Minutus

One cannot over-do Vitamin C by ingestion. It is water soluble and remains in the gut. Excess amounts produce diarrhea and the excess is expelled. Vitamin V is indicated in any infection and large amounts of it are required. The White cells (primarily granulocytes) require it (along with sodium chloride; yes, salt) to make hydrogen peroxide which in turn is used to destroy pathogens.

Medically it is used in high concentrations only by IV for the above mentioned reasons. Dr. Klenner et al., became famous for his aggressive use of the substance in treating virtually all diseases. Lately it is being reported to be very effective in cancer treatment by high volumes applied via IV.

Vitamin C does not cause stones as was once believed. Scientific studies have debunked this myth. Gout is hyperuricemia caused by impaired nitrogen metabolism due to deranged animal protein syntheses. Uric acid solidifies in the extremities (mainly the feet and especially the toe) by forming sharp crystals that tend to stab the tissue in which it is embedded.

Humans were engineered to be vegetarian, not carnivores. It is our overindulgence in animal protein that is responsible for most disease, especially cancer.

True supplementation is not natural but neither is our food supply.
Dr. Pauling was correct and an entire course of study was founded by him known as orthomolecular medicine. Allopathy has been brainwashed by Big Pharma who incorrectly taught them that vitamins were first thought to be 'Expensive Urine'; Well now, compared to drugs which are now causing fish to become asexual and developing new strange appendages should't that be more of a cause for alarm? It ain't the vitamins causing our water supply to evolve into a septic apothecary...

I see modern medicine as a cruel fiendish evil joke. Doctors pontificate yet they cure nothing; vis-a-vis, they know nothing. They don't know what causes cancer but claim they can treat it. Look at the outcomes from their treatments. Death 98% of the time! 1/3 of the patients diagnosed with cancer don't have it and they become the success stories...

Next time you see your doctor ask this question: "If I take this medicine when I am ill, it is supposed to make me well. How come if I take it while I am well, it will make me sick?"

Acidic bodies is not due to excess acid ingestion, its due to hypoalkalosis. Poor diet being the main culprit. There are many forms of acid and alkalinity in the body and they all have specific functions and thus the generalization of 'an acidic body' is a false assumption that pH governs homeostasis, it doesn't. Some believe that disease thrives in an acid environment, that is also incorrect. Disease lies in hyeralkalinity not acidity. True acids are detected in the body humors and reducing them is a good thing to do but the mechanism of disease lies on the alkaline side of the equation.
Carmi Hazen
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Supplementation is not natural - to supplement without a medical condition requiring it is both unnecessary and foolhardy.

It is supposed to work better intravenously but in the UK you can't get
hold of vit c in that form. There is a woman in Australia - can't
think of her name at the moment and can't place my hand on the book -
that uses it successfully to treat many 'diseases' in animals and uses
it instead of antibiotics.

Kerry

Hi Tanya
I'm absolutely in agreement - when the body needs it. But to say that supplementation is mandatory is to invite problems.
Acid foods and alkaline foods are something different, and as you say, not all acid foods acidify the blood. But Vit C is definitely acid, which is why you can get 'buffered' Vit C to try and mitigate the acidity it causes in the stomach - let alone the rest of the body!
Liz

Well we will have to sing from a different hymn sheet - I do not agree with you at all.
And by the by, I was vegetarian for over 18 years, and that is when my gout started! And I was careful not to overindulge in dairy.
Diet is a personalised issue - no one diet is good for everybody - as with homeopathy, everyone is different. The question of what forms uric acid is different for everybody.
So I'm sorry - I repeat - if you are susceptible - certain things are not good for you, no matter how loudly people shriek "It's harmless"
Liz