A Feel 21, Inc. Health Report

Vitamin C is required for life. The nature of our diets leads to a serious lack of this essential nutrient. This situation may be a leading contributor to much of the sickness and chronic disease that the population of the Earth suffers. To quote Dr. Emanuel Cheraskin, Dr. Ringsdorf and Dr. Sisley from THE VITAMIN C CONNECTION: "There are more than ten thousand published scientific papers that make it quite clear that there is not one body process (such as what goes on inside cells or tissues) and not one disease or syndrome (from the common cold to leprosy) that is not influenced, directly or indirectly, by vitamin C."

We know that it is a powerful antioxidant, but what does that mean? According to Balz Frei in a paper published in Vitamin C in Health and Disease, he states that ascorbate (vitamin C) is useful as part of the treatment of almost all diseases. This almost universal benefit is because massive doses of ascorbate neutralize massive amounts of free radicals, and free radicals mediate all inflammations. Most acute infectious diseases can be cured if the free radicals are eliminated. The RDA is 60 mg. per day, but many experts in vitamin C research suggest that we need far more vitamin C every day to maintain optimum health. A daily dose of 120 mg. has been suggested as the basic amount needed to prevent sub-clinical scurvy with doses up to 1000 mg. daily recommended for those who want to maintain optimum health. In times of stress or illness, they suggest even heavier doses of vitamin C supplementation to fight infections and disease, and that the use of higher doses of vitamin C has been found to be very effective. Since the body only absorbs only a certain amount at a time, the doses should be divided and taken at 4 hour intervals.

Being saturated with vitamin C can protect one from infectious diseases by strengthening the immune system, diminishing symptoms of chronic diseases, strengthening the cardiovascular system and even uplifting the spirit, as depression is a symptom of scurvy, the result of an extreme lack of vitamin C. (C for yourself; Valentine, Louise, The Epoch Times, Alternative Medicine)