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Hendler, Sheldon, Saul. “Vitamin C.” The Doctor’s Vitamin and Mineral Encyclopedia.  1994

Hubert, Victor. “Vitamin C.” World Book Encyclopedia. 1990

Patrick, Jay. “10 Benefits of Timed Release, Fully Reacted Mineral Ascorbates.” (26 Jan 1997)

“What’s the right dose of Vitamin C?.” Better Health Magazine
July 1996: 30

Vitamin, Microsoft Encarta, 1996

     Vitamin C, also known as ascorbic acid, was the subject of the first controlled clinical experiment in recorded medical history. In the 1750’s, a British doctor put limes, rich in Vitamin C, in the rations of one group of sailors and then compared this group with a second group of sailors who got precisely the same rations except for the limes, which were withheld. The limeless group, after having been at sea a long time, showed the expected tendency to develop scurvy, a disease characterized by wounds that won’t heal, gums that bleed, skin that is rough, muscles that waste away (Hendler 83). Physicians call vitamin C the antiascorbutic vitamin because it prevents and cures scurvy (Hubert 446) Until recently, most people thought scurvy was pretty much a thing of the past. Now there is a growing recognition that this scourge continues in certain subsets of our population (Hendler 84).
     The late Linus Pauling advised taking 3,200 milligrams a day or more to fend off everything from cancer to heart disease. The experts who set the recommended daily allowances say that taking 60 mg a day-the amount in four ounces of orange juice-will keep you healthy (What 30). Assertions that massive doses prevent colds and influenze have not been borne out by carefully controlled experiments (Vitamin). While the best available evidence does not fully support Dr. Pauling, it does indicate that vitamin C can significantly reduce the severity of colds and that it can help prevent cancer but not inhibit established advanced cancer (Hendler 84).


     Critics of megadose intake of Vitamin C state that enormous amounts of the substance spill over into the urine. There is considerable truth to this statement, especially under some of the following circumstances:
   If the form taken is ascorbic acid, which, especially at high levels, is irritating to the kidneys, bladder, and urethra.
   If the intake is suddenly increased. In such cases, the cells have not had time to get accustomed to being offered such high levels of "C," so they are not ready to accept it, and it heads for the kidneys.
   If the...

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