Apricot Seeds
Does anyone know about the health benefits that come from eating apricot seeds? According to the American Medical Association, there are none. According to the empirical data on the Hunzas, the health benefits might put the entirety of the American Cancer industry out of business.
Ping accepts my research and recommendations about health completely, and I accept hers as well because she has proven that she knows traditional Chinese medicine quite well. It is interesting when our knowledge overlaps as it has with vitamin B-17. She doesn't know about the vitamin, but she knows the value of vegetables that contain its active ingredient.
I always wondered why Ping pushed for the inclusion of garbanzo beans any time she makes bean soup, just as I have wondered why she pushes us to eat mung bean soup every week. Now I have discovered that they are both high in vitamin B-17. At my urging, she has joined me in eating apricot seeds every day because they are the highest known source of vitamin B-17.
So what do the Hunzas have to do with this? Well, the wealth of a person in Hunza is not measure in money or cows; it is measured by how many apricot trees they own. The apricot is a primary source of food, and the apricot seed is treasured as the best part of the apricot. Because of this, according to scientists and chemists and even doctors when they take time to study the research (which almost happens in the U.S. because they would lose their license to practice medicine if they acted on what they learned), the vitamin B-17 in the apricot seeds is the reason that the Hunzas never have cancer.
Sound far fetched? I am convinced it is true. I guess we need to get Craig to weigh in on this because I know he reads a lot about natural health remedies.
Yes, I can weigh in on this. Learned most of what I know from my mother. I am actually very well aware of vitamin B-17, and can heartily recommend the Little Cyanide Cookbook (yes, odd name, but that is the active component of B-17). Here is a link: http://www.amazon.com/Cyanide-Cookbook-Delicious-Recipes-Vitamin/dp/0912986379
It has many recipes for items high in this vitamin. I make a point of eating the seeds of apples which contain this vitamin, which is also present in small amounts in almonds (and is what causes the bitter taste). Amazing how even poisons are beneficial in small amounts. The bottom line is moderation in everything. Studies have shown overdosing on vitamins will cause bigger problems than a complete lack of them. Just be careful to not overdo it.
Theories hold that since cancer cells tend to overindulge in using resources, they kill themselves by ingesting a critical mass of B-17 that a normal cell would never reach.
Be careful out there
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I figured you would know about this, Craig. There is a book you might like to read if you haven't read it yet. It is World Without Cancer. In fact, if everyone read this book, including doctors, there would likely be an overthrow of the American Medical Association and the FDA.
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