Vitamin C

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"Taking vitamin C is not really the natural way to acquire it. "Perhaps not the "natural way" but this flies in the face of all scientific evidence for the past 70 years. Recently there has been a lot of "popular" myths on vitamin C flying about the internet."The following treatise represents the position of The Vitamin C Foundation on the true nature of vitamin C. The ascorbate ion, the fraction commonly found in ascorbic acid, or one of the salts, e.g., sodium ascorbate or calcium ascorbate, is vitamin C. This is the substance that when missing in the diet causes death by scurvy. There is no scientific debate about this fact. The scientific literature is so voluminous that few would be capable of digesting it. Part of the problem is that today's dietitians and orthodox nutritionists are taught to ignore much of the early research and medical doctors are not well versed in vitamin C either. Apparently this knowledge vacuum has opened the door to the emotionally appealing idea of a "natural" vitamin C-complexAny review of the scientific literature that spans 80 years and includes more than 100,000 published studies and reports, concludes that what is commonly called vitamin C, the ascorbate ion, or simply ascorbic acid, is the real vitamin C. Humanity is fortunate that Linus ing became interested, for such a review of the literature requires reading the equivalent of 400 bound books just to hold the abstracts. The genius Linus ing was probably the only person who could possibly digest and assimilate and then disseminate this much scientific research over the course of his 30-year study. It was his practice to read the body of every study paper, not merely the abstract, draw conclusions and test whether his conclusions matched the author of the study.The naturalist model, based on vitamin complexes in food, would predict a smaller requirement for vitamin C, perhaps even less than the 2300 mg found in 2500 kcal (or one day's food) on the paleolithic diet. (ing 1986) They might also argue that the need for vitamin C isn't that great; after all, several high-level primates lost the ability to synthesize it. Studies with primates show that adjusted for body weight they require 1750 mg to 3500 mg of ascorbate in their diets. (ing 1986) ..."http://vitamincfoundation.org/NaturalC.htmAlso:An historical compendium of 20th-Century medical & scientific literature attesting to the efficacy of Ascorbate(Ascorbic Acid, Cevitamic Acid, Sodium Ascorbate etc. a.k.a. “Vitamin C”)in the treatment and prevention of human and animal illnesses and diseases.http://www.seanet.com/~alexs/ascorbate/index.htmBruce