ALMONDS
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Almonds are mentioned somewhat infrequently in the Cayce
readings, yet, according to his rather definite statements, apparently
have a very important job to do in the metabolism of the human body.
 Cayce
makes no statements about the physiology of the action of the almonds,
although in one reading he did state that within the almond was a substance that he called a vitamin. He stated that taking
two or three almonds a day would prevent a tendency
toward cancer. Nowhere, apparently, does he mention almonds as a treatment for cancer. He did suggest the use of them to
several people after they had a cancerous growth removed and likewise
in several places to prevent the tendency for it ever occurring.
The almond, Prunus amygdalus,
is closely related to the peach, Prunus persica (also called Amygdalus
persica), and likewise to the apricot, Prunus armeniaca. The almond nut is of two distinct types, the bitter and
the sweet. The bitter almond contains a ferment,
emulsin, which in the presence of water acts on the glucoside, amygdalin,
and yields glucose, benzaldehyde and hydrocyanic acid. Amygdalin,
of course, is present in the sweet almond, but not
the ferment, emulsin. It is interesting to note that a cancer
therapy, Laetrile, which has been discredited and banned by government
authorities, is described as an extract from the apricot kernel, and
is for the most part hydrocyanic acid. It has been hypothesized
by the discoverer that this acid is destroyed in the body by normal
cellular oxidative metabolism, but cancer cells, functioning without
oxidative mechanisms, are unable to destroy the acid; thus they absorb
it and are destroyed themselves. Cayce mentioned none of these
mechanisms in his readings. He suggested sweet almonds rather than the bitter, advised they be used in the prevention rather
than the cure of cancer, and ascribed their value to a vitamin-type
substance rather than an acid. Perhaps this followed his general
philosophy of doing things gently and gradually rather than sharply
and abruptly. However, it is interesting to note the relationships
between these substances that have both been used now in human beings
in relationship to the disease called cancer.
[Note: The preceding commentary was written by William
A. McGarey, M.D. and is excerpted]
[Note: The following report was recorded by William A. McGarey, M.D.
and is excerpted from the Physician's Reference Notebook,
Copyright © 1968 by the Edgar Cayce Foundation, Virginia Beach,
VA.]
Letter Regarding [5009]
Ever since we left Virginia Beach, I have had
in mind putting down on paper, as you requested - the story of my
mother [5009], and the polyps and the almonds, so here goes:
In July 1957, my mother was operated on for a
malignant mass in the intestines. The surgeon removed a segment
of bowel to which was attached a polyp, as well as the mass.
He told my brother and me that he would have liked to have removed
also a further segment on which two or three more polyps (benign,
of course) were located but he feared she could not have stood that
much nerve shock. He said he wished to watch closely by x-ray
the polyps every three months. Subsequently, I urged Mother
- as soon as she was out of the hospital - to eat several raw almonds
a day - whether she believed in them or not (and although she tends
to discount and negate a lot she was scared enough to heed me!).
In three months the x-ray pictures showed the remaining polyps "somewhat
smaller" - the doctor reported. In another three months the
doctor said he couldn't discern any polyps at all in the x-ray pictures
and was so pleased that he changed her periodic x-ray pictures from
every three months to every six months. In another year - he
changed to x-ray photos only once yearly. It has almost been
31/2 years now since her surgery and there has been no return of any
trouble or of any polyps (and her last x-ray photos were of her entire
body-torso as well as abdominal region). So, this is a good
report for "the almond."
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