How to Increase Vitamin B17 Intake without Nutritional Supplements

It is believed that cancer may be a disease of dietary deficiency and that vitamin B17, commonly referred to as laetrile, is primary among the deficiency causing cancer. Vitamin B17 is actually the substance amygdalen, discovered over 150 years ago. It is being widely studied and popularly used as a cure for cancer.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

1. Eat more beans and other legumes. Beans are another source of vitamin B17, including mung beans, lima beans, chickpeas and lentils.

2. Snack on nuts such as almonds. Nuts are a dietary source of vitamin B17, as are cashews and macadamia nuts.

3. Add more fruit to your diet. Passion Fruit was discovered to have the subsand amygdalin, or vitamin B17 and is found mostly in the juice. Alomost all wild berries contain this substance, as well as commonly cultivated berries including chokeberry, blackberry, strawberry, elderberry, cranberry and raspberry.

4. Incorporate grains and cereals into your meals. Cereals, such as millet and buckwheat are very rich in vitamin B17.

5. Purchase kernels or seeds of fruit. Vitamin B17, or amygdalen, was first discovered in the seeds of apricot pits. Other seeds and kernels of fruits that contain amygdalen are apple, apricot, peach, pear, cherry, nectarine, plum and prune. Flax, and sesame seeds have the highest concentration of vitamin B17.

Resources

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