Has anyone heard of eating raw apricot seeds for the prevention/treatment of cancer? It has to do with the B-17 inside the almond looking seed that is inside of the pit. I'd like to hear any comments on, or experience with, this practice. I work with a man who's now 76 years old, for the past thirty years he's been part of a study on cancer. The subjects ingest, daily, a specified amount of this substance, via apricot seeds, apple seeds, certain grasses, etc. To date, NONE of the original 1000 people have had cancer, none... Does anyone else have any stories on this subject? Thanks.

I first heard of the apricots for cancer in the 80's the woman that I knew that was doing it did die. Cancer can not live in a properly balanced body. If your body is detoxed and PH balanced you have the best chance of surviving cancer. Not only are these good to reverse cancer but they also are preventative for many diseases. Keep up with dr visits and ask about CAM therapy (using traditional medicine with supplement alternatives)
Especially if cancer is in progressed stages.

Unfortunately many people grasp on to ONE thing for cancer and do not do a thourough study.
There are foods you should eliminate and foods you should eat as much as you can.
You need to cut down on meats and bad fats, sugar, soda and processed foods to name a few.
Drink brewed teas (many of the drinks such as Fuze, Lipton and snapple are full of sugar and preservatives which counter act the benefit of the good ingredients).

Some of the things that should also be taken/eaten for cancer are
Pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds for prostate cancer
Fruits and vegetables -antioxidents
Especially peppers for prostate cancer
Beta sitosterol (found in green peppers) (weaker form saw palmetto) for prostate cancer
Green tea -home brewed
vitamin C ascorbate for breast cancer
Essaic -(also in tea form) essential for all cancers
Shark cartilage & C0 Q 10 -essential for all cancers
Chinese astragulas --essential for all cancers
Periwinkle

Edit: forgot
Probiotics -natural organic yogurt
Omega fatty acid & good fats

These are really good website. Really study them.

Healing Cancer Naturally via Alternative Holistic Cancer Treatment: Welcome! (http://www.healingcancernaturally.com/)

The Gerson Institute - Alternative Cancer Treatment (http://www.gerson.org/)

Dr. Lorraine Day's Personal, Official Web Site - Her Amazing Recovery from Cancer. (http://drday.com/)

Essiac Tea Sample (http://www.discount-essiac-tea.com/essiac-tea-sample.html)

Natural Health School (http://www.naturalhealthschool.com/)

We have a Facebook group dedicated to B17 and other cancer fighting foods, if you go to the discussion section we have a lot of videos and documents on the topic, we also have members who have cured themselves from cancer. http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=167926647283&ref=nf

Yes I think apricot kernels are probably effective, but it may be important what quantity you ingest.

Do you have a dosage figured out?

I tend to eat 4 in the morning, 4 in the evening, try our Facebook page for further advice.