Raw Apricot Kernels

sylviaexmouthuk

Hello Marcia,

I was interested to see that you had picked up on my post about bitter apricot kernels. I have been eating them for 12 ½ years now and actually really like them. I saw a nutritionist, Dr Nicola Hembry when I was first diagnosed with breast cancer, triple negative, in June 2005. They were on a sheet about nutrition that she gave me. I took them all through my treatment and still take them every day with no ill effects.

First of all I took about twenty to thirty a day and now I take ten. I do not listen to all the negative information that is written about them.

I think that we have to decide all these things for ourselves. You were lucky to have an oncologist who was fine with your decision. I just took what I thought would help me. I was always very healthy and careful with my diet before being diagnosed. I still take care and have a mainly Mediterranean/Rainbow diet. I do not eat meat, poultry or dairy products. The only animal foods I have are organic eggs and wild frozen salmon. I am probably going to give up the salmon. I eat the eggs because they are supposed to be good for your eyesight. I may decide to go vegan.

Wishing you all the very best.

Sylvia

larisa9

Sylvia,

Thank you for encouraging post! What brand of apricot kernels are you using?

Thank you,

Larisa

sylviaexmouthuk

Hello Larisa

Thank you for your post. I have been getting bitter apricot kernels from Creative Nature online ever since 2005, as well as from my local natural food store where I live in the UK. Remember that they need to be BITTER apricot kernels. I think there are various brands. The Creative Nature ones come in a tub, but the last ones that I bought in my local store were in a plastic pouch and were a different brand. They have always been organic ones.

I hope this helps.

Sylvia

Tanya_Djamila

Hi Apricot Ladies,

Are we allowed to take them in a vegetarian capsule? I was taking them and my ONC said the amounts aren't regulated so I got scared and didn't want it to interfere with my Ibrance. Thanks in advance!

Tanya

kandyhunt

I bought some on Saturday and they will be delivered on Tuesday. I was just diagnosed with IDC and have not been through any treatment, YET. I am still in the "what should I do stage". I was told to get either a lumpectomy and radiation or a Mastectomy and be done. I have my records being sent to another medical group for a second opinion. It the mean time I am looking into alternative medicine. AM I crazy?

Babymom

so how many you take a day and r u cancer free since the

MelissaDallas

Babymom, if you had chemo and rads many years ago, why are you evenconsidering this?

Babymom

because I want to stay cancer free how many years I live even it’s 10 years or 30 years I want to stay healthy I have baby I want to be their for her

MelissaDallas

Laetrile (chemo derived from apricot pits) was pretty much disproven many years ago. Eating apricot pits is about the equivalent of eating low dose cyanide