- Paperback: 192 pages
- Publisher: Amer Media; 2 edition (Jun 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0912986379
- ISBN-13: 978-0912986371
- Product Dimensions: 20.8 x 13.2 x 1.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 338,474 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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fun easy, amazing recipes to turn your eating habits around and promote robust health from an old fashioned, largely wholefood diet, fabulous recipes, superb, happy fun. supporting B 17 the amygdalin , nitriloside factor in many foods we discard in modern western processed food. apple seeds , APRICOT KERNELS ( richest most powerful food) cherry plum apricot peach kernels and fruit plus many many more delicious easily accessible foods. great Authoress, originally scientist.A World without Cancer: The Story of Vitamin B17Cancer: Why We're Still Dying to Know the Truth
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What a Title!
20 Jun 2000
Format:Paperback
When my friends see this book on my bookshelf they often look puzzled. Perhaps they think twice about letting me cook for them! After all with a title like "Little Cyanide Cookbook," the book is bound to raise some eyebrows.
In reality this is a collection of recipes rich in cyanide containing foods, specifically amygdalin, which the author believes should be called `Vitamin B17.' This chemical is also known as `laetrile' which is the biggest name (some would say biggest shame) in alternative cancer therapies. Some scientists hold the theory that eating enough of these cyanide-containing sugars (which incidentally are anti-oxidants) will prevent cancer. Indeed many societies that are free from cancer (such as the Hunzas) consume quite a bit of these sugars. I have investigated the whole laetrile controversy for many years, which is why I own the book.
I can't say that I completely swallow all of the theory, but if you do, or are just investigating cyanide-containing chemicals as a cancer preventative, this book should be of use. The only drawback is that many of our favorite foods do not contain these "cyanogenic glycosides," so the recipes may be hard to put together. Also, many of the recipes call for ground-up apricot seeds, which are semi-legal and bitter tasting. For those wondering, there is no real danger of cyanide poisoning from the recipes that De Spain promotes. Some of the foods that contain cyanide which we eat everyday in large amounts are: lentils, millet, blackberries, raspberries, buckwheat, lima beans, and peas.
32 of 45 people found the following review helpful
Not what I expected
18 Jun 2007
Format:Paperback
Although it often seems a bit unfair to rate a book lower based on my expectations, that's where I'm going with this. I think my expectations might be similar to yours.
I expected this book to have healthy, mostly vegetarian recipes, so I was surprised that so many, many of them were for meat dishes. I couldn't use the book, so I passed it on to someone else immediately.
Many of the recipes also use a very small amount of ground apricot kernels sprinkled onto an otherwise ordinary dish, which doesn't seem like enough to qualify the dish as rich in B17.
I'd suggest learning which foods have B17, and doing a computer search for recipes for them.
I expected this book to have healthy, mostly vegetarian recipes, so I was surprised that so many, many of them were for meat dishes. I couldn't use the book, so I passed it on to someone else immediately.
Many of the recipes also use a very small amount of ground apricot kernels sprinkled onto an otherwise ordinary dish, which doesn't seem like enough to qualify the dish as rich in B17.
I'd suggest learning which foods have B17, and doing a computer search for recipes for them.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
how to cook with bitter almonds
11 Nov 2010
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if you like bitter almonds, or like to start eating them because of the health benefits, this little book will tell you how to make yummy tasting stuff without being turned down by the bitterness of the bitter almonds!
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