As part of our leadership training with AIM Global-a Multi-Level Marketing company; we agreed that we must have a weekly meeting to monitor our progress. We usually share our WINS during the week and basically give each a pat on the back. One by one we are made to talk about our individual marketing presentation, drill, grill and discussions. Then out of the blue one of my colleagues just blurted out about B17, a vitamin that is believed to cure cancer. Cure for cancer? That stopped in my tracks and already highly tickled by this wonder cure.
I know me, I am a supplement enthusiast which was the real reason why I invested in this health supplement company. Right after going home I immediately researched on Vitamin B17
. Indeed, the controversy surrounding the Vit B17 went beyond mere disclaimer of its use but the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) releasing a propaganda against the use of B17. What's the fuss about B17? Vitamin B17 or Amygdalin
can be found in almost every fruit we eat but Apricot beats them all for having the highest content of B17, it is said that it is cure for cancer. Now that is monumental! So monumental that it sent one man into maximum security prison in Westchester County which houses the most dangerous criminals in the US. His crime? Raking thousands of dollars from selling of Apricot seeds and liquid extract from apricot seeds called Laetrile or Amygdalin over the internet. In 2003, Jason Vale was sentenced up to 20 years. When Jason was 18 he was diagnosed with cancer, after surgery and sessions of chemotherapy and radiation, the cancer went into remission. Sadly after a year, his cancer came back and this time it affected his kidney, out of desperation he sought a more different approach to curing his terminal disease; eating the pits of the apricots and peaches seeds. After 10 months of eating the seeds his cancer disappeared. Because of his miraculous recovery from the terminal case of cancer Jason has started selling Apricot seeds and the injectible laetrile. However, there was a hitch, the FDA banned the use of laetrile and raw apricot seeds for "The FDA takes seriously its responsibility to protect patients from unproven products being peddled on the internet by modern day snake oil salesmen such as the defendant in this case. There is no scientific evidence that Laetrile offers anything but false hope to cancer patients." stated by the FDA Commissioner McCLELLAN. By this rule, Jason's business is illegal and indeed he was sent to languish in prison with the most amiable(pun intended) criminals. So why is the FDA so allergic with B17 in apricot seeds or laetrile(the extract from the seed)? The agency believe that it is poisonous because of its cyanide content. Apricot seeds does contain cyanide but it is cyanide radical (CN) which needs H to be poisonous according to Dr. Manuel D. Navarro, a nutritional oncologist. He further explained that "The molecule of Vitamin B17 is in itself not poisonous until it is hydrolyzed or split by an enzyme called Beta glucosidase or glucuronidase (B.G). when B17 is injected into a cancerous patient, the B.G. around the cancer cells splits the B17 and the HCN produced diffuses into the cancer cells poisoning them, while the normal cells nearby are not poisoned due to the presence of an enzyme, rhodanese, - not found in the cancer cells. The rhodanese adds an Atom of Sulfur to the CN to form SCN, a very mild hypotensive." An outstanding claim that left people with cancer desperate for cure excited.
The threat, however if people with cancer resort to natural alternative cure then the big pharmaceutical companies that are making chemotherapy drugs and cancer research will lose 200 billion dollars worth of revenue. If you are in business, it is but normal to eliminate any possible threats any way possible even to the extend of subverting the law. If the government will allow the use of Amygdalin then imagine the money being lost to them (pharmaceutical companies) to mere apricot seeds. Simply a big slap on the pharmaceuticals companies faces who have been trying to improve chemotherapy drugs but only has 50-70% effectiveness and efficacy.
I understand why the government have to protect its people from taking any medicine or natural cure that does not guarantee of cure, nonetheless, it the prerogative of the patient with cancer to resort to something natural when all else failed. It is said that people who received chemotherapy sometimes accelerated the growth of cancer cells. Chemotherapy may kill cancer cells but also kill healthy cells that could combat those wayward cells. Jason's mistake however is by saying that Laetrile or Amygdalin is the "cure" which can set a dangerous message to desperate people with cancer especially that the United States listed Amygdalin or the trade name Laetrile being is illegal. As for the pharmaceutical companies and the doctors of medicine, anything that is an alternative cure like herbal or natural is treated with cold shoulder if not given a healthy does of skepticism because it was not there orientation.
If I were a one of the cancer patients I would resort to anything like gobbling up tons of apricots seeds and to hell I care. It is my body and it is mine to however I do with it. When push comes to shove when chemotherapy does not assure me of guaranteed 100% cure of cancer, then why not resort to herbal medicine. I am not saying that I will not take pharmaceutical medicines but I would pair it with natural supplements that can boost my immune system. In the published issue of The Mayo Clinic to the American Journal of America Medical Association in February 23, 1981 said that B17 is safe to be taken orally. In their 36 years of studies, they have yet to report people who had toxic reaction of it. That was light years ago, based on my research there hasn't been any cases yet of people dying from eating too much apricot seeds or injecting down laetrile. Ironic, how these people from medicine and science advocate healthy living and lifestyle and yet distance themselves from an alternative "cure" for cancer, in this case, apricot seed or laetrile. This is one prime example of an all natural possible cure for cancer that can save lives and make people healthy and yet doctors will no support. I think it is time for these pharmaceutical companies and most especially the FDA to be unselfish and open the venue to further study of B17 and even allow patent to it for public awareness, consumption and "cure".
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