Ascorbate: The Science of Vitamin C

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Summary: An Honest Bombshell
Review: Utterly honest, easy to understand, "Ascorbate, The Science of Vitamin C" is a real treasure. The difference between a small anti-scurvy intake of vitamin C, a few milligrams per day, and a therapeutic dose of 10 grams or more per day is made crystal clear.
The complete lack of evidence for the RDA set by the FDA is revealed. The rapid elimination of vitamin C was shown graphically, thus the folly in the persistent use of multi-gram oral doses by inept researchers was exposed. Small doses must be taken orally, maybe every hour, to keep serum levels up. The increase in serum levels obtainable with injected, not oral, sodium ascorbate, the usual non-acidic salt of vitamin C, also called ascorbic acid, is explained well.
The flaws in the published studies intended to debunk the usefulness of vitamin C from The Mayo Clinic and The Heart Protection Study in the UK are spelled out in detail. Wrong doses, wrong dosage forms, mismatched control patients, etc., all combined to fail to prove that vitamin C is not effective in treating cancer or cardiovascular disease. The problems with these studies and others is explained in great detail, and you will be able to follow the reasoning of the authors.
Then it is less of a shock to learn that vitamin C can cure polio and prolong lifespan for those with AIDS and cancer, among other conditions. The studies by Pauling and Cameron on vitamin C for cancer believed invalid by mainstream medicine, were, in fact, as well done as was ethically practical, and were confirmed by unrelated researchers.
My only gripes with this book are the incompetent chemistry on page 63 and some of the explanations of ordinary chemical reactions. Neither hydroxyl radical nor hydroxide ion plus an electron will give water as shown. Neither charges nor atoms are balanced or accounted for. Many disease states were said to be caused by the presence too many free radicals without enough direct evidence or identification of which free radicals.
That done, my opinion is that this book should be required reading by a very wide audience. Referencing is done to a very high standard. The next edition should be superb.

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Summary: Great resource and great science
Review: A great resource for both medical professionals and lay persons alike. The authors have researched this subject extensively and write about it in a way that is insightful for both the lay person and the professional. They hold the evidence of existing research to the light, and propose an elegant theory which can explain all the existing evidence.
It is refreshing to find the tone of the book quite neutral and scientific.
Although the authors don't subscribe to a conspiracy theory, the evidence that political and economical factors are heavily influencing the medical establishment seems obvious. The medical establishment has shown no interest in duplicating the existing research which points to great benefits in the use of high dosage vitamin C in diseases like cancer, polio and heart disease. Research dating back more than half a century found amazing results for using vitamin C, and yet the medical establishment chooses not to act on it, or worse, design experiments that seem to prove the opposite.


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Summary: New Revelations About Vitamin C
Review: This is an historic book, one that will be treasured by those who embrace natural health approaches and a revelation to the uninformed. Drs. Hickey and Roberts authoritatively document how the Recommended Dietary Allowance for vitamin C was impropely established and embellish on the current understanding of how to use vitamin C to promote health and longevity. There are more answers in this book about how much vitamin C your body needs than found anywhere else. For health activists, they will be outraged to find how the establishment of a marginal RDA for vitamin C has resulted in millions of avoidable health problems ranging from cancer and heart disease to cataracts over the past few decades. Had humanity had access to this information earlier mortality rates would have dropped by 25 to 50 percent. For two dollars a week you can implement the best preventive medicine known, by taking supplemental vitamin C. Throw out the false idea that the diet alone will supply your needs, it will only prevent scurvy. Drs. Hickey and Roberts disclose how living cells need more vitamin C when under physical or emotion stress. It's time to read this book, from cover to cover. This book will do more than change your life, it will alter the course for humanity. --Bill Sardi, Knowledge of Health, Inc., San Dimas, California USA.

Rating:
Summary: New Revelations About Vitamin C
Review: This is an historic book, one that will be treasured by those who embrace natural health approaches and a revelation to the uninformed. Drs. Hickey and Roberts authoritatively document how the Recommended Dietary Allowance for vitamin C was impropely established and embellish on the current understanding of how to use vitamin C to promote health and longevity. There are more answers in this book about how much vitamin C your body needs than found anywhere else. For health activists, they will be outraged to find how the establishment of a marginal RDA for vitamin C has resulted in millions of avoidable health problems ranging from cancer and heart disease to cataracts over the past few decades. Had humanity had access to this information earlier mortality rates would have dropped by 25 to 50 percent. For two dollars a week you can implement the best preventive medicine known, by taking supplemental vitamin C. Throw out the false idea that the diet alone will supply your needs, it will only prevent scurvy. Drs. Hickey and Roberts disclose how living cells need more vitamin C when under physical or emotion stress. It's time to read this book, from cover to cover. This book will do more than change your life, it will alter the course for humanity. --Bill Sardi, Knowledge of Health, Inc., San Dimas, California USA.