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2024-10-06 23:32:17 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 55B16E93A926AECD752B5ACAB8C4A5FFDC5247E5A3B77D815C926F82D485CAC8
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The claims made are false. Apricot seeds contain amygdalin, which can be metabolized into cyanide. It is not FDA approved as a cancer cure. Jason Vale was sentenced to prison for selling apricot seeds as a cancer cure. He later died from kidney cancer. https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2020/01/fake-news-apricot-seeds-did-not-cure-mans-cancer.html https://fullfact.org/health/vitamin-B17-cancer/ https://www.survivornet.com/articles/fake-apricot-cancer-cure-the-arm-wrestling-champion-arrested-for-selling-dangerous-false-hope/ https://www.newsweek.com/apricot-seed-cancer-cure-long-history-leads-arrest-mother-son-1467414 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/arm-wrestling-champion-arrested-allegedly-peddling-bogus-apricot-seed-cancer-n1070976 https://nypost.com/2019/10/23/queens-arm-wrestling-champ-busted-again-selling-apricot-seeds-as-cancer-cure/ https://nypost.com/2021/08/02/world-arm-wrestle-champ-tied-to-bogus-cure-dies-after-cancer-bout-docs/ https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/health-news-supplements/vitamin-b17-not-vitamin
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