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Why has there been no “cure” for cancer?

Thirty years ago, I knew an oncologist (cancer doctor) who was researching cancer cures.  We were walking on the beach on the first warm day in spring – hundreds of others were also doing the same – and I asked him to tell me about his project.  What he told me reminded me of books I’d read: “Laetrile, Nature’s Answer to Cancer” and “World without Cancer”. Laetrile is also known as Vitamin B17 (bee.seventeen).

That’s wonderful!” I said, “you are going to find it!”

“How do you know?” he asked.

“Because that’s Laetrile,” I responded.

He stopped dead and stood like a stone statue while people walked by us.  He stared silently into space.  He seemed to be in a trance.  I could not get his attention. Finally, he spoke in a very quiet voice.  “They’ll destroy me…” he said.

I asked “Who? Who will destroy you?”  It took him several minutes to answer.

“The AMA… The AMA will destroy me,” … and he repeated that several times. For those who do not know, the AMA is the American Medical Association. The AMA is the “labor union” that rules doctors and medical practices in the USA. It guarantees doctors the highest of wages – as long as they follow strict orders. Apparently, finding a cure for cancer is forbidden – especially when it involves confirming German doctors’ findings.

To top it off, on the walk back to my apartment, Mr.Doctor told me that he had been on the committee at the National Institutes of Health, responsible for testing Laetrile.  The test?  Only this:

The head of the committee had walked in the door all those years ago, while the doctor-scientists on the task force sat around a big table. He licked his finger and put it into a small bowl of Laetrile powder in the middle of the table, tasted it and spat it out.

“That’s CYANIDE!” he yelled.

THE END.

That was it! No research. No tests were performed. No clinical trials. Laetrile was simply outlawed.  No questions allowed.

My friend knew the vicious politics of medicine and science.  His own research stopped dead in its tracks.  He changed specialties.  Ironically, my friend had been unknowingly reinventing the wheel. When he found out, he was concerned for himself and his career – not for the millions of people who died of cancer each year.

If he had felt safe to announce his findings to the world, there would no longer be a cancer epidemic. If the pharmaceutical and medical industries sincerely valued life over profits and wanted to prevent and cure cancer, they could.  My mother would still be alive.

Did anyone you know die of cancer in those intervening approximately 40 years?

The pharmaceutical industry would like you to avoid seeds, nuts and beans, dark green leafy greens, etc, because if you don’t get a little bit of “nature’s answer to cancer”, you will be a great source of revenue for them.

The cancer epidemic still rages in the US because we eat sweet, salty, sour, but avoid the bitter flavor.  And when we do eat something bitter – chocolate or coffee, for instance – we smother its goodness with sugar and dairy – the two foods consumed most highly in countries that are highest in breast cancer.

I learned from those two books to eat my apple seeds, lemon seeds, grapefruit seeds.  And it appears that once I’ve had enough, I simply no longer eat them.  Haven’t overdosed yet. The body is wise..

Read those books.

When you eat an apple, eat the seeds. It might be the seeds in the apple that keep the doctor away.

Prevent cancer

Don’t wait until you get cancer and try to heal from it, for once you have it, you have a long way to go to reverse it. Instead, prevent cancer now. You can wait until you get scurvy to eat your citrus fruits, or you can have a little citrus each cay and prevent scurvy.

Cancer is caused by a vitamin B17, aka “laetrile” deficiency. Do your research and you will find that every effective cancer remedy has a bitter flavor. Apricot kernels are VERY bitter, but the good news is that laetrile is in every seed, nut and green – not just apricot kernels… and seeds, nuts, beans, grains and greens can be quite tasty. In Europe they make a brew called Swedish Bitters that they take daily as a health tonic. It is made primarily of dark, green, leafy, bitter herbs. You can buy it in the USA, or something similar.

I read the book “Laetrile, Nature’s Answer to Cancer” when I was young and since then, I’ve always chewed the seeds of my apples, pears, lemons, etc. I love to chew on fruit seeds; eating a piece of fruit seems incomplete without the seeds. I have learned to enjoy the tiny bite of the bitter flavor.

We have a cancer epidemic in the United States and the standard American diet focuses primarily on the sweet, sour and salty flavors. Raw seeds, nuts and greens are often missing in most American’s diets. We don’t need much bitter, but we do need a little.

Which do Doctors Fear Most? Cancer, a Cancer Cure, or the AMA?

I once knew a doctor who was an oncologist (cancer specialist), a professor and a researcher. We were walking on the beach in San Francisco and I asked him to tell me about his cancer research.

“Wonderful!” I said, “You will find it!”

How did I know that, he asked me.

“Because it’s laetrile,” I said.

He stopped in midstride and stared into the sky. He was speechless for several minutes.  Then, his eyes still wide, he said slowly, ‘They’ll destroy me!’

I asked him several times “Who? Who will destroy you?’

And when he finally answered, he said, “The AMA… The American Medical Association will destroy me.”

This man also tested garlic at my request and found it too kills cancer cells. But soon after our talk, he changed fields and went into a whole new line of medicine, became quite successful in that field. His name was still on the list of scientists at the A brilliant man who recognized the politics involved.

Full disclosure: I have a dog in this fight.

My mother had one round of chemo, then a second round “just in case”. The second round weakened her heart to the point of death (a small-print but not insignificant side effect). I wished my friend had gone through with his research.

As a grand finale to our talk, my friend explained that he had been on the committee at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) that had outlawed laetrile. He said the head of the committee came into the room where everyone was seated around a table, put his finger in the dish of laetrile in the center of the table, lifted it to his mouth, tasted it and spit it out.

“Cyanide!” he said. And that was it. No discussion, no testing. Just unanimous consensus due to his little bit of drama. Nature makes cyanide, indeed. It is in all seeds and nuts and greens and everything that is bitter.

Nature’s cyanide doesn’t poison, but keeps cell division in check. Tests for cancer and for pregnancy both test for that same substance. The Doctors Krebs explained that our bodies need the bitter flavor and yet most americans avoid bitters. Is cancer a “bitter flavor deficiency” disease?

A popular product in Europe is “Swedish Bitters”. What I have noticed is that all cancer “cures” are based on a bitter herb. Since I read Laetrile: Nature’s Answer to Cancer, I have eaten lots of apple seeds & lemon seeds. I eat lots of salads with greens & herbs from my garden. And I always put garlic in the salad dressing.

Bodies are simple machines. Cars need certain kinds of gasoline and oils and other fluids. Bodies work very well on simple ingredients. They are detrimentally challenged by modern “foods” and drugs.