Q.
Thank you for your most valuable articles
on cancer in recent issues. My question: Would you recommend for the prevention
of cancer, vitamin B17 by way of three apricot pits daily
for an adult, and one pit daily for an eight-year old?
Or 100 mg. B17 tablet for an adult three times a week?
This is, of course, along with everything else you mentioned. M. P. F. , Parsippany, N.J.
A.
Let me stress first your last sentence, "along with everything else you mentioned."
I made it quite clear that both for the prevention and the treatment of cancer,
the total approach is imperative. We cannot hope that this or that pill,
or this or that food or vitamin, will do the trick and prevent us from developing cancer,
or cure it when it manifests itself.
To help make sure that cancer will by pass you,
you must avoid all well known carcinogens in your food, air, water,
and environment. You must also always keep your body at the peak
of resistance with a good health building diet, sufficient rest,
proper mental attitude, and plenty of exercise.
You must avoid toxic drugs, nutritionless processed foods,
sugar, alcohol, and tobacco. You must take all the anti-cancer vitamins
and supplements I recommended in the article, and eat specific protective foods
such as brewer's yeast, whole grains, seeds and nuts (which contain B-17),
plenty of raw, fresh vegetables and fruits especially apricots, peaches,
and plums. When eating these fruits, as well as apples,
you must eat the seeds and pits, which are all rich sources of B17.
The other foods that are rich in B17 are buckwheat and millet,
and all kinds of beans - especially lima beans and garbanzos.
For an eight-year old, such a dietary regime will offer sufficient protection.
If you wish to maximize your own B17 intake,
you may add a few apricot pits to your diet each day, maybe up to 5 or so.
At present, I don't see any reason to supplement the diet with B17
in tablet form for preventive purposes
but it may be used as part of the total therapeutic approach in the treatment of cancer.
Q.
Your Nutrition Forum is a great
inspiration to all of us. I am a
woman of 40 years, with a young
body (I am 5'4" and weigh 109
pounds) but an old face, which is
beginning to sag, after 15 years of
marriage which ended in a divorce. I
would like very much to improve my
face, giving it a youthful look to
match my body, and I am considering very seriously a face lift. What is
your opinion of this type of surgery?
Is it harmful? Would you recommend
it? D.S. Bladensburg, MD
A.
I believe that everyone should try
to look his or her best. Vanity?
Possibly, but I think a tasteful attire,
neatness, personal hygiene, and attractive grooming,
as well as cosmetic assistance in looking our best
all can help to make our co-existence
on this crowded planet aesthetically
more pleasant, and physically and
psychologically more enjoyable. By
all means, if a face lift will make you
happier, have one. I don't think
there is much danger or health
hazard involved with it, if you make
sure that:
Q.
I had open heart surgery and
have one plastic heart valve, so I am
on a salt free diet. For the last three
years, I have been taking all kinds of
vitamins, but the more I read, the
more I became confused. There are
all kinds of vitamin brands, and all
tell you that their brand is better
than the others. So, after reading all
these years, I have come up with this
program.
In the morning, I take one glass of
vegetable juice with the following in
it:
1 tablespoon brewer's yeast, 1
tbsp. liver powder, 1 tbsp. raw
wheat germ, two tbsp. blackstrap
molasses.
Later in the day, I take 30 mg. of
zinc, one tablet of vitamin A, and
250 mg. of natural vitamin C. I also
take the following drugs every day:
Coumadin, 5 mg.; Digoxin, .25; and
Quinidine, 200 mg., 4 daily.
Do you feel there is enough
vitamins in these items for my condition? F.C., Connecticut
A.
Since you are taking daily three
different kinds of drugs for your
heart, prescribed by your doctor,
and you failed to inform me how long
ago you had heart surgery, your age,
or the general state of your health, I
would hesitate to offer you any
suggestions. You had better discuss
your vitamin supplementation program with your doctor
who prescribed the medication. Or, if he is
not nutritionally minded, with some
doctor who is. When you take so
many drugs for your heart condition,
you must be sure that the vitamins
and minerals you take do not interfere with or are not antagonistic to.
the drugs you take. By the way, the
glaring gap in your supplementation
program is the absence of vitamin E.
Vitamin E is singularly the most important for most heart conditions.
The raw wheat germ would not
supply enough vitamin E for therapeutic purposes, and if it is not
fresh, but rancid, most vitamin E in
it will be destroyed.
Q.
Recently a neighbor went to
Europe and brought back some
things which she is raving about. I
hesitate to argue because she feels
they are so far ahead in Holland and
Germany. She says she feels great
by taking these things.
One is a capsule called KH-3 ,
which is sold over the counter in
Europe, and the other is Royal Jelly,
which I have seen mentioned in Let's
LIVE, but don't know anything
about, and have never seen in this
country.
Can you help by telling me something about this? R.S., Brightwaters, N.Y.
A.
KH-3 is a product developed by
Dr. Ana Aslan of Rumania. Its basic
ingredient is procain and it is fortified with B vitamins.
It is sold everywhere in Europe and also in Mexico,
and has been used extensively for
several decades.
Royal Jelly is a natural substance
produced by bees for the exclusive
food of the queen bee. It is sold in
this country in most health food
stores, plain, or as an ingredient in
both cosmetic and food supplement
preparations.
Both KH-3 and Royal Jelly are
considered to be effective revitalizing and rejuvenative agents. Dr.
Aslan recommends KH-3 for everyone over 50, especially those who
suffer from degenerative disorders.
KH-3 and Royal Jelly supposedly prevent premature aging and will keep
you younger longer. In men, they are
claimed to increase virility and prevent impotence. Both substances and
their properties have been researched quite extensively in Europe and
are described in detail - more than
we can squeeze into this Forum - in
my book, Health Secrets From
Europe, (available at your health
food store).
Q.
I have married a girl from India,
and she recently joined me here in
the U.S. She is 5 ft. tall. This
shortness never bothered her back
home. However, by our standards,
she is quite short. This is constantly
bugging her. I have tried my best to
help her overcome that complex, but
I don't seem to be able to reason
with her. Is there any way she can
add a couple of inches to her height
naturally, through exercises,
medicine, or selective food? She is 22
years old. Please advise. P.G.S.,
Naperville, Ill.
A.
Yes, it is possible to grow taller
until about the age of 25 or 26,
provided that growth was delayed
due to some disease or nutritional
deficiencies and/or inadequacies.
However, if the height is genetically
predetermined, all nutritional efforts
to increase it will be futile.
The factors responsible for the unnatural tallness of North American
and North European people are:
Q.
Is there any natural remedy for
ringworm? Also, what about keratotic ringworm? Are they caused by
differing fungi? M.B., Milford, Mass.
A.
Ringworm is a contagious skin
disease caused by a fungus. It often
erupts in the shape of a ring thus
the name. Keratotic means that it is
on the outer, corny layer of the skin - ringworm can also be located in
the scalp, nails, soles of the feet,
etc. The same fungus is involved in
all forms of ringworm.
Ringworm of the body can be
easily cured by several antiseptic
ointments available at drugstores
without prescription, such as, Whitfields or vioform. Among more natural treatments are:
Q.
In your books, articles, and Nutrition Forum, you often refer to
B-complex tablets, 100% natural,
HIGH POTENCY. It is my understanding that potencies of natural
vitamins are restricted in tablets
that can be swallowed. Can you be
specific about what you consider to
be 100% natural, high-potency B complex tablets? L.L., Rome, Georgia
A.
A 100% natural, high-potency Bcomplex tablet would contain approximately
7-10 mg. of major Bs -
B1, B2, and B3 - and varying but
relatively low amounts of the other
B-complex vitamins. Several vitamin
companies (some of which advertise
in Let's LIVE) produce 100% natural
B-complex formula, which is more or
less a concentrated brewer's yeast
product. If an average size B-complex tablet contains more than 10
mg. of B1 or B2, it is NOT 100%
natural, even if the word "natural"
appears on the label. Why are
natural B-complex tablets containing
only 7-10 mg. of B1 or B2 called
"high potency"? Because this is
about the highest potency that can
be made using materials from 100%
natural sources. There are 100%
natural B-complex tablets on the market that contain only 2-3 mg. of major
Bs. They are not referred to as "high
potency".
Cancer Prevention
Face Lift
Vitamins and Drugs
KH-3 and Royal Jelly
Growing Taller at 22
Milk and meat contain growth factors, and, if consumed in excess, will
contribute to unnatural tallness. Tall
stature is not necessarily, of course,
a sign of good health. Rather the
opposite is true. It is more of a handicap and a health hazard unless
of course, one wishes to be a basketball player. You see, your heart is
not genetically programmed to pump
blood to excessive heights, which is
comparable to obesity in terms of
cardiac stress. J.I. Rodale presented
massive valid evidence to show that
short people are actually healthier
and tend to live longer than tall
people. But, if your wife's height is
not genetically determined, and if
she desperately wants to get taller,
she may try to eat large amounts of
animal protein - especially milk and
meat.
Ringworm
Natural High-Potency B Complex