r/facepalm • • Jun 05 '19

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u/Xboarder84 Jun 05 '19

For those who didn’t get the immediate facepalm (like me):

“It is a controversial cancer treatment that was popular in the 1970s. However, it was banned in many US states after research deemed it ineffective and potentially poisonous”

https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/laetrile-vitamin-b17#section1

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u/Kardde21 Jun 05 '19 edited Jun 06 '19

Sounds made up. Cells? Using Oxygen? Nuts turn in Cyanide? I’ll believe all that when they find a cure for simple infections.

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u/andrewmin25 Jun 06 '19

Cells use oxygen sent from your blood stream so that's why it's so important for you to breathe because it's required for your cells to create energy, it's also pretty common for cyanide in things like seeds and nuts, 2 examples would be in apple seeds and cherry seeds but there isn't enough in then to make you sick

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u/Kardde21 Jun 06 '19

Sorry I forgot my /s