Vitamin B-17 as Preventative
Vitamin B-17 is one of the main sources of food in
cultures such as the Eskimos, the Hunzas, the
Abkhasians and among many more peoples. 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 to fifteen apricots seeds)
to guarantee a nearly cancer free life.
Foods that contain vitamin B-17 are as follows:
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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.
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BEANS: broad (Vicia faba), burma, chickpeas,
lentils (sprouted), lima, mung (sprouted), Rangoon,
scarlet runner.
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NUTS: Bitter almond, macadamia, cashew.
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BERRIES: Almost all wild forest fruits. Blackberry,
chokeberry, Christmas berry, cranberry, elderberry,
raspberry, strawberry.
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SEEDS: Chia, flax, sesame.
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GRASSES: Acacia, alfalfa (sprouted), Johnson-weed,
milkweed, Sudan, ischamum minus, wheat grass,
trifolium repens (clover).
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GRAINS: oat groats, barley, brown rice, buckwheat
groats, chia, flax, millet, rye, vetch, wheat
berries.
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MISCELLANEOUS: bamboo shoots, fuschia plant,
sorghum, wild hydrangea, yew tree (needles, fresh
leaves).
Two rules of thumb:
According to Dr. Krebs, the basic concept is that
sufficient daily B-17 may be obtained by following
either of two suggestions:
First, eating all the B-17-containing fruits whole
(seeds included), but not eating more of the seeds
by themselves than you would be eating if you ate
them in the whole fruit. Example: if you eat three
apples a day, the seeds in the three apples are
sufficient B-17. You would not eat a pound of apple
seeds.
Second, one peach or apricot kernel per 5 kgs (10
lbs) of body weight is believed to be more than
sufficient as a normal safeguard in cancer
prevention, although precise numbers may vary from
person to person in accordance with individual
metabolism and dietary habits. A 85-kg man, for
example, might consume 17 apricot or peach kernels
per day and receive a biologically reasonable amount
of Vitamin B-17.
And two important notes:
Certainly, you can consume too much of anything.
Too many kernels or seeds, for example, can be
expected to produce unpleasant side effects. These
natural foods should be consumed in biologically
rational amounts (no more than 30 to 35 kernels per
day).
High concentrations of B-17 can be obtained by
eating the natural foods in their raw or sprouting
stage. This does not mean that moderate cooking and
other tampering methods will destroy the B-17
content. Foods cooked at a temperature sufficient
for a Chinese dinner, for example, will not lose
their B-17 content |
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