Apricot seeds and B17

[truther79]

Hey guys.

 

Just thinking of buying some decent quality apricot seeds to top up my body's defenses.

 

Anyone had any dealings with these seeds? I've read the daily allowance is something like 2-3 small seeds max.

 

Any advice etc is gratefully received.

 

Best wishes,

Truther

[Katsika]

Apricot seeds (and many others) contain cyanogenic acids.

 

https://sciencenotes.org/yes-apple-seeds-and-cherry-pits-contain-cyanide/

 

I grow apricots, collect the pits, dry them and then smash up a couple from time to time.  For me they would have to be organic.  It's almost coming up to the quite short apricot season - if you can get some fresh organic fruits  you could make your own as it were.

[Katsika]

https://www.gaia.com/article/hunza-people-longevity-health-secrets

 

Apricots are a staple for the Hunza, who are said to go for several months a year on a diet consisting purely of apricot juice. The Hunza are said to not suffer from cancer, due to their consumption of vitamin b-17, also known as amygdalin, found in apricot seeds. Their diet also consists largely of raw fruits and vegetables, and lesser quantities of meat.

[Campion]

2 hours ago, Katsika said:

https://www.gaia.com/article/hunza-people-longevity-health-secrets

 

Apricots are a staple for the Hunza, who are said to go for several months a year on a diet consisting purely of apricot juice. The Hunza are said to not suffer from cancer, due to their consumption of vitamin b-17, also known as amygdalin, found in apricot seeds. Their diet also consists largely of raw fruits and vegetables, and lesser quantities of meat.

 

There is a type of apricots called Hunza apricots which I used to get but they're hard to find now.   https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/hunza_apricots  

 

I like regular dried apricots but don't know if they contain much B17. 

[Katsika]

As far as I am aware B17 is only in the pit/seed.

[k_j_evans]

I ate a load of these when I first had a BC diagnosis. Don't bother so much now (I'm still here after 18 years or so) but I was eating around 20 a day.

[SimonTV]

Do you eat Apricot jam, very nice. not sure if that helps the same way though. Taste nice, so that is good. 

[peter]

On 5/1/2024 at 7:14 PM, k_j_evans said:

I ate a load of these when I first had a BC diagnosis. Don't bother so much now (I'm still here after 18 years or so) but I was eating around 20 a day.

I used to eat 10 a day ,did it for about 6 months with no ill effects,that is not to say that will not be the same for someone else .Don't quote me but I believe the liver breaks them down into a type of cyanide, ( this could be the reason for the low dose advised by TPTB, equally the reason may be because they are such a good cancer preventative and treatment) they certainly  are bitter. I don't know but I wouldn't be surprised if that's where the term bitter almonds originated

[k_j_evans]

On 5/2/2024 at 11:25 AM, peter said:

I used to eat 10 a day ,did it for about 6 months with no ill effects,that is not to say that will not be the same for someone else .Don't quote me but I believe the liver breaks them down into a type of cyanide, ( this could be the reason for the low dose advised by TPTB, equally the reason may be because they are such a good cancer preventative and treatment) they certainly  are bitter. I don't know but I wouldn't be surprised if that's where the term bitter almonds originated

I worked up to 20 a day over a few months and then stayed on that for a few years - there are (at least) two different types of almond: regualr almonds are prunus dulcis but bitter almonds are a slightly different variety, Amara, and are smaller. Apparently peach seeds work (as well as aprocit seeds) but I've never tried them. It's asupposed to be the amygdalin that causes the bitterness.

[LastOneLeftInTheCounty]

On 4/30/2024 at 11:24 AM, Katsika said:

Apricot seeds (and many others) contain cyanogenic acids.

 

https://sciencenotes.org/yes-apple-seeds-and-cherry-pits-contain-cyanide/

 

I grow apricots, collect the pits, dry them and then smash up a couple from time to time.  For me they would have to be organic.  It's almost coming up to the quite short apricot season - if you can get some fresh organic fruits  you could make your own as it were.

Nice! Also been growing apricots since 2012. Started with 15 trees, now down to 6 as they’ve been mysteriously dying off. 
Theyre MoorPark which can grow quite large. If it’s a rainy summer they’ll taste of not much, but if it’s hot and dry they’ll have the sweetest flavour imaginable. Pigeons always wreck them, eat all the new leaves and small fruit so I have to get handy with my air rifle if I can be bothered to get up at 5am every morning until July. Got a large bushels worth last year, that’s probably 25-30 kilos. 
The seeds taste like a cross between almond and something very bitter. 
I think the trees have been ‘got to’ by ‘them’ (the gang of scum trying to scare me out of the village) as they make me a bit ill when I eat them, so I either sell them to local traders or make jam and freeze it for an emergency.
Anyone can access the land they are on. If I go up there the neighbours overlooking the field go mental, they come out of their houses, start making loud banging noises and sirens/police-nhs harassment usually accompany their routine. It’s like a parallel universe round here. 
If your not one of ‘them’ your nothing

[k_j_evans]

On 5/19/2024 at 2:21 PM, LastOneLeftInTheCounty said:

Nice! Also been growing apricots since 2012. Started with 15 trees, now down to 6 as they’ve been mysteriously dying off. 
Theyre MoorPark which can grow quite large. If it’s a rainy summer they’ll taste of not much, but if it’s hot and dry they’ll have the sweetest flavour imaginable. Pigeons always wreck them, eat all the new leaves and small fruit so I have to get handy with my air rifle if I can be bothered to get up at 5am every morning until July. Got a large bushels worth last year, that’s probably 25-30 kilos. 
The seeds taste like a cross between almond and something very bitter. 
I think the trees have been ‘got to’ by ‘them’ (the gang of scum trying to scare me out of the village) as they make me a bit ill when I eat them, so I either sell them to local traders or make jam and freeze it for an emergency.
Anyone can access the land they are on. If I go up there the neighbours overlooking the field go mental, they come out of their houses, start making loud banging noises and sirens/police-nhs harassment usually accompany their routine. It’s like a parallel universe round here. 
If your not one of ‘them’ your nothing

There are few fungal diseases of apricot trees that cause tree death. It can help to prune, make sure you remove any manky fruit from tree and ground, and don't water the leaves, just the ground. That's if you can near the tres without being pitch-forked by the local people (do they have a special local shop?).

[LastOneLeftInTheCounty]

32 minutes ago, k_j_evans said:

There are few fungal diseases of apricot trees that cause tree death. It can help to prune, make sure you remove any manky fruit from tree and ground, and don't water the leaves, just the ground. That's if you can near the tres without being pitch-forked by the local people (do they have a special local shop?).

This is a local shop for local people, we’ll have no trouble here!

 

Yep the trees are gradually getting a silvery bark fungal disease that rots them from the inside out.