Laetrile (Amygdalin)

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Laetrile (Amygdalin)

James South's Laetrile article

 

 

In 1902 John Beard, a Professor of Embryology at the University of

Edinburgh, suggested that malignant tumors—cancer might be cured by

the

effective use of ordinary enzymes (Instead of the maiming surgery,

poisonous Chemotherapy, or burning radiation used by the modern

medical establishment.)

 

Both Beard and his theory were ridiculed by the Scientists of the

day and it wasn't until 1938 that the Edinburg professor's work was

picked up and continued by Dr. Ernst Krebs and his son, Ernst Krebs

Jr. devoted

their lives to nutrition therapy and after many years of research,

isolated a new vitamin in the 1950's that he numbered B17 and called

Laetrile. As the years rolled by, thousands became convinced that

Drs.

Krebs had finally found the complete controlling substance for all

cancers, a conviction that even more people share today. Back in

1950's

Ernst Krebs could have had little idea of the hornet's nest he was

about

to stir up.

 

Unable to patent or claim exclusive rights to the vitamin he had

isolated, because it is derived from a natural source (The Prunus

Amygdalis Rosacea family), the multinationals pharmaceuticals

launched

and have continued to launch attacks of unprecedented vicious

propaganda

against B17 despite the hard proof of its effectiveness in

controlling

all forms of cancer which is available in overwhelming abundance.

 

Laetrile is also known by its more common generic name " Amygdalin " ,

or

Vitamin B17. IT is found in natural foods which contain nitriloside

and

has been used and studied extensively for well over 100 years.

 

 

 

The use of Amygdalin (Laetrile/Vitamin B17) in the treatment of

human

cancer dates back at least to 1843, although the ancient Chinese are

reported to have used bitter almonds containing significant

quantities

of it in the treatment of tumors some 3,000 years ago.

 

Amygdalin (Laetrile/ Vitamin B17) is particularly prevalent in the

seeds

of those fruits in the Prunus Rosacea family (bitter almond,

apricot,

blackthorn, cherry, nectarine, peach and plum.) It is also contained

in

grasses, maize, sorghum, millet, cassava, linseed, apple seeds, and

many

other foods that, generally, have been deleted from the menus of

modern

civilization. Fruit kernels or seeds generally have other nutrients

as

well, some protein, unsaturated fatty acids, and various minerals.

The

most common source of B17 is the apricot kernel and is present in

about

a 2-3 percent levels of concentration within the seed kernel.

 

The exact action of Amygdalin (Laetrile/Vitamin B17) in its effect

on

cancer cells is still theoretical even though it has clear and

obvious

results. B17 molecule contains two units of glucose (sugar), one of

the

benzaldehyde, and one of cyanide, all tightly locked together.

 

Apparently, cancer cells do not possess the important enzyme called

rhodanese. In fact they have another enzyme, beta-glucosidase, that

releases the cyanide, and benzaldehyde which then poisons the cancer

cells; this is a phenomenon known as synergism. Beta-glucosidase is

always present in great quantity, sometimes at levels of one hundred

times than that of the surrounding normal cells.

 

The result is that vitamin B17 is unlocked at the cancer cell,

releases

its poisons to the cancer cell and only the cancer cell. Normal

cells

have a very important enzyme called rhodanese, that inactivates the

cyanide and converting it instantly into by-products that actually

are

beneficial and essential to health. This enzyme is found in great

quantities in every part of the body except the cancer cell which

consequently, is not protected.

 

 

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