Sahara - update
- a very good article - overview of Vit C
Just a few quotes
1) A report in the Lancet, March 2001,
- found those
with the highest levels of vitamin C in their blood
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had one half the risk of death from all causes,
including heart disease. Dr. Key Tee Khaw found that there was a decreased risk of infection and heart disease for those with higher levels of C in their blood.(30,31,32) Dr. Khaw has also participated in studies showing the protective effect of vitamin C in preventing diabetes, stroke, hypertension, lung disease, degenerative disc disease, osteoporosis .....and cancer.
Ascorbate status should refer .........
to tissue levels of vitamin C
- NOT serum values.
2) Vitamin C plays a primary role
- in many hydroxylation reactions including vitamin D3 hydroxylation to the active 1,25(OH)2D and the conversion of l-tryptophan to 5-hydroxytryptophan, the precursor to serotonin. Other such key hydroxylations include that of cholesterol to pregnenolone and then to other hormones including cortisol, testosterone and progesterone, production of normal collagen, and production of carnitine necessary for...... muscle energy, fat metabolism and muscle strength.
3) Vitamin C .........
makes everything work..... the way it was INTENDED to work.
- Giving vitamin C to mice bred to express Werner's Syndrome
early premature aging)
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completely..... reverses the syndrome. Vitamin C regulates both the creation of new bone and destruction of old bone promoting a healthy skeleton, young and old.
4) Your only measure of C sufficiency will be your overall response.
Expect
- rapid healing from illness and injury,
strong, healthy teeth and gums with little or no plaque, strong bones, excellent response and recovery to stress both mental and physical, mental sharpness, quality sleep, a sense of physical and mental well-being, a positive attitude, great skin, hair, and nails, avoidance of aging eyes, moist mucous membranes, problem free menopause,
and ......
a LONG life because vitamin C preserves and LENGTHENS..... telomeres.
(Comment - Telomeres.... are at the end of ...chromosones - like the plastic ends of shoe laces.....they shorten each time a cell replicates....when they run out of length....cells ...die)
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