Tag: Vitamin C

Editorial: Vitamin Dependency

Andrew W. Saul Source: Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine Vol. 19, No. 2, 2004 “Man is a food-dependent creature. If you don’t feed him, he will die. If you feed him improperly, part of him will die.” –Emanuel Cheraskin, M.D., D.M.D. Dependency is a fact of life. The human body is dependent on food, water, sleep, and […]

Comparison of Traditional Indigenous Diet and Modern Industrial Diets and Their Link to Ascorbate Requirement and Status

Authors: Alexander J Audette; Francesco Anello; Richard Russell Johnson Date of Publication: 20 December 2020 Source: ISOM, Volume 36, Number 1, 2021 Abstract Traditional indigenous diets contained liberal amounts of parts of animals such as internal organs, glands and other tissues in addition to edible insects and foraged wild vegetables. As a consequence, carbohydrate loads in […]

The Gift of Vitamin C

Laraine C. Abbey R.N., C.N.S.1 Source: Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine Vol. 18, Nos. 3 & 4, 2003 Introduction The British government sponsored Foods Standards Agency warns that vitamin and mineral supplement users should confine vitamin C intake to no more than 1,000 mg daily in order to assure a “safe upper level” and to avoid […]

The Method of Determining Proper Doses of Vitamin C for the Treatment of Disease by Titrating to Bowel Tolerance

Robert F. Cathcart, III, M.D.1 Source: ORTHOMOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY, VOLUME 10, NUMBER 2, 1981, Pp. 125-132 My experience (Cathcart 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979) in utilizing vitamin C in large doses has extended over a nine year period and has in- volved over 9,000 patients. Much of the or- iginal work with large amounts of vitamin C […]

Winds of Change

A. Hoffer, M.D., Ph.D. Source: Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine Vol. 2, No. 4, 1987 Nutritional dogma has blocked the use of nutrients as supplements for nearly forty years. The main tenets of this dogma are simple. They are based on what was known about nutrition and nutrient supplements before foods were so devitalized that it did […]