Hello avelinedearriba,
Aveline,
I intend no offense, but feel the need to modify what you wrote.
The vitamin C molecule does contain oxygen, but that is not what
makes it beneficial. Vitamin C can form double bonds with oxygen to
attain its oxidized state. This is why it is called an "antioxidant.
It accepts oxygen molecules to keep them from damaging other
molecules.
Linus Pauling did not discover Vitamin C. He wrote about it. He was
a friend and colleague of Albert Szent Gyorgi, who did study vitamin C among
other things, and is credited with working out the formula for
ascorbic acid. Gyorgi also promoted the idea of using fermented wheat germ
against cancer, leading, eventually to the product Avemar.
Pauling did take very large doses of C for years. There is no
evidence that his longevity had anything to do with it. Gyorgi lived
as long also, so who knows?
If you base estimates of the amount of C needed by humans on the
consumption of C among our closest primate relatives, then the
average man would need several grams per day.
Hunans and other primates cannot make vitamin C the way most other mammals
do. A mutation in a liver enzyme in an ancient ancestor (maybe 80
million years ago) put the end to that. Fortunately humans have
compensatory recycling mechanisms that keep vitamin C active in the
body longer than other mammals. The amount we can get by on and the
amount we can benefit from lie at the ends of a very broad range. One
of the possible downsides of very high amounts is the likelihood that
vitamin C will block other antioxidant mechanisms that have become
compensatory in humans. Taking up to several grams per day is
probably safe based on the primate model.
Mike
Vitamin C use in cancer can go either way. Sometimes it helps.
Sometimes it hurts. The problem is in knowing which case will occur.
Mike
Tuesday, July 14, 2009, 3:50:34 PM, you wrote:
a> Hello Katerinka,
a> Anything whole and raw is better because it has all the nutrients
a> intact. I take 3,000 mg of vit C daily (1,000 mg before each meal)
a> for the prevention of cancer and other diseases. Vit C is rich in
a> oxygen. The man that discoverred vit C, I believe named Paulin, he
a> used to take 10,000 mg daily and he lived until he was 93 years
a> old. If I would have cancer I would take 6,000 mg daily. The only
a> side effects that you can have from vit C is mild diarrhea at the
a> begining because you are getting detoxify.
a> warmly,
a> Aveline
a> --- In cancercured@
>>
>> I have a question - are you talking about ascorbic acid or vitamin C? I understand that true vitamin C as it exists in foods contains more things than just ascorbic acid. So, if I'm taking "Vitamin C" made from raw food and the label states "1000mg vitamin C" - how much ascorbic acid is there? Or do I take ascorbic acid instead of the whole C? Or whole C is better? Then what's the dosage?
>> Thank you!
>> Katerinka
>>
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Best regards,
Mike mailto:goldenmike@sbcgloba
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