InChristAlone
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I thought I covered the fact that the dose to get from food to prevent scurvy is far below the dose to be healthy? I don't just want to prevent scurvy. If you knew the place I was in before I started ascorbic acid therapy then you would understand why I'm such a proponent. Also sometimes the chelation of minerals is a good thing in this toxic world. I had pretty bad lead exposure in the last year. Studies show C is helpful for lead exposure. I'm glad I didn't believe any of the naysayers on this forum. When vitamin C is saturated through the whole body is when it works best.
Here is quote from someone who used to post here, but obviously got tired of the dogma:
Here is quote from someone who used to post here, but obviously got tired of the dogma:
Vitamin C TherapyVitamin C's most important mode of action is its opposition to the oxidative burden of Iron. Without adequate levels of Vitamin C, it is impossible for the body to restrain the oxidative burden of Iron, which in turn oxidizes other sensitive vitamins, fats, and enzymes, preventing necessary systems from working as they are required and thus causing metabolic degeneration. Only animals who cannot synthesize their own Vitamin C (humans, primates, and guinea pigs) develop the specific type of heart disease that kills us, called atherosclerosis. Animals who make their own Vitamin C do not develop this disease. Scurvy seems to a lot of people to be an old-time disease related to pirates and sailors in wooden ships. But scurvy is merely the severe chronic deficiency of Vitamin C. Many diseases in humans caused by a moderate deficiency of Vitamin C is really just chronic, mild scurvy. What level of Vitamin C saturation is appropriate for you is relative to your own tissue Iron content. If you have a lot of stored Iron you will need a lot of Vitamin C. This is not mysterious. You will not be unaware of your own iron stores—The more severe your symptoms the greater your tissue levels of Iron. Anyone with excess weight problems has a Vitamin C deficiency. Young, healthy people have normal iron levels, so normal levels of Vitamin C obtained from foods high in it will suffice. For people in diseases states or advanced age, the severity of illness is a reflection of the saturation of tissues by Iron.