Everything You wanted to know about Vitamins 8
Posted by dodo on May-25-2008
Vitamin B17 [Laetrile]
FACTS:
One of the most controversial “vitamins” of the decade.
Chemically a compound of two sugar molecules [one benzaldehyde and one cyanide] called an amygdalin.
Known as nitrilosides when used in medical doses. Obtained from apricot pits.
One B vitamin that is not present in brewer’s yeast.
Touted as a cancer treatment in most of the United States at this date and legal in fifteen states but rejected by the Food and Drug Administration on the grounds that it might be poisonous due to its cyanide content. Read the rest of this entry »
