Lack of Vitamin C Linked to Respiratory Disorders
Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2005 11:59 am
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Eight of these trials were double blind and placebo controlled and seven were randomized. Five small trials found a statistically significant 45 to 91% reduction in common cold incidence in the vitamin C group. These trials were short and the participants were under heavy exertion during the trial. Furthermore, three other trials found a statistically significant 80 to 100% reduction in the incidence of pneumonia in the vitamin C group.
This is quite the sweeping statement.rasarver wrote:Everyone should take (lots of) vitmain C!
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"...distills the author's lengthy review of the literature on the clinical uses of vitamin C...in an easy conversational style." -- Linus Pauling Institute Newsletter
"...extremely informative and useful...logical arguments and analysis, thorough references, common-sense approach, and clear language." -- Pauling Institute Newsletter, summer, 01
About the Author
Dr. Sheffrey, a former clinical instructor at University of Michigan School of Dentistry and former dental columnist for the Detroit Free Press, began a 6,000-hour review of the literature on vitamin C in 1986. He has written and lectured on C since 1992 and has sent at no charge 228,000 pamphlets to doctors in the U.S.
VanCanada wrote:Let's keep in mind that lots is not for everyone, that is the few exceptions that Stephen Sheffrey so aptly describes in his book Vitamin C: How Best to Use It
I don't know, perhaps autoimmune disorders should be carefully monitored.
For instance, if we have person with some problem in controlling immune response, extra vitamin C might make collateral damage worse.
So what I have learned is that so called "autoimmune" disorders are most likely the immune system on over drive.
Jacquie wrote:Which exceptions are you referring to? People with low G6PD or hemochromatosis?
What if body isn't deficient in cortisol, but autoimmunity is caused by some other factor.
and I AM PERFECTLY FINE with 8 mg of prednizone (cortisol) daily.
ofonorow wrote:We've covered "rebound scurvy" a great length. It is perhaps a 48 hour process. It can be avoided by slowly decreasing high vitamin C, but who in their right mind would want to stop vitamin C after being on a high (optimal) dose?
Hi,
I'm wondering why Dottore can be so sure that rebound scurvy occurs 'all the time'. Since so few big studies are done with large amounts of Vitamin C what clinical proof can Dottore provide that rebound scruvy occurs all that much. Also how long does it last since bodies are homeostatic and tend to even out extremes over time? I have stopped taking 15,000 mg of C for a few days and just observed myself slowly receding to my previous chronic conditions - stuffy sinuses and joint pains.
Awaiting your response
John
"The discontinuation (rebound) effect may not be very important for most people" - Linus Pauling, HOW TO LIVE LONGER AND FEEL BETTER (Page 265, Softcover, 1986)