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2024-04-14 02:01:18 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: EB23DA1FAB0E28E3A55A51B1CA315ED31BE1A2366CFD063BED49E23166737C1C
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"Vitamin B17" is also known as laetrile or amygdalin. It is not a vitamin. In the human body this substance metabolises into cyanide. Ingestion of laetrile can and has resulted in severe cyanide poisoning. It does not cure or treat any form of cancer. https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/treatment/complementary-alternative-therapies/individual-therapies/laetrile https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD005476.pub4/full https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5587935/ https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/treatment/cam/patient/laetrile-pdq
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