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High Sierra Medical wrote:high dose intravenous ascorbate cause a surge of insulin from the pancreas...
High Sierra Medical wrote:Ascorbate, alone, produces a profound drop in serum glucose (i.e. Menadione is not necessary).
OxC wrote:I'm curious that when you say "high dose intravenous ascorbate cause a surge of insulin from the pancreas" whether this experience has been with high dose IVC alone, or with IVC plus menadione?
High Sierra Medical wrote:Another phenomena that I have observed is a client coincidentally, had blood work performed shortly after a Vitamin C push (30,000 mg) and the Total Cholesterol result was 0, yes zero. Makes me wonder where the Cholesterol was sequestered so rapidly.
Most cholesterol assays in clinical laboratories use an enzymatic colorimetric method with the Trinder end-point reaction, in which hydrogen peroxide reacts with a chromogen via peroxidase to form a colored product; absorbance of this product is proportional to the concentration of total cholesterol in the sample. Ascorbic acid interferes with peroxidase-based oxidation of the chromogen...
As all of our cases showed extremely low total cholesterol levels, the laboratory technician easily noticed analytical errors and tried to troubleshoot them before reporting the results. These problems occurred in approximately one case bimonthly and were reported to managers and documented....
In conclusion, when colorimetric enzymatic assays detect inappropriately low levels of total cholesterol, we should suspect ascorbic acid interference.
Another phenomena that I have observed is a client coincidentally, had blood work performed shortly after a Vitamin C push (30,000 mg) and the Total Cholesterol result was 0, yes zero. Makes me wonder where the Cholesterol was sequestered so rapidly.
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