#laetrile

[millenniallust4death]

There is no question that the meager, late response of the medical community to the laetrile challenge was an important factor in its success. The FDA had no ally and was simply outgunned. To the degree that we did not learn this lesson of history, we will surely have the opportunity to relive it.

— Irving J. Lerner, The Whys of Cancer Quackery (1984), p. 819.

Laetrile, marketed as “Vitamin B17", is a compound derived from apricot pits that was falsely promoted as a "natural" cancer cure in the 1970s. It has no definitive anticancer effect in humans and can cause cyanide poisoning, especially when ingested with common raw foods like almonds, carrots, and celery. These foods contain beta-glucosidase, an enzyme that breaks laetrile down into cyanide. Despite these risks, the "cure" was embraced by desperate patients, championed by political extremists, and protected by anti-regulation activists. Laetrile remains one of the most notorious cases of modern medical quackery.

The laetrile cult is perhaps the most bizarre, ruthless, deceptive, misleading and dangerous health cult to come along in this century.

— Victor Herbert, Laetrile: The Cult of Cyanide (1979), p. 1124.

Magical cures lurk at the intersection between the denial and bargaining stages of grief. It’s why vulnerable people start taking laetrile, ivermectin, or whatever the next so-called secret cure is. Be wary when poison starts looking like hope.

A few references:

He, X.-Y., Wu, L.-J., Wang, W.-X., Xie, P.-J., Chen, Y.-H., & Wang, F. (2020). Amygdalin – A pharmacological and toxicological review. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 254, 112717. DOI.

Herbert, V. (1979). Laetrile: The cult of cyanide. Promoting poison for profit. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 32(5), 1121–1158. DOI.

Lerner, I. J. (1984). The whys of cancer quackery. Cancer, 53(3 Suppl), 815–819. URL.

Milazzo, S., Horneber, M., & Ernst, E. (2015). Laetrile treatment for cancer. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2015(4), CD005476. DOI.

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Apricot Kernels for Healing Cancer: The Story of the Hunza People of Northern Pakistan, their Health and Lifestyle

Apricot Kernels for Healing Cancer: The Story of the Hunza People of Northern Pakistan, their Health and Lifestyle:

What the Hunzas Knew About Apricot Kernels

In the 1930s, Major Sir Robert McCarrison wrote about a tribe called the Hunzas who lived in the remote countryside near Northern Pakistan. He encountered this hardy community while he was working with the Indian Medical Service. According to McCarrison’s written observations, the Hunzas seemed to enjoy near-perfect health. Some lived to be over 135…

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[clinicalherbalist]

Wild Cherry (Prunus serotina) bark. It’s used as a cough suppressant, which is not a mechanism of action that i tend towards using in ny practice (It’s usually safer and more effective to stop what is causing the coughing), but when it is called for it’s pretty good at what it does. The usual compound is a syrup, since that form of the medicine is soothing to the throat which might be raw from coughing, and because it masks the bitterness of the cherry bark. . . . If harvested at the right time, when the sap is running and the leaves are just starting to emerge (now-ish) cherry bark can be scratched open with a fingernail and peeled off in long strips without using any tools. In this species, it has a lovely aromatic scent, sort of like cherries and vanilla. The base note is an almond or apple-seed like scent of cyanogenic compounds found in many species of prunus (including almonds). In large enough doses, these conpounds (which produce cyanide when metabolized) ought to suppress not only coughing but breathing; and yet reports of such reactions are rare, probably because there is a wide enough margin between the therapeutic dose and the harmful dose. . . .#herbalmedicine #herbalist #naturalmedicine #tree #nontimberforestproducts #appalachia #traditionalmedicine #coughsyrup #laetrile #b17

[millenniallust4death]

From the Vice story:

Before his death from "unknown causes", ivermectin influencer (I can’t.) Danny Lemoi pushed apricot kernels, aka laetrile, as a natural cancer cure. His followers on Telegram dismissed warnings about cyanide poisoning as fear mongering.

I fact-checked the story by browsing Lemoi's Telegram group - going back to posts from 2022. And yeah, it’s full of misinformation and jingoistic memes. But also… was my reading experience really that different from how Tumblr appears from the outside?

No deep thoughts here. I just keep thinking about the headline:

Dead Ivermectin Influencer Told Followers to Take Cyanide to Cure Cancer.

Every word sends me.

[peoplespanacea]

In this 1978 essay, Susan Sontag argues against the use of illness as methapors. She makes comparisons between tuberculosis, cancer, syphillis and other dissease to exmine how people made meaning about illness and our "dual citizenship, in the kingdom of the well and in the kingdom of the sick," a rite of passage we must all endure.

The John Birch Society, an extreme right-wing political group, was the primary organizer of the laetrile movement for the treatment of cancer. Despite the claims made, research scientists failed to identify any life-saving effect of the drug in the treatment of cancer in human and animal trials. Still, Dr. John A. Richardson and others insisted that the federal government was involved in overreach and denying the usefulness of the drug.

[natural-medicine]

Best Vitamin B 17 Capsules

Vitamin B 17 is gaining popularity as a natural medicine, alternative cure treatment, or alternative medicine because of its chemotherapeutic properties. It is considered a natural remedy. Nowadays, people prefer vitamin therapies more than conventional anticancer therapies. This is because conventional methods like chemotherapy and radiation therapy have many side effects. Vitamin B 17 is also known as Amygdalin and Laetrile. It may also be used for various other diseases and pathological conditions like:

Pain and inflammation

Indigestion issues

High blood pressure

High oxidative stress

Leprosy

Why Is Vitamin B 17 Good For Health?

Dr. Ernst Kreb is one of the discoverers who brought Vitamin B17 into the light for its potential anti-cancer effects by developing Laetrile Therapy. According to him, deficiency of this vitamin B 17 is the main cause of cancer. Following are the key therapeutic excellences of vitamin B 17 (Amygdalin):

Anti-aging: Because of its amazing  antioxidant properties, it helps prevent the scarring and wrinkling of the skin. This makes your skin youthful and radiant.

Anti-inflammatory Action: It helps manage inflammation associated diseases like arthritis, endometriosis, general body pains, Dry-Eye Syndrome, and liver cell damage due to injury and inflammation.

Lung and Liver Health: It helps manage respiratory issues particularly asthma, bronchitis, and emphysema. Moreover, it is also a potent detoxifier and efficiently eliminates toxins from the liver cells.

Optimization of Blood Pressure: It optimally helps manage the raised blood pressure levels by producing powerful blood pressure-lowering agents in the body.

Cell Protection: Being a powerful antioxidant, it protects our cell walls from getting  damaged by the free radicals attack. This helps enhance the cell life and keeps its contents intact inside.

Strengthens Immunity: It helps strengthen the body’s ability to fight infections by increasing the blood cell count in the body.

There are many evidence based studies in the support of high therapeutic richness of Vitamin B 17 (Amygdalin).

Know More About Vitamin B17

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B-17 / Laetrile: Alternative Cancer Treatment Suppressed

B-17 / Laetrile: The Alternative Cancer Treatment and Cancer Cure Suppressed For Over 50 Years by the FDA, AMA, and Pharmaceutical Industry.

How B-17 works (a tale of two enzymes): Rhodanese is an enzyme found everywhere in the body except for cancer cells. Beta-Glucosidase is an enzyme found only in and around cancer cells.

Hold that thought.

Vitamin B-17 is a molecule made up of four parts: -2 parts Glucose -1 part Benzaldahyde -1 part Hydrogen Cyanide

I know what you’re thinking. Cyanide? Yikes! Don’t worry, cyanide in this form is non-toxic, just like it is in this form of B-12 (Cyanocobalamin).

Normal healthy cells contain the enzyme Rhodanese which neutralizes the Benzaldahyde and Hydrogen Cyanide in B-17. It converts them to the useful nutrient compounds Thyiocyanate and Benzoic acid.

Here’s the amazing part: The glucose delivers B-17 to the cancer cells, but cancer cells do not have the enzyme Rhodanese to neutralize the cyanide. Instead they have a unique enzyme called Beta-Glucosidase. This “unlocking enzyme”, found only in cancer cells, releases the Benzaldahyde and Cyanide from the glucose and each other creating a targeted poison that kills the cancer cell. It’s kind of like “natural chemo”.

This is also why integrative doctors and many health experts identify a lack of essential nutrients like a Vitamin B-17 and/or a proteolytic (protein digesting) enzyme deficiency, as contributing “causes” of cancer.

In other words, cancer is a natural process that occurs in your body when it is deprived of essential nutrients. Restore the nutrients and you empower your body to heal.

Where can you find B-17? In the foods no one eats of course! B-17 occurs in abundances in nature and is bitter to the taste. In order to improve taste of certain foods, the food industry has eliminated bitter substances like B-17 by selection and cross-breeding. When is the last time you ate something bitter on purpose?

B-17 is present in foods rich in nitrilosides i.e. bitter foods like bitter almonds. One of the highest concentrations of B-17 is found in raw apricot seeds aka apricot kernels.

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Vitamin B17 laetrile can help to cure cancer

Vitamin B17 laetrile has been promoted as a great option to treat cancer. A lot of people have tried this formulation and got a positive result. Results are all most positive in all case, though it can vary person to person according to the health condition.