Guest guest Posted June 23, 2005 Report Share Posted June 23, 2005 A member of another forum I'm on passed on these references to Vitamin C. I this may also be an interesting effect of the salt/C type protocals. Since it's depleted by endotoxins, it makes sense that it would provide a better environment for Cpn to proliferate. Jim Vitamin C drives C.pneumoniae into inclusion body (cryptic) phase (Azenabor AA, Chaudhry AU.,Chlamydia pneumoniae survival in macrophages is regulated by free Ca2+ dependent reactive nitrogen and oxygen species., J Infect. 2003 Feb;46(2):120-8.) This article suggests that doses of Vitamin C knock CPn into cryptic mode, so taking lots of Vitamin C may be beneficial. Endotoxin can also deplete Vitamin C considerably (Pleiner J,et.al, Inflammation-induced vasoconstrictor hyporeactivity is caused by oxidative stress., J Am Coll Cardiol. 2003 Nov 5;42(9):1663-5.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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