{"id":2702,"date":"2015-02-26T13:57:22","date_gmt":"2015-02-26T13:57:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blackbeltwhitehat.com\/?p=2702"},"modified":"2017-01-22T17:21:48","modified_gmt":"2017-01-22T17:21:48","slug":"apricot-kernels-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackbeltwhitehat.com\/en\/2015\/02\/26\/apricot-kernels-cancer\/","title":{"rendered":"Apricot Kernels, Bitter Almonds &amp; Cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This stuff is always popping up on my Twitter and FB feed &#8211; sodium bicarbonate, ketogenic diet, and vitamin b17 kills cancer. Oh and cannabis, obviously. To be fair, there is a huge amount of evidence for cannabis &#8216;preventing&#8217; cancer, but that&#8217;s another story&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>I decided to spend a bit of time, actually researching the claims surrounding vitamin b17 &#8211; found in apricot kernels and bitter almonds.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll update this post as I work my way through the internet finding evidence for and against.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6351\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6351\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6351\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blackbeltwhitehat.com\/en\/2015\/02\/26\/apricot-kernels-cancer\/2708578332_8045965f82_z\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackbeltwhitehat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/2708578332_8045965f82_z.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2708578332_8045965f82_z\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Image Source&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackbeltwhitehat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/2708578332_8045965f82_z.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6351\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackbeltwhitehat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/2708578332_8045965f82_z.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"apricot kernels\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6351\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/kingdavid\/2708578332\" target=\"_blank\">Image Source<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#ff0000;\"> I&#8217;m not suggesting that vitamin B17\/amygdalin is effective &#8211; Please make your own mind up &#8211; remember around 50g will actually kill you.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Apricot kernels contain &#8216;vitamin b17&#8217;, also known as laetrile and\u00a0amygdalin.<\/p>\n<p>For a more accurate definition, please see the cancer research webpage <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cancerresearchuk.org\/about-cancer\/cancers-in-general\/treatment\/complementary-alternative\/therapies\/laetrile\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s\u00a0some studies that I managed to find, with the titles and very brief summaries:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Journal of Immunopharmacology and Immunotoxicology <\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Volume 35, 2013 &#8211; Issue 1 i<\/strong><span style=\"text-decoration:underline;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration:underline;\">Amygdalin induces apoptosis in human cervical cancer cell line HeLa cells<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The effect of amygdalin on cervical cancer cells has never been studied. In this study, we found that the viability of <span style=\"text-decoration:underline;\">human cervical cancer HeLa cell line was significantly inhibited by amygdalin<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/informahealthcare.com\/doi\/abs\/10.3109\/08923973.2012.738688\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/informahealthcare.com\/doi\/abs\/10.3109\/08923973.2012.738688<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Vol. 29 (2006) No. 8 P 1597-1602<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration:underline;\">Amygdalin Induces Apoptosis through Regulation of Bax and Bcl-2 Expressions in Human DU145 and LNCaP Prostate Cancer Cells<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-size:small;\">D<\/span>-amygdalin (<small><span style=\"font-size:small;\">D<\/span><\/small>-mandelonitrile-\u03b2-<small><span style=\"font-size:small;\">D<\/span><\/small>-gentiobioside) is known to exhibit selective killing effect on cancer cells&#8230;T<span style=\"text-decoration:underline;\">he present study reveals that amygdalin may offer a valuable option for the treatment of prostate cancers.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jstage.jst.go.jp\/article\/bpb\/29\/8\/29_8_1597\/_article\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.jstage.jst.go.jp\/article\/bpb\/29\/8\/29_8_1597\/_article<\/a> Interestingly so far, a lot of the Asian studies seem to suggest that it works as a potential cancer treatment<\/p>\n<p><strong>World J Gastroenterol. 2005 Sep 7; 11(33): 5156\u20135161.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Published online 2005 Sep 7. doi: 10.3748\/wjg.v11.i33.5156<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration:underline;\">Amygdalin inhibits genes related to cell cycle in SNU-C4 human colon cancer cells<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"text-decoration:underline;\">Results suggest that amygdalin<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration:underline;\"> have an anticancer effect<\/span> via downregulation of cell<br \/>\ncycle-related genes in SNU-C4 human colon cancer cells,<br \/>\nand might be used for therapeutic anticancer drug.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC4320388\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC4320388\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Pretty interesting?!<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m even more confused now. You might be interested in the reviews on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Apricot-Kernels-500mg-Capsules-Additive\/dp\/B00TX46DB4\/ref=pd_sim_325_1?_encoding=UTF8&amp;psc=1&amp;refRID=Q9S7BACTX7ETJ6X0XAZP\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon<\/a> as well, a lot of them talk about the almonds curing\/helping with cancer treatment.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This stuff is always popping up on my Twitter and FB feed &#8211; sodium bicarbonate, ketogenic diet, and vitamin b17 kills cancer. Oh and cannabis, obviously. 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