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VITAMIN C: THE WONDER NUTRIENT
Hans Larsen
states:
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Vitamin
C was first isolated in 1928 by the Hungarian biochemist and
Nobel Prize winner Dr. Syent-Gyorgijc. Vitamin C plays an
important role as a component of enzymes involved in the synthesis
of collagen and carnitine.
Vitamin
C intake markedly reduces the severity of a cold; it also
effectively prevents secondary viral and bacterial complications.
Vitamin C works by stimulating the immune system and protecting
against damage by the free radicals released by the body in
its fight against infection. (54)
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Drs. Pauling
and Cameron pioneered the use of large doses of Vitamin C (more
than 10 grams a day) in the treatment of cancer patients. From their
experiments at the Vale of Leven Hospital in Scotland, they concluded
that terminal cancer patients who received large daily doses of
Vitamin C, along with the regular treatment, lived much longer than
patients who did not receive Vitamin C. These patients also had
less pain, and in general, a much-improved quality of life.
Larsen continues:
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Vitamin
C is truly a wonder nutrient and there is no doubt that many
of the serious degenerative diseases plaguing the civilized
world today can be prevented or even reversed through an adequate
intake of this essential vitamin.
A scientific
advising panel to the U.S. government recently recommended
that all healthy adults increase their Vitamin C intake to
250-1000 mg. a day.
A daily
intake of 250-1000 mg. of Vitamin C may be adequate for preventive
purposes, but far larger quantities are required in halting
or reversing cancer and heart disease and hepatitis C.
Although
there has been some concern that people suffering from hemochromatosis
(a tendency to iron overload) may be sensitive to high doses
of Vitamin C, most researchers agree that Vitamin C is entirely
safe in daily quantities of 10 grams or more. An adequate
intake of Vitamin C is surely the best and most cost efficient
health insurance available today.
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The official
Recommended Daily Allowance (RDA) is sixty mg. per day. How much
do we need? To answer this question it is crucial to realize that
the RDA is not, in any way, based on what is required for optimum
health. The RDA is simply the amount required to avoid scurvy, the
most obvious deficiency disease. Actually the RDA is based on the
Vitamin C content of the average diet. The logic goes somewhat like
this: The average "healthy" North American diet provides about 60
mg. per day of Vitamin C, so since scurvy is virtually unknown in
the USA today, 60 mg. per day must be adequate. So much for "science."
High-potency
Vitamin C produces dramatic healing in many hepatitis C patients.
I used C Aspa Scorb by Progressive Laboratories, Inc. It comes in
powder form and the dose recommended is one teaspoon, three times
a day or approximately fourteen thousand (14,000) mg. This product
also contains selenium 270 mg. You mix a teaspoon full in a small
amount of distilled water or juice.
Research papers
have reported that RNA viruses, including hepatitis C, encode selenium-dependent
glutathione peroxide genes. Research indicates that selenium may
act like a "birth control pill" for the virus.
When I first
employed Dr. D for my liver problem, his first diagnosis was hemochromatosis.
This was, according to him, an inherited disease. He asked if any
of my relatives had ever had this disease. Most of my relatives
were dead from cancer, so I didn't know.
I experienced
a horrendous iron overload in my liver. Chronic hepatitis C does
cause iron overload, mostly in male patients, and there are several
known adverse effects. I'm sure a lot of unknown problems result
from iron overload. That is why Dr. D prescribed phlebotomies or
bloodletting for me, in order to leach the iron from my liver. My
bloodletting is what led to the blood bank discovering my hepatitis
C.
Drinking
distilled water helps leach out iron and other toxic overloads from
the liver. All chronic hepatitis C patients should drink distilled
water during the night.
As long as we're
on the topic of iron retention, it is important for hepatitis C
patients to avoid all iron supplements. Carefully read the ingredients
in supplements because iron is added needlessly in all sorts of
pills and other types of supplements such as super-foods and in
particular supplements designed for women. If you have hepatitis
C and don't know if you're retaining iron in your liver, get tested.
A simple blood test will reveal your iron binding content. If you
have a liver biopsy, be sure to remind your doctor to have an iron
test done at the same time. Not all doctors know or remember to
do this. In my case they did do it, but they lost it. I wasn't about
to visit Dr. "Pocahontas" a second time.
In order to
get enough Vitamin C in my diet, I consumed at least two lemons
everyday. They should be fresh and organic. Use them in tea, to
marinate meat, in stir-fry, and to make lemonade, lemon honey, and
distilled water. Put a slice of lemon in your glass of water; it
makes water more exciting. There are live enzymes and bioflavonoids
in fresh squeezed fruit that just aren't found in pills, powder,
or processed supplements. Also, lemons are a good source of the
mineral magnesium, which helps maintain the mineral balance in the
body.
Maud Grieve,
a modern herbalist said, "It is probable that the lemon is the most
valuable of all fruit for preserving health." (55)
Vitamin C leaches
calcium out of the body so it is necessary to supplement your body
with calcium. Coral Complex, a pure coral from the coral reefs near
Japan, has an extra benefit over the standard calcium supplements.
Coral Complex aquatic nutrients causes an alkaline balance in the
blood. Viruses, tumors and cancers do not like alkaline conditions.
There are also 72 trace minerals in this product as well.
During my
treatment I took:
7000 mg.
of vitamin C two times per day for three months.
Vitamin C can leach calcium out of your body.
I suggest taking coral calcium with vitamin C as it helps promote
an alkaline PH.
The vitamin C powder I used contained selenium.
Today, I suggest 400 mcgs of selenium per day from all sources.
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