Cancer and Complementary Theraphies

1. What is B17 or  laetrile?


B17 or laetrile is a compound that has been used as a treatment for people with cancer.  A purified form of the chemical Amygdalin. Amygdalin containts sugar and produces cyanide; believed to be the active cancer-killing ingredient in laetrile.


2. What is the history of the discovery and use of laetrile as treatment for cancer?

Amygdalin was first isolated in 1830 and was used as an anticancer agent as early as 1845. Laetrile gained popularity in the 1970s as a single anticancer agent and as part of a metabolic therapy program, high - dose vitamin supplement  and pancreatic enzymes.

3.  What is the theory behind the claim that B17 / laetrile is useful in treating cancer?

Cyanide is thought to be the main anticancer ingredient in laetrile. Two other breakdown products or amygdalin and benzaldehyde may also be cancer cell blockers. click here
for more information on that theory.

CHEMOTHERAPHY  SIDE  EFFECTS

   1. Anemia 

       Anemia is when your body doesn't have enough red blood cells. Having anemia can       make  you feel very tired or weak.

  2. Appetite change

     Loss appetite leads to weight loss.

  3. Bleeding problems 

      Chemotherapy could make it easier for the person to bruise and bleed.

  4. Hair loss

      Chemotherapy can harm the cells that make hair. This means that hair on your head and anywhere on your body may fall out. Hair loss is called "alopecia"

  5. Skin and nail change

      - Your skin is itchy , dry, red or hurts

      - Your nails are dark, yellow, or cracked.

  6. Memory change

      They caused  by stress or a medicine you are taking or they may caused by the cancer    treatment or other health problems.

  7.Sexual and fertility changes

     For  man 

     - It may be difficult to get or keep an erection This is called "impotence"

     - You may not to have an orgasm .

     - You may feel too tired or stressed to have sex.

    For woman

    - Dryness or itchy feeling in the vagina 

    - Infections of the vagina or bladder 

    - Periods that are not regular or no periods (menstruation)

    - Stress, fatigue, or little interest in sex

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B17 kill cancer

A cancer cell under electron microscope

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 tumours some 3,000
years ago.

How does B17 kill cancer?

Firstly we need to understand that our bodies use several enzymes to perform many tasks. Our body has one particular enzyme called Rhodanese which is found in large quantities throughout the body but is not presentwhere ever there are cancer cells. Yet, where ever you find cancer in the body, you find another enzyme called Beta-Glucosidase. So, we have the enzyme Rhodanese found everywhere in the body except at the cancer cells, and we have the enzyme Beta-Glucosidase found in very large quantities only at the cancer cell but not found anywhere else in the body. If there is no cancer in the body there is no enzyme Beta-Glucosidase.

Now the following is what scares most people. You see, Vitamin B17 is made up of 2 parts glucose, 1 partHydrogen Cyanide and 1 part Benzaldehyde(analgesic/painkiller). So its very important you understand the following: When B17 is introduced to the body, it is broken down by the enzyme Rhodanese. The Rhodanese breaks the Hydrogen Cyanide and Benzaldehyde down into 2 by-products, Thiocyanate and Benzoic acid which are beneficial in nourishing healthy cells and forms the metabolic pool production for vitamin B12. Any excess of these by-products is expelled in normal fashion from the body via urine. Vitamin B17 passes through your body and does not last longer than 80 minutes inside your body as a result of the Rhodanese breaking it down. (Hydrogen Cyanide has been proven to be chemically inert and non toxic when taken as food or refined pharmaceutical such as laetrile. Sugar has be shown to be 20 times more toxic than B17 - see good & bad cyanide).

HERE IS THE GOOD PART - When the B17 comes into contact with cancer cells, there is no Rhodanese to break it down and neutrelise it but instead, only the enzyme Beta-Gucosidase is present in very large quantities. When B17 and Beta-Glucosidase come into contact with each other, a chemical reaction occurs and the Hydrogen Cyanide and Benzaldehyde combine synergistically to produce a poison which destroys and kills the cancer cells. This whole process is known as selective toxicity. Only the cancer cells are specifically targeted and destroyed. See the diagram above.

THIS IS IMPORTANT !!!!

Foods Containing B17 (Nitrilosides)

Vitamin B-17 is one of the main sources of food in cultures such as the Eskimos, the Hunzas, the Abkasians and many more. Did you know that within these tribes there has never been a reported case of cancer? According to Dr. Krebs, we need a minimum of 100 mg of vitamin B-17 (the equivalent of about seven apricots seeds) too nearly guarantee a cancer free life. Foods that contain vitamin B-17 are as follows:

• KERNELS OR SEEDS OF FRUIT: The highest concentration of vitamin B-17 to be found in nature, aside from bitter almonds. Apple, apricot, cherry, nectarine, peach, pear, plum, prune.

• BEANS: broad (Vicia faba), burma, chickpeas, lentils (sprouted), lima, mung (sprouted), Rangoon, scarlet runner.

• NUTS: Bitter almond, macadamia, cashew.

• BERRIES: Almost all wild berries. Blackberry, chokeberry, Christmas berry, cranberry, elderberry, raspberry, strawberry.

• SEEDS: Chia, flax, sesame.

• GRASSES: Acacia, alfalfa (sprouted), aquatic, Johnson, milkweed, Sudan, minus, wheat grass, white dover.

• GRAINS: oat groats, barley, brown rice, buckwheat groats, chia, flax, millet, rye, vetch, wheat berries.

• MISCELLANEOUS: bamboo shoots, fuschia plant, sorghum, wild hydrangea, yew tree (needles, fresh leaves).

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