laetrile
Amygdalin has been advocated by some as a "cure" or a "preventative" for cancer, but due to a lack of scientifically accepted evidence of its
efficacy, it has not been approved for this use by the United States' Food and Drug Administration
Now dont take me wrong, the FDA hasdone somepretty horrendous things but thatsanoher opic altogether....
Jason Vale was the nation's leading spokesman for the legalization of laetrile. He was a national arm wrestling champion after he was cured of
kidney, pancreatic and spleen cancer, purportedly by eating apricot seeds. However, in 2004 he was convicted[9] of fraud and sentenced to 63 months in
prison for his methods of marketing laetrile, for defrauding the U.S. government by claiming that he qualified for Legal Aid, and for criminal
contempt. Representatives of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center testified on the side of the prosecution during Vale's criminal trial.
and what sparked the interest?
Dr Dean Burk, biochemist with a Ph.D. from Cornell Medical College,[6] became Head of National Cancer Institute (NCI) Cytochemistry Section in
1937 and headed this department for over three decades. Andrew McNaughton of the McNaughton Foundation requested a scientific experiment by Dr. Burk
of the (NCI), the results were a famous comment which was used in a G. Edward Griffin documentary "A World Without Cancer" [10] that “When we add
"laetrile" (amygdaline) to a cancer culture under the microscope,” “providing the enzyme glucosidase also is present, we can see the cancer
cells dying off like flies.” [11] He also claimed in Congressional testimony that laetrile was less toxic than sugar[12]. Dr Dean Burk then went on
to become a life long supporter of laetrile / amygdaline as a Cancer prevention and cure.
now read up on the apricot seeds contain cyanide.....so of course people will be like hell no, Im not killing myself......
In my opinion this chemical should be studied more too bad the fda and ignorance are on the way to study/fund this further
[edit on 3/16/2007 by a1ex]
