Inside a Peach Pit

Peaches, nectarines, plums, apricots and almonds are all closely related fruit trees with very similar pits. In all these fruits, the pit must be broken open to reveal the almond-shaped kernel within. In fact, this is what almonds actually are: the kernel within the pit of the fruit of the almond tree! The kernels of all these species contain high concentrations of a chemical known as laetrile. Research has shown that laetrile induces programmed cell death in cancer cells while leaving healthy cells alone.