#1: Too Little Vitamin C is the Leading Cause of Death
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Chronic Scurvy (AKA Heart Disease)
Linus Pauling's last great contribution to human health is the widely ignored discovery that the number one cause of death in America is a chronic vitamin C deficiency.
Chronic Scurvy Update
"I think I know what the answer is... we can get almost complete
control of cardiovascular disease, heart attacks and strokes by the
proper use of this (vitamin C and lysine) therapy... even cure it....
Its almost miraculous..." - Linus Pauling
(1992 Heart Disease Video)
The Pauling/Rath unified theory and the Pauling invention of a protocol to treat the heart disease, ranks among the greatest scientific achievements of all time.
Read more at our Vitamin C and Heart Disease page.
Reversing Heart Disease with a Vitamin
Dr. Cobb is a physician and one of our customers.
His article reprinted with permission from
wellbeingjournal.com
- Moderate Doses of Vitamin C Lower Blood Pressure
- High Cholesterol Protects Against Infections and Atherosclerosis (Heart Disease) (Oxford Journal of Medicine)
- A Novel in vivo Study of Vitamin C and Heart Disease
- Dec 2011 - Korea: Research Showing that High Levels of Vitamin C Help People with Heart Failure to Live Longer
- Aug 2011 - UK: Low plasma Vitamin C Predicts Incident Heart Failure
- Bush Views Heart Disease through the Eyes: CardioRetinometry®
- Curing Heart Disease W/Vitamin C Before X-Rays Can Show It
- Israeli Study: Antioxidant Vitamins C/E Keep Arterial Blood Vessels Healthy in Smokers/Drinkers
- Long-Term Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C) Administration Reverses Endothelial Vasomotor Dysfunction in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease
- Vitamin C Treatment Lowers Elevated C-Reactive Protein
- Vitamin C and Cardiovascular Disease - The Untold story
- Vitamin C Cuts Smoking-Induced Atherosclerosis Risk
- Vitamin C Improves Myocardial Perfusion in Elective PCI
- Scientists show Vitamin C Protects Against Hypertension-Induced DNA Damage
- Vitamin C Quickly Boosts Smokers' Blood Circulation
- Higher Vitamin C Levels Linked to Lower Blood Pressure
- Vitamin C Fights Heart Disease
Read more at our Vitamin C and Heart Disease page.
#2: Take More Vitamin C and Live Longer
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When blood levels are measured, the study results are consistent:
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Older Brits with Highest Blood Levels of Vitamins C have Lowest Mortality Rates
A 2003 study from the UK measured Vitamin C blood levels:
RESULTS: Strong inverse relationship for blood ascorbate (vitamin C) concentrations with all-cause and cardiovascular disease mortality, Those in the lowest fifth (< 17 micromol/L) had the highest mortality, whereas those in the highest fifth (> 66 micromol/L) had a mortality risk nearly half that (hazard ratio = 0.54; 95% CI: 0.34, 0.84). In fully adjusted models, there was no evidence for an influence of alpha-tocopherol (vitamin-E), beta-carotene, or retinol (vitamin-A) on total mortality.
Antioxidant Vitamins and Mortality in Older Persons
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Americans with Highest Blood Levels of Vitamins C and E have Lowest Mortality Rates
Another recent study at Columbia University measured vitamin C blood levels and was reported by Bill Sardi: The group with the highest blood concentration of vitamin C were 45% less likely to die of any cause ; vitamin E 29% lower death risk compared to adults with the lowest blood concentration. The highest blood concentration of vitamin C also resulted in a relative 60% reduced risk for cancer-related deaths. http://knowledgeofhealth.com/americans-highest-blood-levels-vitamins-c-and-e-have-lowest-mortality-rate/
These blood measurement studies (as opposed to food questionnaire-based studies) would have made Linus Pauling happy. Pauling wrote that even though he couldn't prove it, he had become convinced that supplementing high doses of vitamin C, along with other antioxidants, might extend the healthy life span 20 to 30 years." (ref: How To Live Longer and Feel Better, 1986)
#3: Vitamin C versus Cancer: Non-toxic "Chemo"?
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Non-toxic "chemo" is the miraculous promise of "vitamin C" in the fight against cancer.
Expert Opinion: The Case for Vitamin C Against CancersRead more at our Vitamin C and Cancer page.
Recent Headlines
- Injections of Vitamin C Could Help Fight Blood Cancer
- UT Southwestern Research Reveals Dual Benefits in Vitamin C for Cell Function, Cancer Prevention
- NIH: Pharmacologic Ascorbic Acid Concentrations Selectively Kill Cancer Cells
- Study: Long Term Use of Antioxidant Supplements Cuts Risk of Breast Cancer in Half
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Study: Antioxidant Intake Significantly Decreases Pancreatic Cancer
Risk by 67%
What researchers found was that those who consumed the most selenium roughly halved their risk of developing pancreatic cancer compared to participants with the lowest intake. Even more remarkable, participants in the top 25 percent of consumption of vitamins C, E and selenium reduced their risk by 67 percent. The authors concluded that this amount of reduced risk could possibly prevent 8 percent of pancreatic cancers.
- Vitamin C Induces "Cancer-Cell Suicide" in Pancreatic Cancer.
- Study: Vitamins E, C Cut Prostate Cancer Risk
- Vitamin C Suppresses Prostate Cancer - June 2010 Study
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Study: Vitamin C, E and Selenium Drastically Reduce Risk of Death from
Gastric Cancer (Stomach Cancer) and Esophageal Cancer in Half.
"Gastric cancer or esophageal cancer patients who took vitamin C, E and antioxidative selenium supplements during a 15-year study were 50 percent less likely to die from the cancers."
- 21 Free Video Lectures On-line: INTRAVENOUS VITAMIN C AS CANCER THERAPY:
- Peer Reviewed Publication Supporting Intravenous Vitamin C for Cancer Patients
- New Cancer Imaging Technique uses Vitamin C to Detect More Aggressive Tumors
- Increased Intakes of Omega-3 Fatty Acids, and Vitamins C and E Reduce the Risk of Pancreatic Cancer by Over 30 Percent
- Vitamin C, E, Omega 3-fatty Acids Prevents Pancreatic Cancer
- More Coverage of Cancer Breakthrough from NaturalNews.com
- Non-Toxic Vitamin C Inhibits Formation of New Blood Vessel Growth to Tumors
- Vitamin C Stops the Growth of Cancerous Tumors in Mice
- The Real Story of Vitamin C and Cancer
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Anti-cancer Effect of Pharmacologic Vitamin C/Ascorbate (AA) and its
Interaction with Supplementary Parenteral Glutathione (GSH) in
Preclinical Cancer Models
Findings:
- The results showed that pharmacologic AA (vitamin C) induced cytotoxicity in all tested cancer cells,
- Although all treatments (AA (vitamin C), GSH, and AA (vitamin C) + GSH) improved survival rate, AA + GSH inhibited the cytotoxic effect of AA alone and failed to provide further survival benefit.
- There is an antagonism between ascorbate (vitamin C) and glutathione (GSH) in treating cancer, and therefore iv AA and iv GSH should not be coadministered to cancer patients on the same day.
- Vitamin C and Vitamin K3 Alone or in Combination Induces Cancer Cell Death in Leukemia Cells
- Study: Vitamin E (Alpha-Tocopheryl Succinate) Promotes Selective Cancer Cell Death Induced by Vitamin K3 in Combination with Vitamin C
- Mayo to Study Vitamin C and Vitamin K3 "Drug" for Cancer
- Intravenous Ascorbic Acid to Prevent and Treat Cancer-associated Sepsis? (Published March 2011)
Read more at our Vitamin C and Cancer page.
#4: Vitamin C has Anti-viral Properties
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Vitamin C Pioneer Fredrick Klenner, MD, discovered that intravenous vitamin C controls and treats viral infections in the 1940s. See: The Treatment of Poliomyelitis and Other Virus Diseases with Vitamin C
Dr. Thomas E Levy, MD, JD, reviewed the literture and after four years of research published:
Curing the Incurable: Vitamin C, Infectious Disease and Toxins (2002)
Study: The Effectiveness of Vitamin C in Preventing and Relieving the Symptoms of virus-induced Respiratory Infections.
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Study Finds Vitamin C Can Kill Drug-Resistant TB
Vitamin C Protects Against the Ebola Virus
Read more about vitamin C and Ebola
Read more about vitamin C and Infectious Disease (Below)
Read about the Surefire Cure for the Common Cold page.
#5: Vitamin C Helps the Body Eliminate Heavy Metals and Toxins
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Russel Jaffe, MD, PhD has calculated the affinity the uniquely
shaped ascorbate ion (vitamin C) has for various heavy metals, and how
much vitamin C is required for detox.
Curing the Incurable: Vitamin C, Infectious Diseases and Toxins.
Read more at our Forum.
#6: High Dose Vitamin C Improves Overall Health
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Linus Pauling's high vitamin C dosage recommendations have made it possible for countless people to avoid prescription medications
In the 1930s, Dr. Claus W. Jungblut, an early pioneer of vitamin C therapy, discovered that only primates and guinea pigs were susceptible to scurvy as well as anaphylactic shock, pulmonary tuberculosis, diptheritic intoxication, a poliomyelitis-like viral infection and a viral form of leukemia. None of the vitamin C synthesizing laboratory animals had susceptibility to these diseases.
Study: Intake of Vitamin C improved brain cognitive function
Risk of gout was found to be lower in individuals with higher vitamin C intake. Compared to individuals with a total vitamin C intake of less than 250 mg per day, those with total intakes of 500 - 999 mg per day had a 17 percent reduced risk of gout. For intakes of 1,000 - 1,499 mg and 1,500 mg or more per day, the risk of getting gout was down by 34 and 45 percent, respectively.
The authors of this study also looked at the relationship between amounts of vitamin C ingested in supplement form only and risk of gout. Here again, higher supplemental levels were associated with a reduced risk of gout. Compared to those who did not supplement with vitamin C, those supplementing with 1,000 - 1,499 mg and 1,500 mg or more of vitamin C per day were found to be at 34 and 45 percent reduced risk of gout, respectively.
These results suggest that vitamin C, either from diet or supplements, is associated with a reduced risk of gout.
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#7: Our Genetic Defect (Most Animals Make Vitamin C)
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Humans cannot make their own vitamin C, but almost all other
species on the planet can and do make large amounts of vitamin C 24/7.
This makes vitamin C unlike the other
essential vitamins which must be in the diet of both we and our animal friends.
The loss of a single gene (termed GULO) prevents you from making your own vitamin C.
Read more: The One Thing to Know About Vitamin C.
#8: Vitamin C & Collagen: Improves Skin Appearance and Eliminates Dental Decay
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A little known benefit discovered by dentists in the 1950s is that 6,000 mg daily completely prevents dental carries (cavaties).
#9: Governmental (RDA) Recommendations are Too Low
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Why do our recommendations run counter to medical and governmental authorities?
Don't Tissues Saturate at 200 mg of Vitamin C? The erroneous idea that 200 mg of vitamin C is all our bodies can use daily arose out of important research by the Mark Levine group at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
The NIH papers were analyzed by pharmacology professors Steve Hickey, Ph.D. and Hilary Roberts, Ph.D., and the errors were communicated to the NIH and other authorities. After normal scientific channels failed, these UK scientists authored two important books detailing the errors in the NIH research conclusions.
The basic flaw in the NIH research was not accounting for the short
half life of vitamin C (aka ascorbate) in the blood plasma. Using the NIH's own
numbers, Hickey and Roberts developed their Dynamic Flow
theory.
Ascorbate: The Science of Vitamin C
Ridiculous Dietary Allowance
Apparently the Linus Pauling Institute is aware of the faulty NIH
research, but not of the Hickey/Roberts rebuttal arguments.
Owen Fonorow's measurements, as published in the July 2017 Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients, shows that 4,000 mg of ascorbic acid (but not sodium ascorbate) can be absorbed into the blood stream after oral intake without loss equivalent to an intravenous infusion.
Safer than Water
There is little risk in adopting our vitamin C recommendations. Vitamin C is completely non-toxic (less toxic than water), and no harmful oral dosage has been discovered in toxicity studies, i.e., there is no LDL-50 dosage (the lethal dosage at which 50 percent of the lab animals given the substance are killed .)Even the Linus Pauling Institute has it wrong. Vitamin C: Myths And Reality Outside The Research Laboratory
The Vitamin C Foundation's Recommended Daily Intake/Allowance
#10: Your Doctor Lacks Training in Vitamin C
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Don't expect to hear about any of this from Medical Doctors.
Medical doctors, for whatever reasons, have not been
trained in the massive vitamin C research.
The massive science (a small portion of which is reported on these pages) is missing in medical educations. And a negative propaganda campaign exists to keep doctors comfortable in their ignorance.
How Owen Fonorow Knows That Vitamin C is Ignored in Med Schools
Illinois Benedictine is outstanding and brags that more than 80% of its graduates who so desire are accepted into medical and dental schools. For these future doctors, there can be nothing to the therapeutic claims for vitamin C, otherwise they would have learned something about it. (This nutrition class may be the last class in nutrition these future doctors attend.)
Curious, I obtained some of the materials from an earlier prerequisite course in basic nutrition, and found a "How To Spot A Quack" checklist in this material. Prominent on the checklist was the label that any doctor who prescribes or recommends more than the RDA amounts of a vitamin is a 'quack.'"
- Owen Fonorow
Confused by the Recent Anti-Vitamin C Stories in the News?!
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