Having read up on Vitamin C, I started using vitamin C in larger quantities over half a year ago. This was because I had learned from burtlancast that it is a good chelator of lead, with which I have a toxicity problem with in my kidneys.
I have been using vitamin C, in the form of l-ascorbic acid, for more than 7 months already. While there has been improvement in my kidneys, as seen in tests of serum albumin, LDH, and on my urine protein-creatinine ratio; much progress remains. My blood pressure has gone down from around 240/140 to being in the vicinity of 180/120, and it seems to have plateaued, and getting it to go further down is becoming more difficult. To note, I am also taking magnesium bicarbonate, as magnesium also chelates lead.
I had long thought about using Liposomal C, but I wasn't too enamored of having to buy it as it costs more. I wanted to see if just using l-ascorbic acid would do the job. I realize now that trying lipo C would be worth it, and was ready to buy the LivOn brand, simply because I found it difficult to find an ingredient needed to make my own liposomal C. But with more diligent search, I finally found a good brand of lecithin granules that meets the specs.
Before I go further, let me share some resources:
A free book by Irwin Stone on vitamin C -https://www.boweltolerance.org/uploads/6/6/2/0/6620648/the_healing_factor.pdf
Dr. Cathcart's method for determining daily requirements for Vitamin C -
https://www.boweltolerance.org/uploads/6/6/2/0/6620648/1981_cathcart_titrate.pdf
Dr Thomas Levy's video on Liposomal C -
And finally, how to make your own liposomal C -
Introduction
Please note that Dr. Levy in the video would say that the DIY liposomal C is not true liposomal C, but that he notes that it it still has some value. Whether that is true or not, I would not know, but I certain want to try to make my own liposomal C before buying a liposomal C.
Ingredients
After reading the information from the last link, I proceeded to get the ingredients: l-ascorbic acid, lecithin granules, ethyl alcohol, and water. It wasn't difficult to get them except for the lecithin granules. Water and l-ascorbic acid is easy to source out. As for ethyl alcohol, a local dealer sells a 95% version. I had to rejigger the formula as the ethyl alcohol specified was a 99% grade. I was glad I didn't have to buy vodka, which is a replacement ingredient in case no ethyl alcohol was to be found.
Getting the lecithin granules was the tricky part. A high PC (phosphatidylcholine) grade of lecithin granules is needed. I looked for it on the web and for many months I was stumped. There was one in UK but it was always out of stock, and I would check back on it but without success. I finally found one, and of all places, it was in Amazon. It wasn't advertised as high PC or anything, so I had to look deeper to find that it was a high PC grade. It is from Swanson - Sunflower Lecithin non-gmo, and made in Germany. Even if I were to look at the packaging, in a stubby white plastic container, it gave no indication that it was high PC.
Equipment
This was a piece of cake, except for one thing - An ultrasonic bath. Although it is optional, I wasn't too keen on proceeding with this project. I went into the vitamin C foundation's forum, and the thread on this subject was very long, and there were many comments that discouraged me. Not that I really read into them, I just glanced as you know how it is - who has the time or the life to read through copious pages of any thread. To make a long story short, I felt it was way too much trouble. But the DIY freak in me kept nagging me on this until my sane self relented.
Thankfully, I was still practical to say no to buying an expensive ultrasonic bath. I'll just trust the author's assurance that the bath is optional. So, with a weighing scale, a nice powerful Blendtec blender (really overkill for the job), an infrared stovetop (gas or induction will do), a small Pyrex Visionware casserole dish (in place of a beaker), and a thermometer, I summoned the will to finally make my own liposomal C - after a year of hemming and hawing.
Please look into the link and read through it. I followed the instructions verbatim so I don't have to recount what I did. And take a look at the picture of the final product.
Results
Very, very nice. At least on the physical aspects of the product. If you looked into the link, you will see that the final product is yellow, and that there is foam on top. Even with using the ultrasonic bath, there was still much foam remaining. Compared to that, my product had very little foam, and I see this as a success considering I was handicapped by not having an ultrasonic bath.
My product, though, was brown in color, instead of a bright yellow. I can attribute it to the color of the lecithin I used. It is actually light brown in color, instead of the typical yellow color you'd find in regular lecithin granules. It is also in powder form, and not in granular form. This is the reason I suspect which made the final product less foamy. I also suspect that the blade design of the Blendtec, and the speed I used in operating the blender, made for less entraining of air into the product.
Taste
Who cares about the taste? I don't. It tastes slightly bitter and salty, yet tolerable.
Now that I have done it, who wants to try this on his own?
I'll be using this batch for the next month or two. Hopefully, it will be more effective. This I know for sure - the vitamin C will be much, much more bioavailable and I won't be seeing a lot of it coming out from the urine. I could take it once or twice a day to get my daily dose, and won't need to drink it all throughout the day to minimize losses through urine.
Attached is a picture of what the product looks like.
I have been using vitamin C, in the form of l-ascorbic acid, for more than 7 months already. While there has been improvement in my kidneys, as seen in tests of serum albumin, LDH, and on my urine protein-creatinine ratio; much progress remains. My blood pressure has gone down from around 240/140 to being in the vicinity of 180/120, and it seems to have plateaued, and getting it to go further down is becoming more difficult. To note, I am also taking magnesium bicarbonate, as magnesium also chelates lead.
I had long thought about using Liposomal C, but I wasn't too enamored of having to buy it as it costs more. I wanted to see if just using l-ascorbic acid would do the job. I realize now that trying lipo C would be worth it, and was ready to buy the LivOn brand, simply because I found it difficult to find an ingredient needed to make my own liposomal C. But with more diligent search, I finally found a good brand of lecithin granules that meets the specs.
Before I go further, let me share some resources:
A free book by Irwin Stone on vitamin C -https://www.boweltolerance.org/uploads/6/6/2/0/6620648/the_healing_factor.pdf
Dr. Cathcart's method for determining daily requirements for Vitamin C -
https://www.boweltolerance.org/uploads/6/6/2/0/6620648/1981_cathcart_titrate.pdf
Dr Thomas Levy's video on Liposomal C -
And finally, how to make your own liposomal C -
Introduction
Please note that Dr. Levy in the video would say that the DIY liposomal C is not true liposomal C, but that he notes that it it still has some value. Whether that is true or not, I would not know, but I certain want to try to make my own liposomal C before buying a liposomal C.
Ingredients
After reading the information from the last link, I proceeded to get the ingredients: l-ascorbic acid, lecithin granules, ethyl alcohol, and water. It wasn't difficult to get them except for the lecithin granules. Water and l-ascorbic acid is easy to source out. As for ethyl alcohol, a local dealer sells a 95% version. I had to rejigger the formula as the ethyl alcohol specified was a 99% grade. I was glad I didn't have to buy vodka, which is a replacement ingredient in case no ethyl alcohol was to be found.
Getting the lecithin granules was the tricky part. A high PC (phosphatidylcholine) grade of lecithin granules is needed. I looked for it on the web and for many months I was stumped. There was one in UK but it was always out of stock, and I would check back on it but without success. I finally found one, and of all places, it was in Amazon. It wasn't advertised as high PC or anything, so I had to look deeper to find that it was a high PC grade. It is from Swanson - Sunflower Lecithin non-gmo, and made in Germany. Even if I were to look at the packaging, in a stubby white plastic container, it gave no indication that it was high PC.
Equipment
This was a piece of cake, except for one thing - An ultrasonic bath. Although it is optional, I wasn't too keen on proceeding with this project. I went into the vitamin C foundation's forum, and the thread on this subject was very long, and there were many comments that discouraged me. Not that I really read into them, I just glanced as you know how it is - who has the time or the life to read through copious pages of any thread. To make a long story short, I felt it was way too much trouble. But the DIY freak in me kept nagging me on this until my sane self relented.
Thankfully, I was still practical to say no to buying an expensive ultrasonic bath. I'll just trust the author's assurance that the bath is optional. So, with a weighing scale, a nice powerful Blendtec blender (really overkill for the job), an infrared stovetop (gas or induction will do), a small Pyrex Visionware casserole dish (in place of a beaker), and a thermometer, I summoned the will to finally make my own liposomal C - after a year of hemming and hawing.
Please look into the link and read through it. I followed the instructions verbatim so I don't have to recount what I did. And take a look at the picture of the final product.
Results
Very, very nice. At least on the physical aspects of the product. If you looked into the link, you will see that the final product is yellow, and that there is foam on top. Even with using the ultrasonic bath, there was still much foam remaining. Compared to that, my product had very little foam, and I see this as a success considering I was handicapped by not having an ultrasonic bath.
My product, though, was brown in color, instead of a bright yellow. I can attribute it to the color of the lecithin I used. It is actually light brown in color, instead of the typical yellow color you'd find in regular lecithin granules. It is also in powder form, and not in granular form. This is the reason I suspect which made the final product less foamy. I also suspect that the blade design of the Blendtec, and the speed I used in operating the blender, made for less entraining of air into the product.
Taste
Who cares about the taste? I don't. It tastes slightly bitter and salty, yet tolerable.
Now that I have done it, who wants to try this on his own?
I'll be using this batch for the next month or two. Hopefully, it will be more effective. This I know for sure - the vitamin C will be much, much more bioavailable and I won't be seeing a lot of it coming out from the urine. I could take it once or twice a day to get my daily dose, and won't need to drink it all throughout the day to minimize losses through urine.
Attached is a picture of what the product looks like.
