I've heard of it in the early '70s. The idea was developed in the '30s. So why isn't it being pushed? (Then again, it took centuries after Jacques Cartier's encounter with the cure for scurvy before vitamin C was accepted. )

Today, there are many nutrients and food substances that are being shown to have some effect on the treatment of cancer, but all these nutrients have other functions as well and their role in cancer just seems secondary.

This nutrient I've heard about, now that I think about it, seems to have no other function except to kill cancer cells. Those of you who are familiar with my ideas already know what it is: Vitamin B-17.

Of course, tied up with this idea is that cancer is just a normal healing mechanism (differentiation of trophoblasts or stem cells into tissue needed for healing) gone out of control. But we have our immune system and enzymes to deal with this, and the back-up of the trophoblast killer nutrient, B-17.

So the challenge remains: For those of us who do not have obvious cancer, why not go on the preventive path by making B-17 rich foods a part of our diet? It's no big deal because there are lots of possible sources:

https://www.worldwithoutcancer.org.uk...ventative.html

Do get to learn all about this approach:

https://www.worldwithoutcancer.org.uk

And don't neglect to listen to the audio:

https://www.worldwithoutcancer.org.uk/cancer.ram

It loads up in a few minutes and you can listen to it later even if disconnected from the 'net as long as you don't turn off the player after loading. (You can pause the player but the program will still continue to load to completion.)

Although even the proponents of this approach now seem to be entangled in trying to treat cancer, they and everyone else must not lose sight of the fact that prevention is always better than cure.

And for those who already "have cancer" (actually, we all do and it's just a question of extent, according to the trophoblastic thesis of cancer), be sure to include this in your arsenal. Who knows? it might still be effective as a cure. :wink:

Gerry

Censored by a conspiracist.

I'm not doubting the product's benefits, but I think vitamin B-17 is water soluble, which is why it was classed with the B-vitamins. If so, then I doubt if it would be in the oil. But I could be wrong.

Gerry

Censored by a conspiracist.

Yes!

I had the privelege to meet him in the late '70s when a couple of classmates of mine planned to do a study on B-17. I tagged along as they went to visit him. He gave us a vial of injectable B-17 which he prepared, and shared with us several reprint articles of his which were published in the medical journal of the prestigious college of medicine of the University of Santo Tomas where he worked. One was entitled, "Why are cancer patients pregnant?" (because of the HCG produced by cancer/trophoblast cells). At that time, he was developing a method of extracting the vitamin from seeds of a local fruit known as chesa.

Later, in the mid-'80s, I had an officemate who consulted with him because of a uterine myoma. She got a similar advice of taking a square inch of raw cassava, and taking some enzyme tablets. However, she opted for an operation then.

It's too bad I did not maintain our contact, but animal tumors were not common in that time -- dogs still eating natural food because commercial dog food was really scarce. 8)

Gerry

Gerry, anyone, any comments on this report from an alternative medicine forum (not Hades)

Ginger 'may fight ovarian cancer'
Ginger may help to fight ovarian cancer, US scientists believe.
University of Michigan researchers announced at the American Association of
Cancer Research that tests show ginger kills cancer cells.
The study also found that the spice had the added benefit of stopping the
cells from becoming resistant to treatment.
But UK cancer experts said that, while ginger may in the future form a basis
of a new drug, more research was needed to corroborate the findings.

Ginger is already known to ease nausea and control inflammation, but the
findings by the US team offer cancer patients new hope.