Friday Favorites: Do Apricot Seeds Work as an Alternative Cancer Cure?

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[@Sneakycat1971]

Im sure you can't find this information on a google search but finding out what year cancer spiked in the United States would be helpful for the argument. Sorghum used to be a staple in the diet of people in the United States. Sorghum contains amygdalin which is also found in other things like seeds and grasses. Sorghum was replaced with wheat in the 1940s. So people in the 1940s stopped getting amygdalin in their diets and it is said that this is when cancer spiked up. My experience with eating raw bitter apricot seeds that contain amygdalin are decreased lower back pain and a higher metabolism at 52 years old. I eat about 10 seeds a day. On a side note scientist in the 1940s realized our food didn't contain iodine because of using fertilizer and not rotating the soil. They had it put in bread so people could get this essential nutrient. The sugar companies weasel their way in and got the iodine thrown out and the sugar put in. It is very obvious today we have a high rate of people with mental issues and a high cancer rate. Put two and two together.

[@spektred]

You can learn a lot from history. Industrialized food today is such garbage.

[@jameslay6505]

We have to assume that A. cancer started to uptick within 20 years or so that sorghum was replaced with wheat B. that nothing else changed in that 40 year timeframe (+/-20yrs) that could also explain the effect C. that sorghum didn't have other properties that could be anticarcinogenic (that it really was the amygdalin and not, say, just eating more fiber in general or something) D. that acquiring amygdalin in sorgum is the same as aqcuiring it from apricot seeds, and so on and so on. Not saying that you're wrong, but for some it might be a bit of a leap.

[@Apollo440]

I don't know about the cancer spike, but general health issues started to rise with electrification. See Magda Havas's material here on YT. There also was a correlation (which, I know, is not causation) with five G implementation and the big C in twenty twenty. So it is a massive attack on all fronts on our health, whether the people, making the masses change their diets or their environments, know it or not.

[@Sneakycat1971]

@@Apollo440 read the book called The Invisible Rainbow. It talks about how electricity and the different frequencies have caused pandemics throughout the years. I remember back in 2009 - 2010 there was the swine flu pandemic. I remember getting very sick for 2 days during 2010. This was the same time they switched from analog TV signal to the digital TV signal.

[@Apollo440]

@@Sneakycat1971 interesting coincidence. It's definitely "every man on his own" when it comes to our own health. Because waiting for the politics to catch up with what the people instead of what the politics want (aka money from lobbying pharma/tech/any money earning groups) is futile. Thank you for the book recommendation, I think I've heard about it before, will try to find and take a look!

[@bobsilver3983]

I eat them every day...I have seen what they can do for people....and dogs. Apricots seeds are what you need.

[@Lendingyourlight]

@@bobsilver3983 I eat 2 per day and my reflux is gone. I no longer need omeprazole

[@myname604]

When I was a kid, the whole family ate apricot seeds every day. We had nuts of all kinds on the tables with nut crackers for everybody to snack on. I probably ate 100 of the apricot seeds in a single sitting every day. Never ever heard of anybody ever eating enough to make them sick.

[@latinlollipop6126]

What about all the people living on Apricot kernels in Pakistan

[@Apollo440]

The Hunza people. Theyäre doing good.

[@kelleywatt4167]

The HUNZA people of northern Pakistan live to be 100-120 living on apricot kernels, and did I tell you they have no cancer nor are they dying of cyanide, but are thriving, they have studied for their long lives. Their wealth is measured in the amount of apricot trees a tribesman owns. You can buy a HUBZA apricot tree for $144

[@Peter-km7hb]

​@@kelleywatt4167please be quiet big Pharma will hunt you down😢

[@withoutprejudiceallrightsr569]

Sounds like you work for big pharma

[@gertbezuidenhoudt9663]

I will not encourage any person to eat Apricot seeds, because every person have diffirent reactions, but I do, for a very long time now, but it is true you have to be carefull about your intake, I cut the seed in four pieces and then eat a very small piece of the seed, once every second or third day. I do not overdo it.

[@TheRetroChallengerV]

No joke, I eat 4 SEEDS a day, every morning. What are you afraid of lol

[@myname604]

@@TheRetroChallengerV When I was growing up, they were a table snack, everybody eat them by the 100's.

[@kelleywatt4167]

You are under doing it I assure you. Read about the HUNZA people in Pakistan they eat hundreds a day live to be 109-120 and no cyanide poisoning or cancer! God gave us this seed for this reason!

[@pumpamentaIs]

I've eaten heaps no issues

[@kelleywatt4167]

@@gertbezuidenhoudt9663 I eat 10 a day no problems many people eat 100 a day

[@Alex-mp1zb]

The bitter apricot kernels sold in Europe are in fact very low in amygdalin (as low as sweet apricot almonds). I've been eating 24 seeds per day for 10 days so far and I'm not writing from the Other Side! You'll get more amygdalin from Golden apple seeds.

[@myrhev]

Do you eat flaxseed as well? That can also contain cyanide forming compounds. I would be careful how many things I combined.

[@Alex-mp1zb]

@@myrhev I do: 1 tbsp per day (ground) and also the seeds of one apple. It doesn't affect me at all, contrary to the chemo which leaves me exhausted and itchy for a week each time.

[@joanne652]

@@Alex-mp1zb certified Organic Black seed oil (Cold Pressed) 100% pure and Organic Sour sop leaves (Graviola leaf) to make tea, is very effective to use as well. You can also use the liquid version of Graviola Leaf liquid extract. Hope that helps. 🙏🏽

[@Alex-mp1zb]

@@joanne652 Thanks!

[@fredarthur-art]

That seems to be right. Bought a large bag on Amazon (Germany). Started with 2x2 kernels and slowly increased to 3x10 kernels over the course of 1,5 weeks. So I am at 30 kernels a days and haven't noticed any side effects so far - and can't tell if helps either but still early in trying it out. Please be careful, it seems not all kernels are equal in amygdalin amounts.

[@potrebitel3]

Still sold in every nuts store in Bulgaria (at least) - I have been eating packs of 50 or 100g at a time. Roasted and salted. Not sure if they are different by the level of the cyanide - for sure taste different than the ones I have trie din the USA

[@myname604]

I wouldn't eat anything from the USA. I would rather eat Fukushima Tuna than anything out of the USA.

[@keithlb1]

Integrative is what I might consider. Reading Jane McLelland's story is very inspiring.

[@brianjessen9925]

Spicy food definitely kills cancer and so I'm adding 4 red hot peppers (blended with water in a high-speed blender) to rice & beans and I will feel my cancer just melt away.

[@kelleywatt4167]

Actually keto diet works great for cancer, but no rice, beans, bread or pasta, but rather high fat but good fats (, olive oil, heavy cream sauces, veggies, little to no fruit. And absolutely no processed sugar.

[@AndrewPawley11]

I love this channel!

[@Apollo440]

Definitely a source of quotes and basis for health based arguments in my life.

[@pedecia]

Alternative medicines users have died in higher number because they start to use it when too late and exhausted all the conventional treatments options. Practically only as a last desperate act before kicking the bucket.

[@myname604]

Usually after being tortured by chemo too no less.

[@pedecia]

@@myname604 exactly!!!

[@kelleywatt4167]

Chemo kills you that’s a fact.

[@akula9713]

I used to put a few of them in my smoothies. One day a few more than usual were used. My heart rate shot up and stayed up! Ended up in accident and emergency department. Heart rhythm was fine just beating faster. Sent home, told to get some rest, don’t do anything stressful or strenuous. Was ok by next day. NEVER AGAIN!

[@kati-ana]

Suzanne Sommers really was a strong advocate for laetrile. She swore by it for her cancer remission.

[@Jojo61468]

She died from Cancer

[@Lendingyourlight]

@@Jojo61468 I wonder if she did radiation. I’ve read studies that it can cause the cancer to spread

[@venusserafico1161]

She got diagnosed 2000 and just died in 2023.

[@fredarthur-art]

Currently eating 3x10 bitter apricot kernels purchased from a german manufacturer on Amazon. I started with 2x2/kernels/day 10 days ago and slowly increased without any noticable side effects so far. That being said it seems amygdalin levels per kernel/manufacturer/origin might vary a lot. I also cannot say it has helped so far but it's only been 10 days. (I do not intend to increase the dosis further at the moment.)

[@DynamiteBigB]

Any updates?

[@fredarthur-art]

Too early to tell but I am still here with no noticable side effects after 5 weeks of daily consumption.

[@Lendingyourlight]

@@fredarthur-art I eat 2 per day and my reflux is completely gone. I don’t have pain after I eat and I no longer have issues with dairy

[@fredarthur-art]

​@@DynamiteBigB I had my last ultrasound checkup three weeks ago and all suspicious nodes have reduced in size. I did do many other things besides the apricot kernels so I don't know what exactly made a difference but for now I am just happy to make positive progress.

[@Apollo440]

Apricot seed consumption probably came from the diet of the Hunza people, who mostly live longer than a 100 years and look fabulous doing it. I wonder if it is the combination of modern environment plus apricot seed consumption, which leads to detrimental effects? Those Hunza people live in a pretty primitive environment, and therefore eat B12 in its natural form (from the surface of their food). So, maybe, if a person can emulate as much of a B12-rich environment for apricot kernel consumption, it can become safe(r) to consume?

[@aureliaglenn2220]

The claim that the Hunza people tend to live to 100 has been debunked. (Dan Georgakis did so in his book, The Methuselah Factors.)

[@Apollo440]

@@aureliaglenn2220 since when is debunking done with one book by one author? How about good old statistics? Or are solid facts lesser than what one person feels?

[@aureliaglenn2220]

@@Apollo440 He's not the only person who's debunked it, just the first one I could think of off the top of my head.

[@Apollo440]

@@aureliaglenn2220 Well, you would also have to debunk the pictures of those people, just look at their hair. The amount of books or people who wrote about it is irrelevant in the face of facts. Example: Many people write that the Atkins / keto diet saved their lives, when statistics and peer reviewed studies show that it kills. So think for yourself, whether the Hunza longevity has been "debunked" or simply mixed with dirt in the press. The scientific approach would be to look at their lifestyle practices (like fasting for a prolongued period of time every year, living in the mountains = living physically active all their lives, eating most foods derived from plants, etc.). If you find something in their lifestyle that kills - you can try to debunk the myth by yourself.

[@aureliaglenn2220]

@@Apollo440 I don't have to debunk anything, as I didn't claim that the Hunza live to 100 -- you made that claim. Also, why change the subject to Atkins or some other diet, which I didn't mention.

[@AlfredoMontes-jl2or]

Yo como unas semilla diaria y nunca he tenido problemas .

[@WiseMindNutrition]

This makes us so sad, people are looking for genuine solutions and hope, and instead are making themselves sicker. We do believe there is merit to some CAM treatments - this type of utilization certainly should give us pause.

[@TheRetroChallengerV]

I try to eat 4-6 apple seeds a day to get my intake of amygdalin. The cancer fighting compound!!

[@bobsilver3983]

100% yep!

[@Jojo61468]

apple seeds right from the apple?

[@TheRetroChallengerV]

@@Jojo61468 I used to eat apple seeds right from the apple, yes. Now I go apricot seed. 4, sometimes 6 a day

[@TheRetroChallengerV]

@@Jojo61468 odd my very basic reply got deleted...

[@TheRetroChallengerV]

Used to eat apple seeds straight from the apple but now I go 4 to 6 apricot seeds every morning!

[@rayzerot]

Tease!

[@Ded-Ede]

Why say “we will cover next” be then the video ends and part two is not linked to part one. I see this a lot. It is a broken way to promote video.

[@Apollo440]

you have to subscribe and wait for the video to come out

[@Klaudiuszeg]

Thank You Dr Greger, you teached me so much about nutrients, health and skincare and back it with science all the time. Can you talk about 3 supplements that are related to connective tissue health? Glucosamine, Methyl Sulphonyl Methane and Chondroitin I asked AI does those supplements could also affect skin, and it said there is a related benefits of those, because they boost collagen and hyaluronic acid production in the body. Im curious what You think about it. I found those 3 together in a single supplement that isnt expensive.

[@Peter-km7hb]

I take five kernels a day for the last 3 years no negative health effects😮

[@janiceg7661]

I admit i bought them. I dont have cancer, i heard they helped with cancer and thought it may help with some cell dysplasia. Now I'm rethinking eating them. I'll stick with AHCC.

[@kelleywatt4167]

I would stick with GODS CURE, THE APRICOT SEED!

[@alexvega7083]

Part 2 kzbin.info/www/bejne/nImXpqh9brGkfZI

[@GivathBrenner]

Prevention....is a reasonable and credible method....of preventing Cancer. WFPB - Canada Retired

[@rayzerot]

The best cure is never catching the disease to start with, eh?

[@keithlb1]

She talks about building a Metro map to attack cancer based on scientific research, low-dose chemo with things like repurposed drugs like Metformin from the Care Oncology Clinic in London and now the US, supplements like Berberine to name one, high dose intravenous Vitamin C, now offers a course on how to go about this One problem is that most Oncologists will not agree to low dose chemo. She wrote the book How To Starve Cancer which is very informative and inspiring

[@Alex-mp1zb]

Unfortunately, the Metro map is very complicated and JMcL has turned into big business...

[@allencrider]

magical thinking

[@Apollo440]

@@allencrider ellaborate

[@Apollo440]

@@allencrider don't know why my comment is invisible, but I said: "ellaborate" (on that thought) meaning - tell us what part of the comment above do you consider "magical thinking"? What do you mean by that?

[@tara281]

Where is part two?

[@nickowens3300]

Who is the owner behind this page

[@latinlollipop6126]

I meant the Hanza people the below was a typing error!

[@Peter-km7hb]

Thanks for the information big pharmaceutical company I take five kernels a day for the last 3 years no negative health effects😮

[@bredemeijer9648]

B12 injections are the cyanide kit. Super high dose. 2 x 5 mg.

[@jameslay6505]

b12 injections are not typically cyanocobolamin but hydroxocobalamin. Neither are amygdalin (b17)

[@alanx4121]

b17 injections. then the reaction that releases cyan occurs only in the cc cells, supposedly, and not in the intestines.

[@Groucho_Marxist_ASMR]

Some guy came to my college to give a presentation to a class one day, and talked about the book "The Creature from Jekyll Island" like it was some great informative book, so I bought it on Amazon. I started reading it, and... I soon had a strong sensation that it was complete BS, so I googled the author to see if he had written any other books. Yeah, he also wrote "World without Cancer: The Story of Vitamin B17". After a quick search on "Vitamin B17", I put the book away and never read another word.

[@safffff1000]

Typical person, throws the baby out with the bath water. One book was for cancer but you threw out a history book that is excellent description of the banking system

[@Groucho_Marxist_ASMR]

@@safffff1000 lol, dude's a hack.

[@Apollo440]

@@Groucho_Marxist_ASMR whatever the "dude" is - dudn't matter. What matters is what he is saying. Following leaders, stars and "guru's" is such a sheep thing to do. Follow the information, test it through different sources, see how it does in the face of facts.

[@spektred]

Also, G. Edward Griffin (the author who wrote those books) is 92 years old and he's not taking a single medication. He's also mentally sharp. I heard him get interviewed on a finance channel not long ago. So you might want to do some better research before just throwing stuff out. Finance experts know that book, and he may be on to something as far as health is concerned too.

[@Groucho_Marxist_ASMR]

@@Apollo440 ok, I did some research and read the G. Edward Griffin article on Wikipedia and now I think he's even more of a hack.

[@nazokashii]

Thank you for this

[@Hyperion1040]

Is b17 in other seeds ie apple seeds?

[@Mr.N0.0ne]

It's a useful topic as cancer is now apparently increasing as of 2021, according to a leading British oncologist. He said he's seen a sharp rise after a specific treatment was widely administered. Hopefully he is mistaken.

[@Alex-ky4cd]

Yeah bro, I heard Kate Middleton now has TURBO cancer thanks to a certain treatment. People are sheep

[@MS-sr6mj]

It's been raising for the last 3 decades. 🙄

[@r3dp1ll]

the clot shot ?

[@apexon]

@@MS-sr6mjyeah because we have more tools to observe cancers and to effectively identify them. Cancer rates have rose every year since its discovery.

[@bellenesatan]

It has been rising for the last 3 decades a previous commenter said, and it didn't stop rising any time soon. Someone being a British oncologist doesn't give them the credentials to make such broad claims about global health hazards. Science is consensus, not opinion.