What is the Laetrile Therapy?

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What is the Laetrile Therapy? JoAnn Guest Jul 13, 2003 11:42 PDT

 

What Is The Laetrile Therapy

 

Metabolism is the total function of our body. In order for our body

to function properly, all its attributes (physical, mental, and

spiritual) must work in harmony. Total care is the goal of the

Metabolic Therapy, has several elements that are utilized in order

to provide our human organism the best environment to combat the

disease and regain health.

 

The Metabolic Therapy, our primary nontoxic cancer treatment, is based

on the use of laetrile,

digestive enzymes, immuno-stimulants, mega-doses of vitamins and

minerals, spiritual, nutritional, and psychological support. The

metabolic Therapy is not complete without its chief anti-tumor

agent.

 

Laetrile (B-17) is a natural chemotherapeutic agent found in over

1,200 plants, particularly in the seeds of common fruits such as

apricots, peaches, plums, and apples.

 

It is a diglucocide with a cyanide radical that is highly " bio-

accessible " . This means that it penetrates through the cellular

membrane reaching high intracellular concentrations easily.

 

The cyanide radical is what preoccupies most scientists, but it has

been proved that Laetrile (B-17) is completely nontoxic. Our own

experience with hundreds of patients give us complete confidence

that there is no danger.

 

The normal cells in our organism contain an

enzyme called Rodhenase which " neutralizes " the laetrile.

 

This enzyme does not allow the laetrile to release the cyanide.

 

In this way, laetrile only serves as a glucose to healthy cells

providing energy. Malignant cells do not contain this enzyme.

In the absence of Rodhenase, the laetrile is activated liberating the

cyanide radical inside the malignant cell causing its destruction.

 

This is the way God creates things:only cancerous cells are destroyed

but normal ones are not affected.

 

As the laetrile attacks unhealthy cells, it transforms into silicate

which is much like aspirin. It contributes greatly to pain control.

 

Though it has limitations in certain cancers, it is extremely

effective in the most common tumors such as Carcinoma of the Lung,

Breast, Prostate, Colon, and Lymphomas .

 

A highly publicized clinical trial conducted by the National Cancer

Institute (NCI) in 1981, tried unsuccessfully to prove that Laetrile

was ineffective and toxic.

 

Today, Laetrile occupies a position on the " front lines " of Alternative

Cancer Therapies. We have found

Laetrile to be effective on people that have active cancer; but that

is not its only function.

 

For prevention of cancer and the maintenance of remission there is

nothing as effective as Laetrile.

 

Its non-toxicity permits its use indefinitely in the prevention of

relapses and the prevention of metastases.

 

Surgery, Radiation, and Chemotherapy can only be administered for a

limited time, afterwards

patient are left without any protection.

 

There is no doubt that the struggle against cancer is the greatest

challenge that medical science has ever faced. There is no other

disease to which more money is devoted, or to which scientists

dedicate more hours of study.

 

The magnitude of the cancer problem may be demonstrated by a few

statistics. One of three Americans will

develop Cancer during their lifetime, and one out of four will die

from it. This year, over 989,200 people will die from cancer in the

USA .

 

Cancer is increasing in all age categories. Lifestyle, nutrition,

food additives, pesticides, ultraviolet radiation and a variety of

other environmental factors are directly implicated. With certain

exceptions, cancer appears to be a man-made disease and is therefore

a preventable disease.

 

It is now apparent that cancer may be caused by an almost limitless

variety of physical, chemical and biological

agents.

 

Although it is true that surgery an radiotherapy are capable

of curing some patients with localized tumors and that chemotherapy

has achieved cures in some malignant tumors, the general mortality

rate from cancer is increasing.

 

Many patients cannot be exposed to

chemotherapy, surgery or radiotherapy because of the undesirable

effects over their poor physical condition resulting from cancer.

 

All this justifies, and even makes imperative, the search for new

substances with anti-tumoral effects and ideally with little or no

toxicity in therapeutic dosages.

 

In the last 15 years, several herbs

and hormonal substances have been discovered with such

characteristics. Therefore, many patients who formerly could not be

benefited or alleviated medicinally may not be exposed to useful

anti-neoplastic treatments.

 

Nature provides an arsenal to destroy

tumors or at least to neutralize their growth.

 

The leading natural therapy is Amygdalin, better known as Laetrile,

a product made with the purest amygdalin, obtained from apricot

kernels (bitter almonds), through an exclusive extraction process.

 

What Is The Nature Of Cancer?

 

In order to intelligently discuss any form of therapy, it is

essential to know something about the nature of the disease. Cancer

has been defined as a cellular tumor, the natural course of which is

fatal. Another term for cancer is a malignant neoplasm . Neoplasm

refers to a progressive uncontrolled new growth of tissue.

 

The term tumor may be correctly applied to any neoplasm, benign or

malignant. A benign tumor is one that lacks the ability to invade

other tissues and does not spread or metastasize , and for the most

part can be surgically removed.

 

A malignant tumor or cancer is characterized by it's ability to invade

tissue, metastasize, the

cells are less differentiated (a process known as anaplasia , in

which the tumor cells do not resemble those of the parent tissue),

and ultimately results in the death of the victim.

 

The term metastasis refers to the transfer or spread of the cancer from

one organ or part to another not directly connected with it.

 

Thus, tumor cells may originate in one part of the body ( primary tumor

) and suddenly appear in some other organ or distant part of the body (

secondary tumor ).

 

Metastases are a significant factor in bringing about the death of

the patient. There are over 100 different clinical types of cancers

which are frequently divided into the two broad categories of

carcinomas and sarcomas .

 

Carcinomas are malignant new growths of epithelial cells and may involve

the breasts, digestive tract,

uterus, skin, etc.

 

Sarcomas are malignant new growths of connective

tissue and involve such organs as bone, muscle, nerves, lymph

glands, etc. Hodgkin's disease and melanomas are a type of sarcoma.

 

In general, tumors are classified according to the cell type

involved, and occasionally they are of the mixed type containing

both epithelial and connective elements.

 

The leukemias are another type of malignancy that involves a

progressive proliferation of the blood forming organs of the body.

Leukemia is sometimes referred to as cancer of the blood.

 

The typing and grading of malignant tumors becomes very complicated

and goes far beyond the intent of this publication. In order to

explain some of the more basic elements of carcinogenesis, it is

necessary to deal with some of the fundamental of cell structure and

function. The major subdivisions of a cell include the nucleus and

the surrounding cytoplasm . The nucleus is the primary control

center of the cell. Chromosomes are a structure in the nucleus

comprised of a linear thread of a nucleic acid known as

deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) . Chromosomes appear as elongated

threadlike bodies in the nucleus and are clearly visible only when

the cell is undergoing division. The chromosomes are comprised of

nucleic acid and protein. The nucleic acid DNA transmits genetic

information. The chromosomes also bear the basic units of heredity

called genes .

 

The genes determine the characteristics of the cells, and act as

control units in the metabolic activities of the cell. Genes

therefore serve as code units which determine most of the enzymatic

and other biochemical activities within the cell. It is through the

genes that this basic metabolic data is passed on from one

generation of cells to the next. The cytoplasm surrounding the

nucleus of the cell contains a complex network of membranes known as

the endoplasmic reticulum . This reticulum is lined on its outer

surface by small particles called ribosomes . The ribosomes contain

large concentrations of a nucleic acid known as ribonucleic acid

(RNA).

 

These ribosomes are directly concerned with protein synthesis. RNA

also occurs in the nucleus of the cell. It is now known that RNA is

synthesized in the nucleus of the cell and migrates to the

cytoplasm. The DNA acts as a template or pattern for the synthesis

of RNA, which in turn acts as a biochemical messenger between the

DNA of the nucleus and the metabolic machinery of the cytoplasm.

 

Thus, RNA appears to exert a controlling influence over the entire

metabolic activities of the cell. Any alteration in the DNA

mechanism is going to affect the RNA messenger and thereby alter the

metabolic changes in the cell.

 

In case of cancer, the regulatory mechanism that governs cell division

is obviously affected and the

cells begin to rapidly proliferate and gradually lose their

differentiation.

 

There are numerous theories that have been proposed as to the cause

of cancer. It is now apparent that cancer may be caused by an almost

limitless variety of physical, chemical and biological agents.

 

However, it is becoming increasingly apparent that regardless of the

precipitating factor, somewhere along the progression of biochemical

events, the basic DNA-RNA mechanism is involved.

 

If this vital genetic machinery is damaged, cancer may be the end

result. It would

appear that if the cause of cancer is due to an alteration of the

normal metabolism of the cell, then the correction of the problem

would be by means of a Metabolic approach, which is basically the

subject of this web page.

 

Amygdalin ( Laetrile ) History and Actions

 

Amygdalin is a herbal constituent derived from the kernels of

various fruits of the Genus Prunus (synonym amygdalus) , which

includes the plum, prune, cherry, peach and apricot.

 

It is among the most ancient herbal products used against cancer.

Apricot kernels have been in medical use since the days of Pen T'sao

(great Chinese Herbalist), in the year 2800 B.C., in ancient China.

 

Also, the great Persian master of pharmacy, medicine and natural

sciences, Avicenna

(980-1037) recommended the use of apricot bitter almond oil in the

treatment of tumors of the spleen, uterus, stomach and liver.

 

Amygdalin is one of the first and best known cyanogenic glycosides.

The systematized study of amygdalin did not really begin until the

first half of the past century when crystalline amygdalin was

isolated in 1830 by two French chemists, Robiquet and Boutron. Now

known as Prunus Amygdalus, of the rose family Rosaceae, amygdalin is

hence appropriately named after the scientific name of the bitter

almond.

 

The chemical structure of amygdalin is well established as

laevo-D-mandelonitrile-B-D-glucoside-6-B-D-glucoside; essentially,

it is a diglucoside with a cyanide radical. Laetrile is a

decomposition product resulting from the hydrolysis of amygdalin.

Neither amygdalin nor laetrile contain free cyanide. Laetrile

formula is laevo-D-mandelonitrile-B-glucoronide. The term laetrile

was first proposed by Ernest T. Krebs, Jr. in 1949.

 

The word is derived from the contraction of the chemical term LAE vo-

mandeloni TRILE . Krebs also designated laetrile as vitamin B17 .

 

Krebs contended that amygdalin is essential to human health. The

Amygdalin Therapy The amygdalin (laetrile) therapy utilizes the

cyanogenic glycoside amygdalin, or one of it's byproducts, together

with a broad-based nutritional program Metabolic Therapy for the

control of cancer.

 

Krebs, Jr. and his research group found that

amygdalin has it's powerful cancer killer capabilities because it

contains cyanide that destroys cancer cells. Not all cyanide

compounds are poisonous, humans constantly eat produce with cyanide,

about 1,200 kinds of foods have it.

 

Detoxification of cyanide can take place in all tissues of the body, but

principally in the liver.

 

The dosage levels and toxicity of amygdalin (laetrile) in laboratory

animals and humans is well established and documented.

 

No evidence of acute or accumulative toxicity was observed in any

animals giving

doses in excess of 100 times the maximum intravenous dose usually

given in humans.

 

These findings coincide with that mentioned by Otto Jacobsen in

1887, Davidson in 1944 and Dr. Dean Burk ( National Cancer

Institute) in 1968: " Amygdalin is impressively nontoxic from the

pharmacological point of view " , and " non-hydrolyzed amygdalin is

less toxic than glucose " .

 

The oral toxicity of amygdalin was found

to be 39 to 44 times greater than the intramuscular route, and more

toxic than intravenous route (parentenal route). Amygdalin is less

tolerable by oral administration because of the hydrolysis of

amygdalin by the gastric juices. On the other hand, amygdalin, in

dosages of 20-40/mg/kg orally (for a 200 lb human this would

translate to 16 - 500mg laetrile/B17 tablets, daily), used in

humans, is 10 to 20 times less than the minimum toxic dosage in

dogs.

 

The biological half life of amygdalin is only 80 minutes. Over

80% of the amygdalin administered is excreted from the body in 4

hours.

 

The usual metabolic approach to amygdalin (laetrile) therapy

is to provide the patient with adequate nutritional support, with

relatively nontoxic high doses of vitamins and minerals, and other

active natural substances.

 

Amygdalin (laetrile) has been administered in dosages of up to 70

grams (70,000 miligrams-mg) per day in adult humans by combined oral

and parentenal routes without adverse effects.

 

Amygdalin's Action Mechanisms (Krebs Hypothesis)

 

The most widespread theory ( " cyanide theory " ) on the action of

amygdalin was propounded by Ernest Krebs, Jr. in the seventies.

 

Krebs hypothesis: The resulting end products of the hydrolysis of

amygdalin are the hydrocyanic acid (HCN) and benzaldehyde. In order

to produce these products B-glucuronidase is required.

 

It has been demonstrated that this enzyme is present in cancerous

tissue, about

1,000 to 3,600 times higher than in normal tissue. Rhodanase is an

enzyme found in the liver cell and is known to be concerned with the

conversion of toxic hydrocyanic acid to thiocyanate, a harmless

substance.

 

Rhodanase is part of the normal detoxification process of

the body. However, it was found that normal cells contain a

relatively high concentration of rhodanase and low concentration of

B-gluco-ronidase, whereas cancerous cells are high in available B-

glucoronidase and low in available rhodanase.

 

Thus, the normal cellular protective mechanism is decreased in tumor

cells and they become more sensitive to the effects of the cyanide

ion. The HCN would tend to depress the enzyme functions of the

cancer cell and thereby destroy it. Since normal cells contain large

quantities of rhodanase and relatively low quantities of available B-

glucoronidase, the available rhodanase would detoxify the cyanide

ion (CN-), forming the non-toxic thiocyanate.

 

Then according to Ernest Krebs amygdalin's toxic effect is against the

cancerous cell and not the host.

 

The Effectiveness Of Amygdalin (laetrile) In Cancer

 

Ever since the days of Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) and Paul Ehrlich

(1854-1915), cancer victims have hoped for the " wonder vaccine " or

the " magic bullet " .

 

Amygdalin (laetrile) does not come under the heading of either of these

dramatic therapies. There are a number of

factors that enter into the cancer treatment complex. The type of

cancer involved is an important factor. Some types of cancer tend to

be more sensitive to treatment than other. Amygdalin (laetrile) is

not equally effective in all types of cancers. Rubin (1977) found in

their clinical investigations in Israel that Amygdalin (laetrile)

was most effective against Adenocarcinoma and Hodgkin's disease,

somewhat less effective in certain other of the Sarcomas and

Melanomas , and relatively poor results were achieved with the

Leukemia. Similar results have been obtained by other clinicians in

the United States and elsewhere.

 

The best results with Amygdalin (laetrile) therapy have been achieved

with Lung, Prostate, Breast,

Lymphomas, Liver and Brain cancer. The chemical quality of the

Amygdalin (laetrile) also has a bearing on the clinical therapeutic

results.

 

Only the laevo isomer of Amydalin (laetrile) has been found to be

therapeutically active. A high quality Amygdalin is now produced in

Mexico and some products are currently under investigation in the

United States and Germany . It is therefore of the utmost importance

that quality products be utilized. Failure to recognize this point

can result in inadequate dosage levels and false negative

therapeutic results (Krible, 1912; Levi, et al, 1965; Rubin, 1978).

 

Other factors relating directly to the administration of Amygdalin

(laetrile) concern the dosage. In the past, most physicians have

tended toward administering too low a dosage. Therefore the

frequency of administration, the route of administration, and the

dosage are of the utmost importance if adequate blood levels are to

be maintained.

 

In the past, most errors of administration have been

made on the side of too little, rather than too much. However, it

should be kept in mind that the most effective routes are by

parenteral injection (I.M or I.V.) and the physician should not

attempt to achieve the necessary dosage levels by the oral route.

Rubin (1978) reports administering 70gr. per day to each patient

with no ill effects. Another aspect that will have a bearing on the

recovery of a patient depends upon the degree of tissue damage

caused by excessive radiation and toxicity resulting from

chemotherapy.

 

It is presently estimated in the United States, Mexico, and

elsewhere, that about 90% or more of the patients begin using

Amygdalin (laetrile) only after all other types of cancer therapies

have failed. Most metabolic physicians are of the opinion that if

the patient were to begin Metabolic Therapy earlier in the course of

the disease, it would improve the patient's chances of Cancer

Control.

 

The adequacy of liver functions is of the utmost importance

in cancer therapy. The liver has varied, intricate and extremely

complex metabolic functions. Among other things the liver is

concerned with fat, carbohydrate and protein metabolism.

 

The liver has a propensity for storing vitamins, especially A, D and

B 12 , and Iron in the form of ferritin. The liver forms a large

proportion of the blood constituents: Fibrinogen, Prothrombin,

Accelerator Globulin, Factor VII, and other coagulation factors. The

liver is involved in vitamin K metabolism. The liver is concerned

with the vascular storage and filtration of blood, with about 1000ml

of blood flowing from the portal vein through the liver sinusoids

each minute, and an additional 400ml flows into the sinusoid from

the hepatic artery. Thus when the liver or kidneys are damaged due

to a primary or metastatic malignancy, it may adversely affect the

entire metabolism of the body.

 

The studies conducted thus far on Amygdalin (laetrile) indicate that

there is no damage to the liver or kidney function.

 

Much of the effort of metabolic therapy is dedicated toward sustaining

adequate

liver and kidney functions, and to attempt to minimize the

detoxification load placed upon them.

 

It should be emphasized that

Amygdalin (laetrile) therapy is most effective when used in

conjunction with a comprehensive METABOLIC approach. Most physicians

using this form of therapy provide adequate nutritional support with

the use of proper vitamin and mineral supplements.

 

The patient is placed on a complete vegetarian diet with a reduction of

proteins,

fats, refined sugars, and processed foods. All tobacco, alcohol,

caffeinated drinks, and most toxic medications are eliminated.

 

The patient is placed on a high intake of select fruit juices, fresh

fruits and vegetables. A program of Detoxification is required. A

minimum of 9gr of Amygdalin (laetrile) per day is administered,

largely by the parenteral route, but even higher levels may be given

if indicated.

Patients that refuse to follow the general Metabolic

Program are discouraged from taking Amygdalin (laetrile) .

 

Alternative Forms Of Cancer Treatments

 

There are probably as many different forms of cancer therapy as

there are types of cancer. There are cancerous conditions which

require surgery, radiation, and/or chemotherapy. There are certain

types of cancer, and certain stages in the development of the

cancer, that respond well to one or more modalities. Significant

success has been obtained in the treatment of Hodgkin's disease,

some leukemias, and certain other types of cancers. The patient is

advised to consult with a physician and seek the best medical advice

available. Most skin cancers can be readily treated with

conventional methods of therapy if instituted early enough. However,

the most common type of internal cancer is adenocarcinoma (involving

the breast, intestinal tract, lung, etc.). When an adenocarcinoma

and certain of the sarcomas undergo metastases, most conventional

therapy is ineffective and the prognosis of the patient is poor,

using conventional therapies. The patient is then left with the

dilemma of Where do I go from here?

 

 

What Of The Future?

 

Here is the forecast based on the evidence currently on hand:

 

a) Clinical trials on Amygdalin (laetrile) therapy using good

quality Amygdalin will continue to be conducted in the proper

manner.

 

b) Amygdalin (laetrile) will be legalized in the United States with

or without the cooperation of the FDA at some point in the future.

 

c) The atrocities now being committed in the name of orthodox

medicine, the suppression of life-giving scientific data, the

needless loss of lives, mutilation of bodies, and excessive

suffering, all for the financial benefit of a ruthlessly powerful

medical cartel which is flagrantly in violation of the antitrust

laws of this government, will not continue to be tolerated by the

American people.

 

Ultimately, these criminals and their political lackeys will be

brought to trial and they will find themselves responsive to the

American people. The following is one of the greatest rights ever

given to a people: " NO STATE SHALL MAKE OR ENFORCE ANY LAW WHICH

SHALL ABRIDGE THE PRIVILEGES OR IMMUNITIES OF CITIZENS OF THE UNITED

STATES: NOR SHALL ANY STATE DEPRIVE ANY PERSON OF LIFE, LIBERTY, OR

PROPERTY, WITHOUT DUE PROCESS OF LAW, NOR DENY TO ANY PERSON WITHIN

ITS JURISDICTION THE EQUAL PROTECTION OF THE LAWS " . (from the 14th

amendment of the constitution of the United States of America. 1868)

 

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