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Orthomolecular Medicine News Service, January 26, 2010  

Vitamins and Teenagers: A Personal Statement
by Stephen H. Brown, PhD

(OMNS, Jan 26, 2010) In our house, vitamin supplements sit on the counter in open bowls like nuts, dried fruits, or jelly beans.

Colds, respiratory illnesses, intestinal viruses, mono, and other infectious diseases are constantly present in American schools. In response, my teenage kids have placed four bowls on the kitchen counter - a large one in the middle full of vitamin C surrounded by three smaller bowls of niacin, vitamin D, and thiamine tablets. They help themselves to the vitamins when they feel the need, and many of their friends have adopted the idea as well. Regularly, the kids report that the vitamins actually work. The most frequent comments are, “Wow, I can breath through my nose again!”, and “I was sure I was getting sick yesterday but I feel fine today.” Continued

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Wait a minute; that cannot possibly be true.

Can it?

The US Department of Agriculture states that “the Guinea pig’s vitamin C requirement is 10-15 mg per day under normal conditions and 15-25 mg per day if pregnant, lactating, or growing.” (1)

Well, that sounds reasonable. But how much is that compared to humans?

An adult guinea pig weighs about one kilogram (2.2 pounds). Guinea pigs therefore need between 10 and 25 milligrams of C per kilogram.

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(OMNS, December 8, 2009) Vitamin C is commonly taken in large quantities to improve health and prevent asthma, allergies, viral infection, and heart disease [1,2]. It is non-toxic and non-immunogenic, and does not irritate the stomach as drugs like aspirin can. Yet vitamin C (L-ascorbic acid) is acidic. So, a common question is, what are the effects from taking large quantities?

Ascorbic acid is a weak acid (pKa= 4.2) [3], only slightly stronger than vinegar. When dissolved in water, vitamin C is sour but less so than citric acid found in lemons and limes. Can large quantities of a weak acid such as ascorbate cause problems in the body? The answer is, sometimes, in some situations. However, with some simple precautions they can be avoided.

Acid in the Mouth
First of all, any acid can etch the surfaces of your teeth. This is the reason the dentist cleans your teeth and warns about plaque, for acid generated by bacteria in the mouth can etch your teeth to cause cavities. Cola soft drinks contain phosphoric acid, actually used by dentists to etch teeth before tooth sealants are applied. Like soft drinks, ascorbic acid will not cause etching of teeth if only briefly present. Often, vitamin C tablets are coated with a tableting ingredient such as magnesium stearate which prevents the ascorbate from dissolving immediately. Swallowing a vitamin C tablet without chewing it prevents its acid from harming tooth enamel.

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Linda’s comment:  Dr Gordon’s FIGHT program will deal with helping to reduce and/or removing lead from the body that will help protect the kidneys.  I have personally been on the FIGHT program for 1 1/2 years and it is the best thing I have ever done….Removing heavy metals from our bodies will help us to protect our immune from disease.  I have posted on Mercury and all the things that it effects….this is serious, please read that post closely. 
 
Regards,
Linda or Angel
 

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We must have healthy children. Read this and know we can help with BIOE’NR-G’Y C, Beyond Chelation-Improved, Beyond Fiber and ZeoGold during the pregnancy.

And understand that BISPHENOL  A is proven by Duke’s Randy Jirtle to induce epigenetic changes in methylation, which is one reason BIOE’NR-G’Y C is a Vitamin C delivery system that provides VITAL METHYLATION SUPPORT; it is not just Ascorbic Acid.  So, yes, it is the most expensive Vitamin C product on the market but it also proven to be more effective than the competition.

Garry F. Gordon MD,DO,MD(H)
President, Gordon Research Institute
www.gordonresearch.com
From: Dr. I. Sandford Schwartz Continued

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Yet another tragedy of a young teen becoming paralyzed from taking the H1N1 flu shot!!  Of course the family is devastated from their decision of giving their beautiful 16 yr old daughter the H1N1 flu vaccine.  I strongly suggest that you do thorough research on the devastation that many families are going through. Continued

This is a vital reality check about Cancer treatment at our leading centers that your patients need to know. Understandably most cancer patients continue to hope that there is some drug or surgery that mainstream medicine offers that will really make a difference in the outcome. Thus all too often they never go the alternative approaches until far too late.

Remember that a world without cancer is here now!  That is the KOBAYASHI approach proven to work and now modified into what I call my F.I.G.H.T. program. Continued

Avian influenza can cause a predisposition to Parkinson’s disease, according to research published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Continued

This latest research should help encourage all pregnant women to measure their urine levels of vitamin C with the C STIX repeatedly during pregnancy. Anyone with the green color essentially has scurvy and their offspring’s brain health will be impaired. Continued