Page 111You must examine the evidence and make up your own mind. Remember one
study showed that laetrile made patients worse (but only one). Laetrile should
only be administered by a knowledgeable physician and there are few. It can be
prescribed orally or by intravenous infusion.
Side effects of laetrile therapy are those of cyanide poisoning: nausea and
vomiting, headache, dizziness, bluish discoloration of the skin due to oxygen-
deprivation, liver damage, abnormally low blood pressure), difficulty walking
due to damaged nerves, fever, mental confusion, coma, and eventually death.
Surprisingly, the oral form is much more toxic than the IV route, so don’t
suppose that the products you are being offered on the Internet are the safest
way to take it.
Foods claimed to contain amygdalin are notable for being good fresh sources
of vitamins, minerals and anti-oxidants. I doubt amygdalin has anything to do
with it. These include: Apple seeds, alfalfa sprouts, apricot kernels, bamboo
shoots, barley, beet tops, bitter almond, blackberries, boysenberries, brewer’s
yeast, brown rice, buckwheat, cashews, cherry kernels, cranberries, currants,
fava beans, flax seeds, garbanzo beans, gooseberries, huckleberries, lentils, lima
beans, linseed meat, loganberries, macadamia nuts, millet, millet seed, peach
kernels, pecans, plum kernels, quince, raspberries, sorghum cane syrup, spinach,
sprouts (alfalfa, lentil, mung bean, buckwheat, garbanzo), strawberries, walnuts,
watercress, yams.