Vitamin C:
The superhero vitamin

One has always heard; got a cold, take vitamin C. But you might not have heard that

VITAMIN C HAS BEEN
KNOWN TO CURE OVER
30 MAJOR DISEASES
FOR OVER 50 YEARS

The following article was written by Dr. Andrew Saul, Ph.D.

If the above statement is true, why haven't you heard more about it? Why haven't more doctors used Vitamin C as medicine?

Progress takes time, unfortunately. Fresh fruit was known to cure scurvy by 1753, yet governments ignored the fact for nearly 100 years. Countless thousands died in the meantime.

The 19th century doctor who first advocated washing one's hands between patients died ignored and in disgrace with the medical profession.

Toxic mercury was used as medicine into the twentieth century.

And so it has been.

The first physician to aggressively use Vitamin C to cure diseases was Frederick R. Klenner, M.D. beginning back in the early 1940's. Dr. Klenner consistently cured chicken pox, measles, mumps, tetanus and polio with huge doses of the vitamin.

While vaccines are now available for these illnesses, please remember this was not the case in the 1940's.

The following is a list of the conditions that Dr. Klenner successfully treated with aggressive Vitamin C therapy:

• Pneumonia


• Encephalitis


• Herpes Zoster (shingles)


• Herpes Simplex


• Mononucleosis


• Pancreatitis


• Hepatitis


• Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever


• Bladder Infection


• Alcoholism


• Arthritis


• Some Cancers


• Leukemia


• Atherosclerosis


• Ruptured Intervertebral Disc


• High Cholesterol


• Corneal Ulcer


• Diabetes


• Glaucoma


• Schizophrenia


• Burns and secondary infections


• Heat Stroke


• Radiation Burns


• Heavy Metal Poisoning (Mercury, Lead)


• Venomous Bites (insects, snakes)


• Multiple Sclerosis


• Chronic Fatigue


• Complications of Surgery

This seems like an impossible list of Vitamin C cures. At this point, you can either dismiss the subject or investigate further.

Dr. Klenner chose to investigate. The result? He used massive doses of Vitamin C for over forty years of family practice. He wrote dozens of medical papers on the subject. A complete list of them is in the Clinical Guide to the Use of Vitamin C, edited by Lendon H. Smith, M.D., Life Sciences Press, Tacoma, WA (1988).

It is difficult to ignore his success, but it has been done. Dr. Klenner wrote: "Some physicians would stand by and see their patient die rather than use ascorbic acid (Vitamin C) because in their finite minds it exists only as a vitamin."

Vitamin C is remarkably safe even in enormously high doses. Compared to commonly used prescription drugs, side effects are virtually nonexistent.

It does not cause kidney stones. In fact, Vitamin C increases urine flow and favorably lowers the pH to help keep stones from forming. William J. McCormick, M.D. used Vitamin C since the late 1940's to prevent and treat kidney stones. Vitamin C does not significantly raise oxalate levels, and uric acid stones have never resulted from its use, either. Said Dr. Klenner: "The ascorbic acid/kidney stone story is a myth.

"How much Vitamin C is an effective therapeutic dose? Dr. Klenner gave up to 300,000 milligrams (mg) per day. Generally, he gave 350 to 700 mg per kilogram body weight per day. That is a lot of Vitamin C. But then again, look at that list of successes.

Dr. Klenner emphasized that small amounts do not work. He said, "If you want results, use adequate ascorbic acid (Vitamin C)."

If you want to learn more about the therapeutic uses of vitamin C, the following books are best:

• How To Live Longer and Feel Better, by Linus Pauling, Ph.D., (Freeman, 1986)


• The Healing Factor: Vitamin C Against Disease, by Irwin Stone (Putnam, 1972)


• The Vitamin C Connection, by Emanuel Cheraskin, M.D. et al (Harper and Row, 1983)


• Clinical Guide to the Use of Vitamin C, by Lendon H. Smith, M.D. (cited above)

You want a vitamin C that is balanced and is not made of fillers, artificial colors, and binders which our body does not need. You also want one that becomes available to the body's cells once it is ingested.

Most companies use straight ascorbic acid and throw in a few Rose Hips. But how close to Mother Nature is that. A balanced product with the entire complex which includes the bioflavonoids, everything a good wholesome orange or citrus would give you, is a better choice.

Vitamin C is water soluble, and eliminated from the body easily. Linus Pauling recommended 10,000 mg/day.

Medical experts say that humans can lose all the vitamin C in their body within 12 minutes of stress and they also say we are under stress about 97% of the time.

Vitamin C is an antioxidant nutrient and helps maintain the body’s natural defense against pollutants such as smog, smoke and poor diet. It helps support the immune function by blocking the conversion of the nitrate commonly found in foods to harmful nitrites. Vitamin C helps build the collagen or “glue” which holds us together, especially teeth and the gums.

Want to look younger, sounds like a good C would be of great advantage. Vitamin C also helps make our veins strong and helps our body fight infection as well as helping our eyes.

A vitamin C that offers sustained protection hour after hour using all natural plant gums and waxes is the one we want. After all, our bodies can neither produce nor store vitamin C.

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