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MORE ABOUT COMMON VITAMINS: VITAMIN B17
Nitrilosides. Amygdalin. Known as Laetrile when used in medical dosage form. Measured in milligrams (mg.).
Functions
Specific preventive and controlling anti-cancer effect, as proposed by its discoverer, Ernst T. Krebs, Jr.
Deficiency symptoms
Prolonged deficiencies may lead to diminished resistance to malignancies.
Natural sources
Most whole seeds of fruits and many grains and vegetables, such as apricot, peach and plum pits; apple seeds; raspberries, cranberries, blackberries and blueberries; mung beans, lima beans, garbanzas; millet, buckwheat and flaxseed.
MDR (minimum daily requirement):
Vitamin B17 is not accepted officially as a vitamin, and, thus, no need in human nutrition has been established. Therapeutic doses are determined by doctors who use it in cancer treatment. If apricot and other fruit pits are included in the diet for preventive purposes they should be used only in small amounts, only a few pits a day. It is considered that if the diet contains an abundance of whole seeds, grains, nuts, beans and other foods mentioned above, deficiency of this factor will be unlikely.
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