Guest guest Posted May 27, 2008 Report Share Posted May 27, 2008 Amazing stuff, Quercetin. As much as I love the mind and work of Linus Pauling, his belief that ascorbic acid alone was vitamin C was close, but no cigar. Open a dictionary, or Encarta. Ascorbic Acid Ascorbic Acid, a food substance needed by humans to prevent scurvy, a disease of the gums, bones, and blood vessels, and to increase the body’s... Vitamin C, also known as ascorbic acid, is a well known antioxidant that may prevent cataracts and cancers of the stomach, throat, mouth, and... vi·ta·min C noun Definition: vitamin in fruits and vegetables: a water-soluble vitamin found in fruits and leafy vegetables or made synthetically and used as an antioxidant. Lack of vitamin C causes scurvy. Compact Oxford English Dictionary: vitamin C • noun another term for ASCORBIC ACID. Pauling and these "references" have reduced vitamin C to ascorbic acid, and they tell us it cures scurvy. Pauling and Rath discovered that a lack of vitamin C led to pitting of the arteries. If this condition continued, the pitting within the arteries got so deep, that they split open. Scurvy is the name of this condition. We all have our Golden Calves. Ascorbic acid was Pauling's Golden Calf. When someone suffering from scurvy is given ascorbic acid, the condition does not improve. When someone suffering from scurvy eats fruits such as limes, oranges, lemons, and grapefruit, the condition improves. I wrote a paper once about an Herb being more than the sum of it's parts, and more than it's active ingredient. Well, so are vitamins. Vitamin E is not alpha tocopherol, nor is it gamma tocohperol. Vitamin E is mixed tocopherols and mixed tocotrienols, and possibly a bit of selenium. Vitamin C is ascorbic acid, a bit of calcium, copper, lysine, and a host of bioflavonoids. (sp?) Quercetin is part of vitamin C. It's an amazing flavonoid. It is simply protective of blood vessels, all blood vessels. As is all of vitamin C. Pauling was right, in a way: vitamin C prevented scurvy and protected the arteries, veins, capillaries, the entire cardio-vascular system; but vitamin C isn't just the lone fiddle ascorbic acid; vitamin C is an orchestra, as are all vitamins, foods, and herbs. Peace, health, and wellness, David In a message dated 5/27/2008 2:37:58 P.M. Central Daylight Time, luellamay129 writes: Brought to you by The Best Years in Life The Flavonoid Quercetin Protects Against Macular Degeneration Friday, May 23, 2008 by: John Cole (see all articles by this author) (NaturalNews) A new study has investigated the protection afforded by the flavonoid quercetin against macular degeneration. The macula is the yellowish, central part of the retina about 1.5 mm in diameter that produces central vision and color vision. Macular degeneration is the gradual, progressive destruction of the macula that results in lowered central visual acuity needed for most everyday activities, like reading this article. It leads to permanent blindness, and is the most common cause of blindness in people 50 to 60 years old and above. Approximately 10 million Americans are believed to suffer vision loss due to age-related macular degeneration (ARMD). For the rest of the article click Here. Get trade secrets for amazing burgers. Watch "Cooking with Tyler Florence" on AOL Food. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 28, 2008 Report Share Posted May 28, 2008 Good info - I quite agree. And one of the ingredients of oleander is . . . taadaa, quercitin.Tonyahzoov wrote: Amazing stuff, Quercetin. As much as I love the mind and work of Linus Pauling, his belief that ascorbic acid alone was vitamin C was close, but no cigar. Open a dictionary, or Encarta. Ascorbic Acid Ascorbic Acid, a food substance needed by humans to prevent scurvy, a disease of the gums, bones, and blood vessels, and to increase the body’s... Vitamin C, also known as ascorbic acid, is a well known antioxidant that may prevent cataracts and cancers of the stomach, throat, mouth, and... vi·ta·min C noun Definition: vitamin in fruits and vegetables: a water-soluble vitamin found in fruits and leafy vegetables or made synthetically and used as an antioxidant. Lack of vitamin C causes scurvy. Compact Oxford English Dictionary: vitamin C • noun another term for ASCORBIC ACID. Pauling and these "references" have reduced vitamin C to ascorbic acid, and they tell us it cures scurvy. Pauling and Rath discovered that a lack of vitamin C led to pitting of the arteries. If this condition continued, the pitting within the arteries got so deep, that they split open. Scurvy is the name of this condition. We all have our Golden Calves. Ascorbic acid was Pauling's Golden Calf. When someone suffering from scurvy is given ascorbic acid, the condition does not improve. When someone suffering from scurvy eats fruits such as limes, oranges, lemons, and grapefruit, the condition improves. I wrote a paper once about an Herb being more than the sum of it's parts, and more than it's active ingredient. Well, so are vitamins. Vitamin E is not alpha tocopherol, nor is it gamma tocohperol. Vitamin E is mixed tocopherols and mixed tocotrienols, and possibly a bit of selenium. Vitamin C is ascorbic acid, a bit of calcium, copper, lysine, and a host of bioflavonoids. (sp?) Quercetin is part of vitamin C. It's an amazing flavonoid. It is simply protective of blood vessels, all blood vessels. As is all of vitamin C. Pauling was right, in a way: vitamin C prevented scurvy and protected the arteries, veins, capillaries, the entire cardio-vascular system; but vitamin C isn't just the lone fiddle ascorbic acid; vitamin C is an orchestra, as are all vitamins, foods, and herbs. Peace, health, and wellness, David In a message dated 5/27/2008 2:37:58 P.M. Central Daylight Time, luellamay129 writes: Brought to you by The Best Years in Life The Flavonoid Quercetin Protects Against Macular Degeneration Friday, May 23, 2008 by: John Cole (see all articles by this author) (NaturalNews) A new study has investigated the protection afforded by the flavonoid quercetin against macular degeneration. The macula is the yellowish, central part of the retina about 1.5 mm in diameter that produces central vision and color vision. Macular degeneration is the gradual, progressive destruction of the macula that results in lowered central visual acuity needed for most everyday activities, like reading this article. It leads to permanent blindness, and is the most common cause of blindness in people 50 to 60 years old and above. Approximately 10 million Americans are believed to suffer vision loss due to age-related macular degeneration (ARMD). For the rest of the article click Here. Get trade secrets for amazing burgers. Watch "Cooking with Tyler Florence" on AOL Food. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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