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The B17 Story: 50 Years of Survival, Controversy & the Forgotten Enzyme Connection

Michael Karlfeldt
Michael Karlfeldt

TV Show Host, True Health: Body, Mind, Spirit

John Richardson Jr.
John Richardson Jr.

Founder of Operation World Without Cancer

Rick Hill

What if one of the most controversial chapters in integrative cancer care is also one of the least understood?

In this remarkable conversation, John Richardson Jr. and Rick Hill revisit the history of B17/laetrile, apricot kernels, pancreatic enzymes, and the nutritional protocols that became widely discussed in the 1970s.

Rick shares his extraordinary personal story of being diagnosed with advanced cancer at age 24, leaving the Mayo Clinic, traveling to Mexico, and following a comprehensive nutritional program that included B17 and enzymes. More than five decades later, he is still here to tell the story.

John Richardson Jr. also shares the legacy of his father, Dr. John Richardson, who became one of the most prominent physicians associated with this approach and treated thousands of patients before losing his medical license amid intense controversy.

You’ll also hear why both men place such strong emphasis on proteolytic pancreatic enzymes, how they believe enzymes may affect the tissue environment around cancer, and why they see B17 as only one piece of a much larger nutritional picture.

This interview is part personal testimony, part medical history, and part exploration of a deeply debated approach that continues to generate strong opinions more than 50 years later.

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