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Flu Jab Vaccinations Promoted On Campbell Live Show, NZ 18th April 2012

Vaccinations Can Damage Your Immune System.

John Campbell TV3 has let us down. Generally speaking, I like his style of reporting and discussion, as he usually examines both sides of the issue in question.

However, on the issue of vaccinations for influenza which aired on tonight’s show, he failed to do this. We only heard the view of ONE medical doctor who happened to be an advocate for flu jabs. Makes me wonder if TV3 had been authorized by some government authority to give a pro-vaccination report, by making a seemingly investigitave approach on the issue, but without including controversial evidence against the case for vaccination. Perhaps the drug agencies themselves had done their brain-washing on John Campbell and his producers, so that they would conveniently ignore the other side of the question. Were they all offered the free shots, I wonder?

At the conclusion of the vaccination topic, we at least did have ONE TV person from channel 3 who chose not to take the vaccination – a conclusion I found to be satisfactory. And we heard several people earlier on state that, as they thought themselves healthy, and they hardly ever got sick, that they would NOT be taking the flu jab.

Yet Campbell’s pro-vaccination doctor made an incredible and unbelievable statement about such healthy people needing the flu jab more than ever. He said that if you have not had the flu in 12 years, or whatever, then you REALLY NEEDED to have the flu jab vaccination. Now, how can that be true? Sounds like drug company indoctrination to me, reminiscent of the “More doctors smoke Camel’ cigarette story.

And great advertising for the doctor on the show. Who does he know at TV3?

Campbell’s show tonight was not an impartial investigation on the effectiveness or safety of flu vaccines – it presented a case FOR vaccination, without examining any of the reasons for NOT VACCINATING. The doctor they had on the show was ridiculously enthusiastic about taking the vaccine, rubbing hands and knees together gleefully in anticipation of the flu-jab customers which were likely to flood his clinic this week after seeing this programme, swearing that flu vaccinations would do you no harm, etc, etc, but we never heard a challenge from another health professional on this doctor’s pro-rant for the flu vaccine. Only one doctor on the show, and he was backing the flu vaccine.

But there are plenty of doctors out there who do NOT believe in having flu jabs, or in giving their own children the regular vaccinations which are promoted by our own government agencies, and by the drug companies who make and sell the stuff. There ARE alternatives to taking vaccinations.

There IS a big question mark over the issue of the safety of vaccinations. It would have been good if Campbell had bothered to look into some of the anti-vaccine literature published by medical people, and by alternative health professionals. There is plenty of research into the topic which might suggest that vaccinations are not always safe, and nor are they the best thing to prevent infections, including flu.

Vitamin C in large doses is one proven prophylactic, or preventative, for flu. Megadoses of Vitamin C – i prefer calcium ascorbate as it is non-acidic – helps to kill off viruses and bacteria, and hastens the recovery of flu or other infections. Vitamin A is another good one which destroys bacteria and viruses. And there are heaps of Homeopathic remedies which will work effectively in helping to prevent or cure the flu and other infectious diseases, without damaging the body’s own immune system. Children generally respond well to the Homeopathic remedies recommended for childhood infectious diseases, such as mumps, whooping cough, measles, whooping cough, and others.

But of course, if you are unfamiliar with the Homeopathic remedies, or herbal and vitamin naturopathic treatments, then you should seek advice from a qualified and experienced health practitioner to treat or prevent flu and other infectious diseases.

Read Merrilyn’s other related posts:

Flu Vaccination Brought On Asthma And High Blood Pressure

Health Without Vaccination or Antibiotics

Vaccination Alternatives and Homeopathic Remedies For Scarlet Fever

Candida Outbreak NZ May Relate Fukushima Nuclear Contamination

Cancica Albicans can be caused by Chemicals, Radiation, and Electromagnetic forces.

I have had several interesting letters of late to do with radiation from Fukushima and how it might be affecting health here in New Zealand. You can read these letters in the COMMENTS under my post entitled ‘What foods can I eat to avoid radiation’. Ange has submitted several letters worth reading, as they contain good information.

Funnily enough, this week I have had a sudden attack of Candida, which manifests itself in my stomach. Stomach aches and cramps and skin problems are the early signs of Candida for me. I haven’t had this for quite a while. I usually get it when the neighbours spray poisonous chemicals around the garden, to kill weeds and insects. It usually lasts for a couple of weeks, until I have cleansed the toxins out of my system, then my health returns to normal.

Insecticide, fungicide as well as herbicide were actually sprayed around my house environment several weeks ago, which made me very sick. The stuff was close to my door where the gardeners had washed out their spraying gear, and I could not escape the fumes at night. I was very ill for around a week, and felt on the verge of collapse. So the current candida could be an aftermath of this.

I also have bought plastic containers to store household gear including books. Plastics really disagree with me, and I find that having these, or cardboard boxes, in the room where I am sleeping causes candida and restless sleep quite soon after they are introduced. The plastic containers are actually in my storeroom, but this is still a bit close for my comfort, and I plan to put these into a garage soon.

However, a friend of mine has also suddenly ”come down’ with chronic candida. She went to a naturopath to get diagnosed on a machine, which gave her a definite result of candida. The naturopath said that it was a common problem right at the moment, and that many people had come to her recently with candida problems. In my friend’s case, she is also suffering the aftereffects of Brodifacoum poisoning which the council did on Shakespear Park on the Whangaparaoa Peninsula last year. 30 tonnes of Brodifacoum were reported to have been aerially dropped on the Peninsula, in three divided spreadings of 10 tonne each. After the event of Brodifacoum poisoning at Shakespear Park, 10,000 native sea gulls were reported dead along the nearby coast, and at Maraetai, which is not very far away as the ‘crow flies’. These deaths were said to be a result of storms at sea, but I feel sure they had something to do with the Brodifacoum pellets which were dropped by air all around the park. Anyway – the point is that this Brodifacoum is a very potent poison which is used to kill rats and other rodents, and which is banned in many countries. This stuff alone would be enough to affect your health and give you candida for a start, along with other illnesses, if you live within a few kilometres of where the poison was dropped.

Interesting that the council assured us that the poison would only be dropped on the park side of the fence, and not on the beach side of the fence, yet they organized for workers to walk along the beach to pick up any stray bits of Brodifacoum bait after the aerially drop had been done. If the stuff had fallen on the beach at all, there was a chance it could be picked up so that sea gulls did not eat it – but if the stuff fell a few more metres away and into the sea, it could not be recovered by people at all. Which would mean that sea-gulls would possibly eat it.

I believe that radioactive fallout could have also contributed to this recent outbreak of candida albicans in Whangaparaoa-Orewa, New Zealand. My guess is that many people in other countries miles and miles away from Japan will be affected by the radiation chemicals coming from Japan, and that this will be manifested first of all with classic candida symptoms, or ‘yeast’ problems.

Poisonous chemicals themselves cause the natural intestinal flora to ‘go hay-wire’, causing the ‘bad’ bacteria to proliferate so that they destroy many of the ‘good’ bacteria in the digestive system. When we get too many of the candida albicans variety we suffer ‘yeast’ symptoms which can range from headaches to diarrhoea to constipation to bone pain, nerve pain, stomach pain, depression, skin disorders and the like. Arthritic symptoms are common with people who have on-going yeast-candida problems.

The other reason why the nuclear disaster in Japan last year could have made the candida problem worse, is that the extra heat from the explosions there, and from the nuclear reactors themselves, will be contributing to a higher-than-usual air temperature globally. Global warming, generally speaking, is contributing to people succumbing to yeast problems, as well as a diet too rich in sugars, wheat flour, gluten, and fermented foods.

It only takes a fraction of a degree in temperature, higher or lower, for the regular, simple organisms to change their normal patterns of behaviour, and for new varieties of bacteria and other organisms to develop and proliferate. Our bodies are not used to the new conditions which global warming, and insecticides, herbicides, and food preservatives, etc, are imposing on our immune systems. Our bodies have to adapt to these new, strange conditions, such as the effects of radiation. One of the very first signs of disruption in the way the body functions, is the candida problem, as this is one of the organisms which thrives in these new, toxic environment. Agricultural and household chemicals, radiation from cell phones, electricity transformers, micro-waves, TV aerials, radiation from Fukushima, are all factors which will be contributing to the prevalence of candida-related illnesses.

I have just read a report from the NZ Herald, Thursday 23 March 2012, which indicates that the radioactive contamination from Fukushima has been poisoning the environment for the past year since the earthquake-tsunami in Japan. This article is entitled:

‘Fukushima contamination detected 640km away in Pacific Ocean’.

This report is no surprise to me. The report on radiation, which is from Salt Lake City, states that the Pacific Ocean has radiation ‘readings of up to 1000 times more than previous levels, scientists reported’. The article goes on to diffuse the impact of the news, with Ken Buesseler of the Woods Hale Oceanographic Institution assuring us that the cesium-137 levels are far below levels which are considered to be harmful. Yeh, right. Your guess is as good as mine, except that I think I would prefer to follow my own instincts, which tell me that any amount of radioactive contamination in the sea and air is going to be a bad thing. And 1000 times more than before sounds to me like quite a lot more.

Candida is a naturally occurring organism which lives in the digestive tract. When our diets and environments are healthy, then Candida is no problem, and it lives in harmony with the ‘good’ bacteria in the bowel.

However, there are some things which interfere dramatically with the natural balance of the bowel flora, and this causes sickness. Radioactive contamination is one of them. Radiation and electromagnetic forces from electrical transformers, cell phones and towers, and satellites, etc,, and environmental pollutants such as pesticides, herbicides and radioactive contaminants cause a reduction of the beneficial bowel flora. When these negative conditions prevail, the beneficial bacteria are destroyed in great numbers, which gives the opportunity for the rogue yeast, Candida Albicans, to gain ground and proliferate.

This causes the yeast Candida to over-run the body, instead of it remaining in a healthy balance with the other bacteria in the intestines.

Candida, if left untreated, can cause arthritis, poor eye-sight, poor brain function, cancer, alzheimer’s, multiple sclerosis, parkinsons’s disease, and many other conditions.

Foods To Avoid To Treat Candida:

The way to treat it is to lay off all yeast foods for a start. Avoid all wheat products, especially bread. Gluten is bad for candida. No vinegars, and no sauces, as these mostly contain vinegar, which is bad for candida. No yoghurt. Avoid all alcohol. As well, you should avoid sugar, avoid honey and very sweet fruits, until you are better.

Green vegetables which are alkaline rather than acid foods, good oils and butter, and all protein foods, including meats, fish and eggs, are considered to be good for most people in treating candida. When protein is deficient in the diet, and too many carbohydrates such as bread are used instead, this can lead to candida. So make sure you have a balanced diet, plenty of protein, plenty of greens, and eat plentiful amounts of raw celery. This is very good for curing candida, as it helps to detoxify the whole system, and it is one of the most alkaline foods available to us.

Garlic is very good for curing overgrowth of candida. So is calcium ascorbate, an alkaline form of Vitamin C. NZ kawakawa is especially good. You can eat 2 leaves per day as a herbal supplement to help get the candida under control. Avoid eating too many potatoes or sweet potato and kumara and carrots – Potatoes have a lot of starch which turns to sugar readily – bad for candida – and carrots are very sweet, which also feeds the candida.

Fasting for a few days on fresh raw greens and boiled water can be effective in getting the candida under control.

Castor oil every second day for a week or so will eliminate the candida very quickly. Castor oil does not seem to affect the beneficial bacteria, which is helpful. The same goes for epsom salts which is high in magnesium. This can eliminate the candida very quickly without affecting the beneficial bacteria. You can take a desertspoonful in about half a pint of warm water first thing in the morning or last thing at night. Take this every second day until you have gotten over the worst of the candida attack. This should take only several days. Then you can reduce the dose to once or twice a week, as a preventative measure.

Calcium ascorbate does the same – gets rid of the unwanted poisons and candida, without harming the good bacteria in the intestinal flora. An adult can take between 1000mg to 3000mg per day until you feel better from the attack of candida, then lower the dose to a maintenance dose of between 500mg to 1000mg per day.

If you are really desperate, then the occasional dose of aspirin can help. Two tablets used on those rare occasions when the infection is rife can do wonders. Aspirin should not be taken daily, though, as it weakens the vital organs, especially the kidneys, when used too often. Salt is another inhibitor of candida, but of course you should not consume too much salt. If you are not on a sodium free diet, then a wee sprinkle of iodized salt could be used on meals just until the infection has passed. Iodine is another good thing to help get candida under control, as are the B vitamins. Use a small dab or two of iodine on the soles of the feet, or on the scalp, twice a week. Take a Vitamin B complex which is yeast-free.

Burning Mouth Syndrome From Dentures

Are Your Dentures Toxic To You?

The National Institute of Dentistry and Craniofacial Research lists a whole lot of reasons for BMS, but they conveniently exclude the possibility of poisoning from the chemicals in the plate itself.

They say that the cause can be anything “….from nutritional deficiencies to menopause to dry mouth and allergies”, and that the connection is unclear. But they do not include the obvious reason – the denture itself.

But denture toxins SHOULD be listed on their list of possibilities. Because the chemicals in a denture of plastic or acrylic fibre are highly toxic things which can damage your health.

Modern dentures are extremely suspect, because they are made of soft, porous plastic which is hydroscopic, so not only are you at risk of poisoning from the toxic components within the fibre of the denture, which leach into the body as it breaks down, but of carrying around a store-house of additional chemicals which have been absorbed into the denture.

Merrilyn’s new book has more on the subject of dentures and other health issues:

https://www.amazon.ca/Cancer-And-Good-Health-Notebook-ebook/dp/B01DHMH6DG

Sensitive people will be able to make the connection for themselves> I have proven myself that it is the chemicals within the modern porous denture which have been to blame for many health problems I have suffered over the years.

True, I was seriously ill many years ago, after being sprayed by helicopter for several hours with 245T. This was a ‘oncer’ which had disastrous effects on my health and that of my wee toddler, and also on my unborn baby. The MAF spraying of Auckland for apple moth was another example of being poisoned due to spraying programmes. But people do not usually question the safety of the modern denture, and consider the possiblity that you could be poisoning yourself on a daily basis by wearing them. Wearing dentures over many years has given me an insight into just how toxic these things really are.

The National Institute of Dentistry’s attitude towards BMS, with what I consider to be a feigned ignorance on the issue, – ‘we don’t really know what causes it – the connection is unclear’ – is rather like the medical profession turning a blind eye to the damage of vaccinations, or to the negative effects of Warfarin, or Fosamax. They promote them as being totally safe, whereas in fact, they KNOW there is a risk with these drugs. Where there is a vested interest, ignorance often prevails, and the truth is conveniently disguised. And I am sure the same wool is used to cloud our eyes as to the real truth about modern dentures.

For a start, highly toxic glues are used to stick the teeth into place. So, even if you have the very best of materials in a denture, you still have the glue, which tastes like apoxy resin, and this glue will eventually start to break down and enter your system. Apoxy resin is a known carcenogen.

The soft kind of plastics which most dental technicians like to use for convenience, because they can heat the stuff up and remould it time and time again, are porous and absorb all kinds of things, including caffeine, food preservatives, and chemicals in the environment such as pesticides. You end up with a cocktail of poisons which is incredibly potent. And at the same time your dentures are absorbing more chemicals, the soft plastic is beginning to break down, accelerated by the saliva in the mouth, food substances, hot food and drinks, etc. You end up with a combination of toxic chemicals in the dental plate being leached into your body.

The process of leaching works pretty much in the same way as a mercury filling continually emmits a small amount of poisonous compounds into the body. It may be a small amount of poison, but it affects the body adversely, nevertheless.

The softer the plastic, the less stable it is, and the more quickly will it break down. That is a fact. So it stands to reason that the tough, concrete-like plastics which were formerly used, such as my father still wears from the 2nd world war, are going to be less problematic as far as poisoning from a denture goes.

I have had two very good communications from readers on the subject of dentures and their toxicity – You can read these comments for yourself under my post entitled ‘Toxic Dentures’.

One person commenting on my blog has experienced the very same problem, or one of them, which I experienced after just less than a year of wearing a brand new denture – BMS, or Burning Mouth Syndrome. Eventually, I had to discard the dentures completely, as they were so toxic to me, even after only one year. Now I go about without dentures at all, rather than have the toxic materials in dentures sitting in my mouth and poisoning my whole body, as well as giving me the BMS. Tingling and numbness in the arms and hands, dizziness, blurred vision, loss of memory, speech affected, nerve twitches, burning mouth, and depression all returned when I tried using the teeth again. But these symptoms all disappear like magic once the teeth are removed.

It is not my health that is to blame, as the ‘experts’ would claim, but my sensitivity to extremely hazardous chemicals which make up those dentures. But I would not have it otherwise, as being sensitive to poisons can be a great safeguard against getting cancer and other degenerative disease, if you only listen to what your body tells you. I have often been warned about chemical hazards which I have been able to avoid, because of my chemical sensitivity. However, I must say that vanity has gotten the better of me with the denture problem, and I have possibly only listened too late. I should have stopped wearing dentures years ago, when I first noticed their deleterious effect. I believe I may still be prone to getting cancer because of my immune system suffering through the wearing of toxic dental plastic.

I have found the same problem with dentures over the past 35 years of wearing dentures – They only have a limited life span for me, which is usually about 2 or 3 years, experience tells me. Then the poisoning symptoms start. My dental technician was angry with me because I was adamant that it was the poisons in the teeth which were causing my health problems , including the burning mouth – He claimed that it was because of germs in the denture. Bacteria. – Of course, this is likely as well, but once the germs get there, and begin to feed on the cocktail of absorbed poisons, and the plastic is leaching poisons, you cannot do much about it. No amount of denture cleaners will have any good effect. Denture cleaners are toxic in themselves, and these denture cleaning chemicals are absorbed into the plate which always makes the reactions worse for me, especially the BMS.

I found that the denture cleaner my dentist assured me would fix the problem, because it would kill the bacteria, he said, actually made the poison problem worse. My mouth was raw to bleeding. The chemical stuff from the denture cleaner, intended for the germs, got absorbed into the denture plastic, and it was several weeks before the taste of the cleaner dissipated from the teeth, even after I had ceased to use it.

I thought I would be right for the next 2 or 3 years after paying $3000 to the dental technician. But he mucked up the first setting so badly, I had to go back for a remoulding. He was angry because I had my own ideas about the toxins in dentures, and so, disliking his authority on the subject being challenged, especially by a mere woman in his eyes, consequently made a really rough job of the dentures, as well as being quite abusive to me. “There you go – you’ve got teeth now”, he said carelessly, as he pushed his awful handiwork into my mouth. His work was so incredibly shoddy – He had made the plate up minus several of the teeth which I had had before, and he did not fit the dentures so that there was a correspondence between the two plates, upper and lower. So there was no bite. They simply did not function, and looked really terrible as well. A bit like an old rabbit.

I couldn’t work out why his attitude had changed – The first time I had seen this dentist, aroung 7 years ago now, he was marvellous, gave me great service, as well as a great set of porcelain teeth set in the least toxic of the substances which he had available. All I can think of is that he, too, is suffering toxic reaction from working with the highly toxic denture materials, and that his nerves are shot, and he is suffering depression.

Michele writes in a comment on my ‘Toxic Dentures’ post, about a dental technician who had to give up her practice because of denture toxins affecting her health. This dentist now helps people with sensitivities to dentures by boiling them for around 24 hours, according to Michele’s comment. This technique is supposed to negate many of the mobile poisons.

Because his treatment was so rough, I wonder if my dental technician really did use all the expensive products which he said he did. I am not a dental technician, and so how would I know what products he actually used in the second, faulty, lot of teeth he made for me? Judging from the treatment he gave me, I doubt he used the supposed non-allergenic materials. My trust with this man is totally expired now.

The procedure he took to correct the teeth by heating the teeth so that he could remould them and add the missing teeth, ruined the life of the teeth for me. Instead of getting about two or three years of wearing a non-hazardous denture, the denture’s life was shortened to only a year because of the heat the technician applied. And possibly because of sub-standard materials. In effect, it was this dentist’s shoddy work which resulted in the denture being ruined for me, as far as its safe life span went. But of course, he would deny this to the bitter end. So I haven’t been back to see these dental technicians again, although the plates were insured for several years beyond when I ceased to wear them. I have subsequently accepted the loss of $3000 as a warning to avoid dentures and the likes of this man.

Heat is the worst thing for beginning the break-down of your denture. Heat is the worst thing for all plastics, as heat causes break-down of plastic. One example to prove my point is the warning that milk for babies should not be heated in a plastic bottle in a microwave, as the chemicals in the plastic leach into the baby’s milk. Of course, microwaves are pretty intense things, but wearing a denture in your warm mouth for a few years will have a similar effect. The chemicals in a porous denture made of a soft plastic or acrylic will start to leach into your body, making you sick. The plastic or acrylics will begin to break down in an environment of warmth and enzymes from foods, saliva enzymes, and substances such as coffee, Vitamin C, fruit, garlic, and many things which are otherwise good for your health.

Laetrile Doctors and Alternative Treatments For Cancer.

That Laetrile, Vitamin B17 Inhibits Cancer Growth is a commonly accepted idea among many alternative doctors and cancer therapists. Vitamin B17 Laetrile/Amygdalin is thought to be one of the best natural substances to take for the prevention of cancer. If people have already succumbed to cancer, then Laetrile is of immense value because of its pain-relieving qualities alone. It also has the capability of inhibiting the growth of a cancer. Maore about what doctors and researchers have to say about Laetrile, Vitamin B17, or Amygdalin, later on.

I myself have used apricot kernels to help get rid of a breast lump which I suffered in my early 30’s. Whether or not the lump was cancerous, I do not know, as I refused a biopsy, working on the premise that if Dr Max Gerson’s natural cure worked for cancer, as I believed it would after reading his book, then something similar to his diet would work to eliminate a cyst which was non-malignant. Either way, I couldn’t lose. And it surely did work – After three months of taking mainly fresh juices, raw food, 2 raw organic egg yolks per day, almonds, castor oil every 2nd day, enemas, and several apricot kernels a day, the lump disappeared. It came back for a time after I relaxed the diet, but I resumed the diet again for several more months, and it disappeared for good.

While no-one claims that Vitamin B17 found in apricot kernels, also called Laetrile or Amygdalin, cures cancer on its own, many doctors, researchers and natural therapists have reported that it definitely hastens the recovery of a cancer patient, and improves the sense of well-being in a patient, when used in combination with other therapies.

Here are some of the beliefs held by doctors who have used alternative methods for treating cancer, including the use of Laetrile/Amygdalin, or Vitamin B17.

Some of the following information comes from the book ‘Fresh Hope In Cancer’, by Maurice Finkel, B.Sc. M.Sc., M.Ed., Ed.D.N.D., published by Health Science Press, Devon, England, 1978, whilst other information is taken from various other sources, such as the online article “Laetrile doctors and researchers’.

Japanese doctor Shigeaki Sakai has said that “…..no anti-cancer drug could make a cancerous patient improve faster than Laetrile.” (see ‘Laetrile doctors and researchers’) Dr Shigeaki Sakai’s view is shared by many other cancer therapists.

Dr Walter Ermer recommended taking between 3 to 5 apricot kernels a day as a supplement to his dietary regime for cancer. Dr Walter Ermer wrote a booklet on the prevention of cancer. He stressed that early diagnosis was important if a recovery was to be expected. He thought that a person was ‘halfway to the grave’ already, once cancer had been diagnosed by the usual method. He also had much to say about the profiteering which goes on from cancer: “Profitting from this disease are medical doctors, the drug interests, fund drives, and government agencies representing vested interests rather than the people.” Dr Ermer believed that a lack of Laetrile, or Vitamin B17, had a large role to play in the high incidence of cancer, along with a deficient pancreas, bad living habits, and environmental pollution. (see page 41 of Finkel’s book)

Foods Which Have Vitamin B17 Called Laetrile or Amygdalin

Can Vitamin B17, also known as Laetrile or Amygdalin, help fight and prevent cancer? Listed below this wee article are some of the common foods which contain Laetrile, also called Vitamin B17, or Amygdalin.

Jason Vale is about to fight a court case in America which could change the FDA’s stance on Vitamin B17 if he wins. If he wins, then the drug companies might be exposed for dishonestly promoting drugs which they know are not as effective as some natural vitamins such as Vitamin B17, in preventing or curing diseases such as cancer.

Jason Vale has been stopped in his promotion of Vitamin B17 from apricot kernels for the treatment of cancer. He was arrested. This action was taken by the FBI for the FDA, the ‘Food and Drug Administration’ of America, which exists primarily to protect the interests of the drug companies.

Essentially, the FDA is ‘up in arms’ against Jason, because he has been advising people on his web-site about his alternative cure which worked for him to cure his cancer. Jason agreed to stop selling Laetrile online, and has been careful not to mention the word. However, somebody asked him if he knew who might be able to provide the apricot seeds which contain laetrile Vitamin B17. He gave the caller a phone number. This action resulted in the FDA charging Jason Vale for promoting apricot kernels after he had been warned not to do so. Jason thinks that the FDA were out to trap him somehow, to get his website shut down so that he could not promote his natural treatments anymore.

Jason is a Christian man who has a huge following, and a large support base from his Christian fellows. They are about to fight the case brought against Jason by the FDA with evidence they say proves that the FDA and the pharmaceutical companies have been hiding the truth from the public for decades. They claim that Vitamin B17 is known to inhibit cancers, and that the pharmaceutical companies have the proof, yet they are still trying to ‘find a cure for cancer’, as this means more money for the drug companies.

Basically, there is no money in having well people about, so drug companies prefer it if we are sick and dependent upon their drugs. This is the reason why these big companies hate us having natural supplements and alternative therapies available to us – Anything which helps to keep us well means less money for the drug companies.

Jason Vale had terminal cancer. After he had undergone orthodox treatment for his cancer, the doctors declared that they could do no more for him. So Jason Vale adopted a natural approach, as a last resort to try and save his life. Jason succeeded, and has gone on to help many people with their incurable cancers.

Jason Vale cured himself with prayer and by following a special diet which included using plenty of fresh juices, and Vitamin B17, or Laetrile.

Apricot Kernels have the highest amount of Vitamin B17, also called Laetrile or Amygdalin. But there are other foods which naturally contain Vitamin B17, or Laetrile.

Laetrile has been used by various naturopathic practitioners over the years to treat cancer and other degenerative diseases.

Dr Max Gerson, and other alternative therapists, have been using Vitamin B17, found in many nuts and seeds , in their treatments at least since the 1950’s. Of course, the cures these therapists effected were not attributed to Vitamin B17 alone, as intensive detoxing measures were as an important part of the treatment as was nutritional therapy.

Dr Edward Wagner and his Australian co-writer Sylvia Goldfarb recommend the use of Laetrile, Vitamin B17 for use in controlling the pain from cancer. They tell us in their book ‘How To Stay Out Of The Doctor’s Office’, An Encyclopedia For Alternative Healing’, that Laetrile has the power to destroy the cancer virus ‘after its shell has been absorbed’. They do not claim that Laetrile will actually cure a cancer, however, they do say that it can stop a cancer from spreading..

The Australian Russell Setright mentions Vitamin B17 (Laetrile) in his book ‘An A-Z of Natural Medicine for Everyday Illness’. He says that Vitamin B17 ‘may lead to diminishing resistance to cancer’.

I used apricot kernels myself, to help reduce a breast lump. I did not have a biopsy, but decided to adopt a natural approach instead of following orthodox treatment. I figured that if this approach could potentially fix a cancer, as Dr Gerson maintained, then it would work for a lesser complaint, such as a cyst. It did – after three months of following an adapted Gerson approach, the lump went away. My dietary and cleansing regime included taking several apricot kernels per day – beginning with about 3 per day and building up to no more than 9. I found after getting up to 9, that I felt better with a reduced dose, so ended up taking about 6 per day. Even this amount could be a bit much for some people – however, if you are taking the castor oil, and using enemas, then the toxic effects of the kernels is reduced dramatically. I also used raw foods and juices, 2 raw egg y0lks per day, two tablespoons of castor oil every 2nd day, and several enemas daily.

Jacqui Davison is another person who recovered from cancer using an adapted Gerson approach. She had been given up by the doctors, after undergoing orthodox treatment for melanoma which was thought to kill her within weeks. I cannot recall whether or not she used Laetrile, or Vitamin B17 from apricot kernels, but she did use the castor oil and enemas to detoxify the body quickly. She recovered fully, and even regrew her tooth enamel. Her hair was restored to its natural colour and original thickness. Her ‘cure’ took a year, although she stayed on the diet for two years to rebuild her immune system and to help prevent a recurrence of the cancer.

Foods Which Have Vitamin B17 Called Laetrile or Amygdalin

Warning: You need to get advice from a naturopath if you are considering taking any kernels for the purpose of upping your Vitamin B17 intake. All these seeds contain cyanide, which is thought to be also helpful in combination with the vitamin content. However, you can overdose on cyanide, even through eating the kernels of fruits. So be careful. No more than around 3 apricot kernels per day, and no more than around 5 apple seeds per day would be a safe minimum dose for most people. Alternatively, you could eat no more than 6 almonds per day for a regular dose of Vitamin B17.

Eating stone fruits, even if you do not use the seed, will still give you some Vitamin B17.

Apricot kernels are the richest source.

Almonds are another good source.

Apple pips contain Vitamin B17 (Laetrile)

Avocado contain some Vitamin B17

Grape seeds are high in Vitamin B17. Grapes from fruit which have seeds will have some Vitamin B17

Mushrooms are very high in Vitamin B17

Nectarine seeds contain Vitamin B17

Plum pips contain Vitamin B17

Peach seeds contain Vitamin B17

Quince seeds contain Vitamin B17

I was under the impression that: Orange, lemons and other citrus fruits also contain Vitamin B17 in their seeds. But a comment has come through from a reader who says that CITRUS DO NOT CONTAIN VITAMIN B17

The seeds of all these fruits above, excepting probably for Citrus, are very high in Laetrile, or Vitamin B17. The seeds are a great source of pectin, another healthful compound, which helps to set jam. Eating any of these fruits will give you some of the benefits of Vitamin B17.