G. Edward Griffin
1 Look into claims of Proponents
The claims made in this book sound great, until you look at the other side of the Laetrile (a.k.a. B17) story.
I just can't find a CREDIBLE source that endorses Laetrile. According to the book that's because the Feds are out to get 'em. All mainstream Oncologists (or any M.D. for that matter) are part of a vast conspiracy fueled by greed and thinly veiled homicidal tendencies. (I should add suicidal to the list since DOCTORS DIE FROM CANCER TOO.)
We all need something to believe in when life stops being wonderful and gets tough, scary and incredibly unfair. When your sick and the best treatments available bring only a marginal chance of survival (sometimes leaving you with missing parts) it's only natural to become desperate and scour every resource you've got for a better way.
THAT'S WHAT MAKES US THE PERFECT 'MARK' FOR CON-MEN/QUACKS!
If you're still curious go ahead and read the book, but don't stop there.
Look at all sides to every story when considering treatment options, it's not like you have to believe every point of view you're exposed to.
Go to the watchdog sites and look up Laetrile/B17. Checkout the wrap sheet of the individuals marketing this stuff, cross reference your search and look at what other miracles they market. Ask yourself...
á Do the articles and testimonials for these different products seem to be a form letter.
á How do they find the time to become experts in virtually every field of medical science and discover a cure for EVERY major disease known to man?
á Are they really a doctor? Did the school they earned their diploma from have authority to grant doctoral degrees in that field?
á What is the success rate and where are the reports to prove it? If there are no records, how could they be so stupid? (Our brightest minds have been toiling for decades and they have records of every tiny success and huge failure.)
á There are dozens products for every bodily function known to man on the shelves of vitamin shops. They are there legally even though most are not proven or doubted by the mainstream medical community. Why is B17 allegedly singled out?
á Keep in mind that alternative therapies that WORK (i.e. Acupuncture) ARE being more widely accepted everyday.
á Many Quacks claim that their cure has been widely used in some far off land for ages and everyone there agrees it's saved numerous lives. THE WEB IS WORLD WIDE! Check it out! Are Australians being cured without a doubt or has their government just not gotten around to banning the product yet?
Making an informed decision is a lot of work, but it's a worthy investment of time if it prevents you from trading your life for a lie.
2 A Life Saving Book
Though I know Griffin is a credible researcher, I nonetheless tracked down several cancer survivors who have used laetrile to cure their condition, and vitamin distributors who have had B-17 seized by the FDA. There is no substitute for primary sources, and those I interviewed substantiated Griffin's main claims.
Individuals unfamiliar with B-17's remarkable results often scoff at such alternative medical "lunacy". Two caveats may aid the hard-nosed skeptic. As Griffin admits candidly, B-17 isn't a magic cure-all; it is a key component in a holistic regimen that requires serious lifestyle changes and genuine sacrifice. The mere fact that the FDA outlawed laetrile is not prima facie proof that it fails to cure cancer; an open minded individual might ask, "Does scientific evidence proving that laetrile cures cancer exist?"
Griffin provides this evidence. His thesis is that cancer is a vitamin deficiency disease analogous to scurvy and that mainstream "treatments" such as chemotherapy, radiation, and surgery are quackery analogous to colonial bloodletting. The book is divided into two sections, one which defines cancer and its cure, and a second that explains how and why this knowledge was suppressed.
Some complain that the first portion of the book is boring, excessively technical, and textbookish. This isn't Harry Potter or Danielle Steel! It is an explanation of complex biological processes. Amazing claims require stringent proof, and Griffin takes the time to make his case fastidiously, in terms laymen can understand.
Griffin explains that cancer is caused by fast-growing quasi-embryonic cells which are used by the body in healing. The body uses enzymes secreted by the pancreas to turn this process off when healing is completed, but these enzymes are also used in digestion, and moderners who deviate from our intended hunter-gather diet squander them breaking down processed food. In the absence of these prohibitive enzymes, the quasi-embryonic cells grow unchecked. This is cancer. To cure or prevent it, one reverts to a diet that does not drain the enzymes, and supplements their supply by ingesting an external source--B-17. Mainstream treatments are a failure because they do not address this underlying cause of cancer; Griffin explains why chemo, radiation, and surgery victims who survive do so spite of these procedures, not because of them.
Griffin does an excellent job of synthesizing many divergent factors into a coherent biological summary of cancer. B-17's active ingredient is cyanide, and he debunks the myth that the vitamin is the equivalent of a secret agent's suicide capsule. He also provides damning statistical comparisons of holistic and conventional treatment methods.
The second part of the book is much drier, but it is necessary. Griffin journeys back to WWII and documents the evolution of IG Farben, the Nazi supercorporation which was the largest business structure to ever exist. This portion is a long, often boring read, but I can't envision anything shorter driving home the truth: that modern chemical corporations which are Farben's scions used tax-exempt foundations and government agencies like the FDA to hijack the medical education and physician treatment selection process, creating a drug-biased system that maximizes pharmaceutical profits.
It is easy to chant the power-and-profit-stifle-more-viable-treatments mantra, but it is a much more difficult task to prove what so many suspect. Griffin succeeds, proceeding like a prosecutor and systematically documenting causalities. His discouraging conclusion is that there will not be a world without cancer until pharmaceutical corporations can create a synthetic B-17 drug which offers profit levels comparable to those earned by chemotherapy, radiation, and surgery.
Many individuals dogmatically refuse to believe that there are individuals who would suppress a low-priced, natural, highly-effective cancer treatment merely to make money. This emotional people-can't-be-that-evil response is unscientific. Such behaviors are reminiscent of individuals who refused to believe the stories of NAZI concentration camps--even after seeing pictures. Griffin cites everything, and any diligent researcher can confirm his claims, as I have.
Enzyme supplements. Juice fasts. Detoxification. Robert Becker's Nobel-nominated work with dedifferentiation in salamanders. Pleomorphism. Pondering these potential additions to the cancer picture, I find myself agreeing with others who consider the work somewhat dated. This does not mean that Griffin's theory is disproven or obsolete, but cutting-edge holistic treatment utilizes other components that he mentions only briefly. Griffin's intention doesn't seem to be a "Treat Yourself" manual, but rather a summary of the biological and political mechanisms that have created the cancer holocaust. In this mission World Without Cancer succeeds admirably.
3 B17 and a little "over the top" politics
G. Edward Griffin's book was one of the first I read in my education about "alternative" cancer treatments in 1998. It really jump-started my interest in the topic. It makes a convincing case about the suppression of Laetrile, an effective cancer treatment. It makes a less convincing case concerning the international conspiracy of John D. Rockefeller, I.G. Farben and Hitler to "take over the world."
Certainly, there is corruption and collusion in politics and medicine caused by the huge amount of money involved in cancer treatment. However, "Politics in Cancer" by Daniel Haley gives a much more objective and well-documented view of this.
Ed Griffin's book was first published in 1974. Although he updated it in 1997, it is still something of a dinosaur in today's Internet world. I would certainly never recommend that any cancer patient rely on just one substance or type of therapy. Every cancer and every patient is a complex of variables. Only a multi-pronged approach to treatment can raise the odds of becoming cancer-free into the 90%-plus range, where they belong, with today's wide array of options.
4 life is became be a politics by thoose adf
medicine is became to be only bussines i think?! i love this book, good luck.
5 This bunk is still being believed?
It has been disproven and BANNED in the US. It used to be available here and too many people died so they took it off the market, and rightly so. They call it Vitamin B17 to avoid the drug laws, it's just avoidance. The only reason it's still around, is cause it's so expensive to treat with and makes the doctors RICH.
6 giving a bad name to alternative cancer therapies
I would not recommend this book to anyone seriously in need of information about alternative cancer therapies. As an example of the low quality of the research, the author's use of quotes from tabloids should suffice. The book is filled with the author's paranoid, John-Birch-Society conspiracy theories linking the pharmaceutical industry, the Rockefellers, and the Communist plot to take over the world. The only reason I give it two stars rather than one is that there is actually some worthwhile information in the book; however, finding it is like looking for a needle in a haystack. Not worth the effort.
If you really want high-quality, scientific information on alternative cancer thereapies, start with Ralph Moss' The Cancer Industry.
Good luck!
7 A MUST Read for Cancer Patients
I read this book primarily to use in a college research paper, but I gained more than information to give my instructor. I got a crash-course on the political scandal that has suppressed the cure for cancer in the United States. If you or someone you know has cancer, GET A COPY OF THIS BOOK! It will eliminate all fears you ever had of the disease.
8 The only book you'll ever need to read about Cancer.
This book is only for those who have the guts to face the TRUTH and there is no better researcher that I have found anywhere than G. Edward Griffin. He has dug into a very, very ugly situation and exposed why Cancer is killing all our loved ones, and also the profiteers who have created and are perpetuating the problem. THANK YOU, Mr. Griffin, for all you have done in trying to save humanity from this monstrous suffering perpetrated by our real enemies. God bless all those who listen.
"My people perish for lack of knowledge." Hosea 4:6
j. mueller, CA
9 OUTSTANDING BOOK!!!
THE INFORMATION IN THIS BOOK IS SO SHOCKING AND WELL WRITTEN YOU WILL BE AMAZED WHY IT HASNT RECEIVE HEAD LINE NEWS ABOUT A TREATMENT FOR CANCER!!THE REASON IS SIMPLE THE DARK FORCES IN THE MEDIA AND THE DRUG INDUSTRY HAVE RIDICULED THIS BOOK BECAUSE IT EXPOSES THE FRUAD IN THE SO CALLED FIGHT AGANST CANCER!!A MUST READ IT IS A SHOCKING SINISTER STORY THAT READS LIKE A MYSTERY!!
10 Very Informative
I have cancer and I believe that had I read this book before my surgery, I probably would not be paralyzed. This book goes into great detail on the big cover up for the cure for cancer. I am in the process of getting what I need to fight this thing that is inside of me. I am also refusing radiation and chemotherapy. The only reason that I did not give this book 5 stars is because I believe that the author is a bit too detail. He really does get his point across because he mentions names and places where things took place and was discovered. If you have cancer or someone you know has cancer, then you need to read this book. It is a shame that people are dying because of other hungry people for the almighty dollar.
11 American Medicine Revealed !
As a physician, trained at one of the premier medical schools, I applaud this book. Only several decades ago, private medical research went to distant lands to find out why certain tribes never died of cancer. These researchers found that seeds, almond, apple and others were full of a vitamin: B-17, which is totally absent in our American diet due to processing. These researchers were silenced and the major pharmaceticals, Rockefeller, et al, lead any further research, thus ending independent research as we know it. Small groups of doctors exist and believe in the anti-aging concepts of preventive and nutritional health as a prevention for many of the maladys facing man today. Seek us out - we are there - still fighting.
12 This book is a MUST READ for anyone
My brother died of cancer in 1978. Shortly after he died, I heard the tape "The Politics of Cancer Therapy", which is based on the second half of the book "World Without Cancer". That tape was one of the best done presentations I've ever heard--about anything. It is about the takeover of the field of medical education by the drug industry, and explains why cures for cancer aren't really of great interest to the medical field.
The tape was so fascinating that I immediately went out, bought the book, found that even better, and made the trip out to interview Mr. Griffin.
Mr. Griffin is extremely well informed, writes and speaks clearly and makes his subjects very easy to understand.
If you have any interest in either an effective treatment for cancer, in world politics, or in politics and the medical field you simply have to read this book. I cannot speak too highly of it.
13 The best hope for anyone with cancer.
The book provide essential information on cancer and why you are not likely to get help from most doctors. If you or someone you love has cancer, don't believe that chemo and the other conventional treatments will help. You can prevent cancer, you can get real help if you have cancer of any type. I've seen it work, I now know many people who have been treated and their cancer is gone. They feel great and no longer fear cancer. Tell everyone you know, people don't have to die from cancer.
14 World Without Cancer: The Story of Vitamin B17
Excellent information more about cancer prevention than cure. In depth reporting on the cancer industry and why the cure is not a high priority for many powerful groups in organized medicine. There is a great deal of money made in the cancer industry.
Gives several examples of how groups of people in remote areas do not ever get cancer. Their diet is rich in Vitamin B17. This Vitamin is not recognized by the FDA for political reasons. Vitamins can't be patended. When some of these people leave their homeland and adopt our eating habits they get cancer at the same rate as the rest of us.
This is important reading for anyone - it can save their life.
They only negative is the extreme detail the author provides.
15 World Without Cancer
Excellent explanation of how a simple remedy can harm the billion dollar cancer research charade. After reading, list Laetrile on any search engine for a list of places that produce B17.
16 Only for those who TRULY desire to be cancer-free...
This book has changed my entire perspective about cancer, medicine, politics, and big business. No one needs any longer to become victim to the ravages of cancer, traditional cancer treatments and the greed of the cancer industry. This 2 part book first gives the layman an insiders powerful understanding about cancer from the earliest pioneers and heros of cancer research to the practical cancer-free life available today. Second, this well-documented expose of the billion dollar cancer industry will leave chills running down your spine. Finally, the author's quick and rivoting style effortlessly engages the reader - leaving no excuse for anyone to ignorantly fall prey to the deadly deception of cancer conmen!
17 Incredible eye-opener! HIGHLY recommended!
This is a MUST READ, whether you know anyone with cancer or not. It exposes a great deal of corruption in our United States political system and our American Medical Association, almost to the levels of the Internal Revenue Service (although nothing can reach the levels of corruption of that organization, in my humble opinion).
18 If you or someone you know has cancer, YOU NEED this book!
For anyone with cancer, this book has all the information you need. My brother-in-law, as a last resort, went to a medical clinic that uses B17. His cancer is GONE!
19 Great book on health and medicine through proper nutrition.
I whipped thorugh this book in two days. It provides an excellent exposŽ of an alternative natural way to prevent and cure cancer throug nutrition, and the forces in government and in large pharmaceutical firms that are fighting to keep the secret from us. This book serves as an eye opener to anybody who has ever wondered why there has been so little progress in the fight against cancer, despite the vasts sums of money being invested.
