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Taken from KeelyNet BBS (214) 324-3501
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November 18, 1990
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VITAMINC.ASC
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Vangard Note...
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This article comes from a little paper called `Lifelines'. It
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is a free monthly publication found in many health food
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stores. It contains many informative articles. We could find
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neither the address or the author's name of the following text.
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This paper is being presented for informational purposes only.
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Getting a cold? Take some vitamin C
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Vitamin C is a nutrient essential to our well-being.
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For many years vitamin C was connected only with scurvy, but since
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the advent of Dr. Linus Pauling's work, "Vitamin C and the Common
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Cold," many of us have become familiar with the effectiveness of
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vitamin C in preventing cold.
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The versatility of this vitamin makes it available for use in the
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treatment of many other cases of disease and distress.
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Pauling reports that optimum intake (determined on an individual
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basis) decreases the morbidity and mortality of heart disease,
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cerebro-vascular disease and cancer, as well as infectious diseases
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in general.
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As a non-specific detoxifying agent it nullifies the toxicity of
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drugs, fluorine, saccharine, lead, carbon tetrachloride, benzene and
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excessive intake of vitamins A and D.
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It has been used successfully in the treatment of ulcers, radiation
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sickness, rheumatic fever, scarlet fever, pancreatitis, whooping
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cough and tuberculosis. Pauling concludes that it has value in
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controlling essentially all disease.
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The most recent incidence of this ability is in the lowering of the
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incidence of crib death. New Age magazine reports a study done in
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one Australian town known for its high infant mortality rate where
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crib deaths "were virtually wiped out for 10 years by infecting
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babies with 1,000mg of vitamin C each day."
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Page 1
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More evidence to this conclusion is a nine-year study made in
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California. Investigators interviewed 577 persons of 50 years or
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older, getting data related to environmental, behavioral and
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nutritional factors.
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As these people died, records were made as to the correlation
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between the factors and the age of death. Vitamin C level had the
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greatest correlation with age-correted death factor, even greater
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than cigarette smoking, with those with a higher C intake living an
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average of 10 years longer.
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Vitamin C, ascorbic acid, is produced from a chemical reaction,
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which yields a substance that participates in nearly all of the
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chemical reactions in our bodies and in all the protective
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mechanisms. It is not a "wonder drug."
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Drugs are developed for specific and singular effects and often have
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side effects which are harmful to normal bodily functions. Vitamin
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C is a normal constituent of the body required for life.
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The major function of vitamin C is the synthesis of collagen.
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Collagen is a protein fiber found throughout the body' connective
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tissue. Supporting, protecting and cementing all the organs,
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collagen prote¼ts the body.
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It strengthens the intercellular cement holding the body together in
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various tissues by sending tiny fibrils throughout this cement in
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much the same way as steel girders are used to reinforce
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construction cement. This strengthening is effective against
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cellular invasion.
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Vitamin C is also involved in the synthesis and releases of
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adrenocortical and pituitary hormones. It accelerates cortisone
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production. It is a natural antibiotic and can be used against any
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infection without side effects.
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Many animals manufacture their own vitamin C. In fact, man, some
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types of monkeys, the guinea pig and an indian fruit-eating bat are
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the only mammals known to require vitamin C from external sources.
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Other mammals and most birds, amphibians and reptiles have the
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ability to synthesize the vitamin.
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Some geneticists, as well as Pauling, theorize that we lost our
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ability to manufacture our own C through genetic mutation. One of
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the proofs of this theory is that even now we are missing only one
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enzyme necessary to complete a chemical conversion to produce
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vitamin C in the liver.
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In a weight ratio th the amount of C produced by synthesizing
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mammals, a man weighing 154 pounds would produce 4 grams (4,000mg)
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daily in an unstressful situation.
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Symptoms such as hay fever, canker sores, occasional headaches,
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bleeding gums or stress can be a sign of vitamin C deficiency. Even
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the excitement generated by an athletic contest can deplete the
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kidneys of their store of C.
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Signs of a deficiency can be loss of appetite and weight, failure to
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grow, muscular weakness, anemic and even skin lesions. Further
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clues are bleeding gums, frequent colds and infections and recurring
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bruises.
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There are certain circumstances under which large doses of vitamin C
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must be taken to avoid serious deficiency: severe illness and or
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stress, surgery, accidental wounds and burns.
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Some drugs can cause the destruction of vitamin C in the body for an
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long as six weeks following their use. These include barbiturates,
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adreniline, stibestrol, estrogen, sulfonamides, aluminum chloride,
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aspirin, antihistamines, thiouracil, thyroid and atropine.
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These days, vitamin C is most famous for its action to prevent
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colds. Fatigue, becoming chilled, wearing wet shoes or clothes, and
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air pollution can lower the body's resistance.
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Ninety percent of all americans ar familiar with the sniffles,
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sneezing, sore throat, etc. of the common cold. (Six to 10 percent
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never contract colds due to their natural powers of resistance.)
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In this country we average three colds per person per year, and we
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spend a whopping $500 million per year on cold remedies.
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Many of these popular drugs, available without prescription, are
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both harmful and dangerous causing illness and even death. Their use
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does not control the infection, only the symptoms. Vitamin C gets
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rid of the symptoms by fighting the infection, with no harmful side
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effects.
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Studies have been done to investigate the usefulness of vitamin C
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against colds. Time after time it has proven effective.
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Dr. Edme Regnier, who conducted a successful five-year study, and
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irwin Stone, who originally told Pauling about the benefits of
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vitamin C, both believe that it is effective in large amounts and
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that the amount of protection increases with the amount of vitamin
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C. They recommend that 4 - 10 grams be taken daily at the onset of
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cold symptoms.
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Pauling recommends that we carry 1 gram of C with us at all times,
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taking one or two tablets at the onset of a cold and continuing this
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procedure for several hours.
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If there is a quick disappearance of the symptoms, after the first
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or second dose, we return to our regular intake. If we still show
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symptoms the second day, we continue the procedure. Viral action can
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be suppressed, so the regimen needs to be continued long enough to
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rid the body of the virus.
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Vitamin C can be used to stop a cold whether or not one is taking it
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regularly, but again several grams must be taken at the onset. In
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this case, the procedure should be continued every 20 or 30 minutes
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until the symptoms disappear. Then the dosage should be decreased
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gradually.
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Control of colds would lead to a decrease in more serious diseases
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which sometimes occur when a cold gets out of had. In fact, Pauling
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believes that colds could be prevented in 90 percent of the
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population with the use of vitamin C.
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The same measures recommended for prevention of colds are used to
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avoid the flu.
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If you areÿa would-be victim of the flu or cold, don't just take
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your C and keep working. Get some rest and drink lots of fluids. In
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this way you will avoid any possibility of serious illness and,
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equally important, you avoid spreading the virus around to others
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who may be susceptible.
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As demonstrated by its effectiveness with the common cold and
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influenza, both viral infections, vitamin C does have a general
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antiviral action.
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Akira Murata, a Japanese microbiologist, using 20-gram injections of
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sodium ascorbate (a salt of ascorbic acid) found that several kinds
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of virus were inactivated to more than 99 percent within 10-20
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minutes in adult human beings.
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Because vitamin C stimulates action in the body's natural protective
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mechanisms, more white blood cells are produced. This means that
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vitamin C is effective against bacterial as well as viral
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infections.
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Vitamin C has been recorded as successful in combating the following
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diseases: viral pneumonia, hepatitis, poliomyelitis, tuberculosis,
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measles, mumps, chicken pox, viral pneumonia, viral orchitis, viral
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meningitis, shingles, fever blisters, cold sores, canker sores,
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diphtheria, tetanus, staphylococcus, vaccunia virus and herpes.
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As mentioned earlier, vitamin C is extremely important or direct
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physical stress: surgery, accidental wounds and burns. Because of
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its function in the formation of collagen, the speed of and tensile
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strength of tissue is directly proportional to the amount of C
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obtained.
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Vitamin C accelerates the formation of new blood vessels at the site
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of the injury. It also activates the healing enzymes, speeds the
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formation of new proteins and helps to prevent hemorrhaging.
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It follows that here is a great need for increased amounts of C
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before surgery. Some surgeons suggest that 5 grams of sodium
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ascorbate be included per liter of intravenous fluid.
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The use of C decreases the amount of post surgical pain, and the
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time required for the resumption of normal body functions. Of
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course, it accelerates healing, and it decreases hospitalization
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time.
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How much vitamin C should a person take under normal circumstances?
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According to Earl Mindell's "Vitamin Bible," daily doses most often
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used are 500mg to 4 grams. One of the most widely used supplements,
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it is available in conventional pills, time-release tablets, syrups,
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powders, chewable wafers and just about every other form a vitamin
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can take.
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Because vitamin C is excreted in two or three hours, it is important
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to either take it in a time-release form or else take it throughout
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the day. Large doses of vitamin C can alter the results of
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laboratory tests. Before blood or urine testing, the doctor should
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know if you are taking vitamin C.
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The body's ability to absorb vitamin C is reduced by smoking (each
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cigarette destroys 25-100mg), stress, high fever, antibiotics,
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cortisone, aspirin, pain killers and inhalation of DDT or petroleum
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fumes.
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Cooked foods retain about half the vitamin C of raw foods.
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Vangard Note...
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Some research doctors have been trying to treat HIV (AIDS)
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patients with high doses of vitamin C. Some have used many
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thousands of grams of C. This can be very dangerous to the
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patients. The vitamin C is very quickly absorbed by the virus.
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This in not meant as a cure for the HIV but to aid the immune
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system.
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Also it is best to use a liquid or chewable vitamin C. As this
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will very quickly be absorbed in the body and is much more
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efficient than the pill form.
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Do you know how Englishmen got to be called Limey's?
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A long time ago when the English sailors were out at sea,
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scurvy was a common problem. The only source of vitamin C
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available to them, was from eating limes. Thus came the term
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LIMEY'S!
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Submitted by: Ronald Barker
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Jerry W. Decker.........Ron Barker...........Chuck Henderson
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