VITAMIN B17

General Description:

• called nitrilosides, amygdalin, and laetrile

Actions:

• specific preventative and controlling anti-cancer effects

Deficiency:

• may lead to diminished resistance to malignancies

Interactions and Toxicity:

Sources:

• most whole seeds of fruits and many grains and vegetables including apricot, peach and plum pits, apple seeds, raspberries, cranberries, blackberries and blueberries, mung, lima and garbanzo beans, millet, buckwheat and flax seed, and almonds