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HSI e-Alert - Gut Reaction Health Sciences Institute e-Alert

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September 20, 2005

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Dear Reader, Are you in the market for a reliable way to help prevent catching a cold? If you answered, "Sign me up!" I would first suggest you take a look at the e-Alert "Gesundheit" (9/13/05), in which that old standby cold-fighter vitamin C was shown (once again) to be effective in reducing the frequency of the common cold. (Also be SURE to read "...and another thing" in today's e-Alert.) But first we'll look at another preventive against respiratory tract infections. It's a little off the beaten track compared to vitamin C, but it works hand-in-hand with C supplements. -------------------------------------------- Your own personal ecosystem ----------------------------------------- "I'm actually impressed that such statistically significant results were obtained with a dose as low as 500 milligrams. With high enough doses you can slam a cold (or most any other viral or bacterial attack) dead in its tracks. "That said, the issue becomes just what constitutes a 'high enough' dose. When the body

is stressed by such illnesses the need for ascorbate doesn't go up...it goes way, WAY, WA-A-A-A-Y up. This has been shown time and again by ing, Cameron, Szent-Gyorgyi, Cathcart, Klenner, Riordan, , and others, enough times that it's rather suspicious that conventional medical researchers seem to miss the real action so completely. Animals our size that synthesize their own vitamin C (we don't - we're genetic mutants), produce dozens of grams (we're talking tens of thousands of milligrams...a bit more aggressive than a mere 500!) when stressed by viral or bacterial challenge. "The response of the body to vitamin C, once an illness has taken hold, is called a 'threshold' response, meaning very little happens until a high enough dose is reached...then everything happens - the fever subsides, the organisms are killed, and the patient feels better. That dose can be 100,000 milligrams or more for serious challenges, and sometimes even needs to be given intravenously.

"However, the oral route is more interesting. Too much vitamin C by mouth in a healthy (ie, 'non-sick') person causes gas and then loose stools, proceeding to overt diarrhea. This can happen with as little as 5,000-8,000 milligrams. However, a serious cold or flu IN THE SAME PERSON can then permit the victim to ingest 20,000 mg, 40,000 mg, or even more with no stool loosening, meaning they have not yet reached the bowel limit for that illness. It's actually a way to evaluate (in my opinion) just how bad the acute stress of the current illness is. "Yes, you can shorten the length and severity of a cold AFTER you get one, but you have to take enough vitamin C to do the job. This can be up to several grams (1,000-4,000 milligrams) per HOUR. "Dr. ing took 17,000 milligrams of vitamin C daily, when he was NOT sick (though he didn't discover the idea until his later years). I guess it finally killed him...at 93." To Your Good Health,

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http://www.healthiertalk.com Sources: "Effect of a Dietary Supplement Containing Probiotic Bacteria Plus vitamins and Minerals on Common Cold Infections and Cellular Immune Parameters" International Journal of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Vol. 43, No. 7, July 2005, ncbi.nlm.nih.gov **************************************************** Copyright ©1997-2005 by www.hsibaltimore.com, L.L.C. The e-Alert may not be posted on commercial sites without written permission. **************************************************** Before you hit reply to send us a question or request, please visit here http://www.hsibaltimore.com/faqs.html **************************************************** If you'd like to participate in the HSI Forum, search past e-Alerts and products or you're an HSI member and would like

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