Apple Seeds Help In Fight Against Cancer

An apple a day keeps the doctor away is a famous saying. And modern day research is showing that it is much more than myth and old wives' tale. The science behind apples shows an incredible number of beneficial phytochemicals.

Apples actually aren't as American as Apple Pie; apples are believed to be originally from Central Asia. Most apple trees today are grown from grafted trees and are not likely to produce the same tasty apple if you grow one from seed. So keep in mind grafting could be a useful skill in the future. If you however, do grow an apple tree straight from seed you will still get the cancer fighting properties just probably not as good a tasting apple.

The American Cancer Society recommends apples as one important component in a diet to lower cancer risk. No known fruit has higher antioxidant levels than apples. These chemicals and other phytochemicals help fight cancer by reducing cancer causing oxidative damage, prevents the start of cancer growth, stops tumor growth and can actually promote the death of cancer cells.

It is important to note that the peel of the apple has much more cancer fighting than the fleshy part. But maybe the strongest cancer fighting part of the apple is a part that is almost never eaten... at least not on purpose; but it should be. That part is the apple seed.

Why apple seeds? Because of a particular chemical that they contain in high amounts, our bodies have healthy cells full of an enzyme called Rhodanese. But Rhodanese is completely absent from cancer cells and conversely all cancer cells have an enzyme called Beta-Glucosidase found only in cancer cells.

When B17 (found in apple seeds) is ingested and absorbed, it is broken down by the Rhodanese into Thiocyanate and Benzoic acid which are beneficial. So this means that when you ingest B17 and it comes in contact with cancer cells there is no Rhodanese to break it down and neutralize it. When B17 and Beta-Glucosidase come in contact with each other, a chemical reaction occurs and the Hydrogen Cyanide and Benzaldehyde combine to produce a poison which kills the cancer cells.

So, the seeds prevent and fight cancer, so the next time you eat an apple, it is a simple matter to remove the seeds, crush them up and sprinkle them on your food. Enjoy and live cancer free!

Apples don't go it alone! There are a number of other seeds that contain high levels of B17. Apricots, Cherries, nectarines, peaches, pears, plums and prunes all have very high levels of B17 in their seeds. Another great source of B17 for regular use is almonds. Whereas large doses of the above listed seeds can be fatal, it is much easier to prevent cancer by keeping your B17 levels up by eating Almonds. Overdose there is obviously less likely.

Put on your tin foil hats! It is believed that this cancer cure B17 is being suppressed because it is not profitable. There have been studies that have shown B17 to reduce or kill cancers (prostate, bladder and brain cancer), while other studies have shown it ineffective (breast and lung cancer). Could the ineffective studies be flawed or even had results falsified or set up to fail from the beginning. It makes sense that B17 if effective should work the same way in all cancers. Either way B17 has been scientifically proven to help kill cancer cells in people at minimum of some of the time.