IF YOU HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT VITAMINS ARE HARMFUL, PLEASE READ

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IF YOU HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT VITAMINS ARE HARMFUL, PLEASE READ THIS

 

There is not even one death per year from vitamin supplements.

 

However, there are over 100,000 deaths from pharmaceutical drugs

each year in the USA, even when taken as prescribed. (Lucian Leape,

Error in medicine. Journal of the American Medical Association,

1994, 272:23, p 1851. Also: Leape LL. Institute of Medicine medical

error figures are not exaggerated. JAMA. 2000 Jul 5;284(1):95-7.)

 

Do not be buffaloed and do not be bullied. If someone tries to scare

you from taking vitamins, ask to see the scientific papers that they

base such a warning on. Assuming that the vitamin critic actually

respects you enough to honor your request and produce such

documents, here's how to spot bias in a scientific study:

 

http://www.doctoryourself.com/antivitamin.html

 

IF YOU ARE ASKED FOR YOUR REASONS FOR TAKING VITAMINS, here are

references that will support you:

 

http://www.doctoryourself.com/bibliography.html

 

http://www.doctoryourself.com/biblio_dishinger.html

 

Scroll further down this page for a lengthy list of physicians whose

writings will back you up.

 

IF YOU ARE TAKING MEDICATION:

 

It is rare that a vitamin will negatively interact with a

medication.

 

On the other hand, it is common for a medication to create an actual

vitamin deficiency. To find out, check in the Physicians' Desk

Reference (PDR), which is freely available at any library. Read up

on your medication, paying special attention to any drug-nutrient

interactions. Base you decision on facts, not a person's opinion or

belief.

 

IF YOU ARE ON CHEMOTHERAPY:

 

http://www.doctoryourself.com/chemo.html

 

http://www.doctoryourself.com/riordan2.html

 

IF YOU ARE HOSPITALIZED:

 

http://www.doctoryourself.com/hospitals.html

 

IF YOU NEED INTRAVENOUS VITAMIN C:

 

http://www.doctoryourself.com/strategies.html

 

IF YOU NEED HELP NEGOTIATING WITH YOUR DOCTOR:

 

http://www.doctoryourself.com/naturedoc.html

 

http://www.doctoryourself.com/fire.html

 

IF YOU NEED HELP FINDING A DOCTOR:

 

http://www.doctoryourself.com/subcontractor.html

 

PHYSICIAN AUTHORS THAT CLEARLY STATE, " VITAMINS ARE SAFE AND

EFFECTIVE " :

 

Here's what highly qualified and experienced medical doctors, that

have used megavitamins for decades, have to say about the safety of

vitamin megadoses:

 

Abram Hoffer, M.D., Ph.D.:

 

http://www.doctoryourself.com/hoffer_factoids.html

 

http://www.doctoryourself.com/hoffer_editorial.html

 

http://www.doctoryourself.com/hoffer_cancer_2.html

 

http://www.doctoryourself.com/cancer_hoffer.html

 

http://www.doctoryourself.com/hoffer_vitc_can.html

 

Ewan Cameron, M.D.:

 

http://www.doctoryourself.com/cameron.html

 

http://www.doctoryourself.com/biblio_cameron.html

 

Robert F. Cathcart, M.D.:

 

http://www.doctoryourself.com/cathcart_thirdface.html

 

http://www.doctoryourself.com/titration.html

 

http://www.doctoryourself.com/biblio_cathcart.html

 

Emannuel Cheraskin, M.D., D.M.D.:

 

http://www.doctoryourself.com/books_cheraskin.html

 

http://www.doctoryourself.com/biblio_cheraskin.html

 

Frederick R. Klenner, M.D.:

 

http://www.doctoryourself.com/klennerpaper.html

 

http://www.doctoryourself.com/klenner_table.html

 

William Kaufman, M.D.:

 

http://www.doctoryourself.com/kaufman2.html

 

http://www.doctoryourself.com/kaufman3.html

 

http://www.doctoryourself.com/JOM1.html

 

http://www.doctoryourself.com/biblio_kaufman.html

 

Thomas Levy, M.D.:

 

http://www.doctoryourself.com/levy.html

 

William J. McCormick, M.D.:

 

http://www.doctoryourself.com/mccormick.html

 

http://www.doctoryourself.com/mccormick1951.html

 

Hugh D. Riordan, M.D.:

 

http://www.doctoryourself.com/riordan1.html

 

http://www.doctoryourself.com/biblio_riordan.html

 

Wilfrid Shute, M.D. and Evan Shute, M.D.:

 

http://www.doctoryourself.com/biblio_shute.html

 

Lendon Smith, M.D.:

 

http://www.doctoryourself.com/smith1.html

 

http://www.doctoryourself.com/biblio_lsmith.html

 

Walt Stoll, M.D.:

 

http://www.doctoryourself.com/stoll.html

 

Carl C. Pfeiffer, M.D., Ph.D.:

 

http://www.doctoryourself.com/biblio_pfeiffer_ed.html

 

Hans A. Nieper, M.D.:

 

http://www.doctoryourself.com/biblio_nieper.html

 

You will likely discover that very few vitamin naysayers " have the

time " to discuss the work of the physicians listed above. That is

precisely why you have the responsibility to read it. Be prepared.

 

IF YOU HAVE BEEN TOLD NOT TO TAKE VITAMIN A, please read this:

 

http://www.doctoryourself.com/fatigue.html

 

http://www.doctoryourself.com/antioxidants.html

 

IF YOU HAVE BEEN TOLD NOT TO TAKE NIACIN OR NIACINAMIDE (Vitamin B-

3), please read this:

 

http://www.doctoryourself.com/niacin.html

 

http://www.doctoryourself.com/hoffer_niacin.html

 

http://www.doctoryourself.com/hoffer_cardio.html

 

http://www.doctoryourself.com/review_hoffer_B3.html

 

http://www.doctoryourself.com/hoffer_psychosis.html

 

http://www.doctoryourself.com/psychiatry.html

 

IF YOU HAVE BEEN TOLD NOT TO TAKE ANY OF THE OTHER B-VITAMINS,

please read this:

 

http://www.doctoryourself.com/hoffer_paradigm.html

 

IF YOU HAVE BEEN TOLD NOT TO TAKE VITAMIN C, please read this:

 

http://www.doctoryourself.com/vitaminc.html

 

http://www.doctoryourself.com/vitaminc2.html

 

http://www.doctoryourself.com/ortho_c.html

 

ABOUT " OBJECTIONS " TO VITAMIN C MEGADOSES

 

In massive doses, vitamin C (ascorbic acid) stops a cold within

hours, stops bronchitis in a day, and stops viral pneumonia (pain,

fever, cough and the lot) in two days. It is a highly effective

antihistamine, antiviral and antibiotic. It is an antitoxin and it

reduces inflammation and lowers fever. Your doctor may not believe

this, but it is not a matter of belief. It is a matter of

experience. Once you see it happen repeatedly, you know it to be

true.

 

Many people therefore wonder, in the face of statements like these,

why the medical professions have not embraced vitamin C therapy with

open and grateful arms. The reason is this: Many studies that

claimed to " test " vitamin effectiveness were designed to disprove

it.

 

You can set up any experiment to fail.

 

One way to ensure failure is to make a meaningless test. A

meaningless test is assured if you make the choice to use

inappropriate administration of insufficient quantities of the

substance to be investigated.

 

If you shoot beans at a charging rhinoceros, you are not likely to

influence the outcome. If I were to give every homeless person I met

on the street 25 cents, I could easily prove that money will not

help poverty. If a nutrition study uses less than 20,000 or 30,000

milligrams of vitamin C, it is unlikely to show any antihistamine,

antibiotic and antiviral benefit whatsoever.

 

That is because you have to give enough to get the job done.

 

The public and their doctors look to scientific researchers to test

and confirm the efficacy of any nutritional therapy. As long as such

research as is done uses piddling little doses of vitamins, doses

that are invariably too small to work, megavitamin therapy will be

touted as " unproven. "

 

" As evidence of the value of nutrients, especially vitamin C...

becomes more and more evident to the public, researchers produce a

mass of articles on minute aspects of vitamin C. I have been

consulted by many researchers who proposed bold studies of the

effects of massive doses of ascorbate. Every time the university

center, the ethics committee, the pharmacy committee, etc. deny

permission for the use of massive doses of ascorbate and render the

study almost useless. Seasoned researchers depending upon government

grants do not even try to study adequate doses. All of this results

in a massive accumulation of knowledge about very little which gives

the impression that there is no more of real importance to be

learned. This accumulation of minutia hides the great effects of

ascorbate already known by some... As you read these learned papers,

you will realize that they seem to be completely unaware of the uses

of massive doses of ascorbate. One of the most amusing aspects of

this

research are the speculations and research into the toxicity and

other adverse reactions of tiny doses of ascorbate when many have

used for years 20 to 100 times the amounts being discussed. "

(from " Delay by Intellectualization, " by Robert Cathcart, M.D.

http://www.orthomed.com Reprinted with permission.)

 

Probably the main roadblock to widespread examination and

utilization of this all-too-simple technology is the equally

widespread belief that there MUST be unknown dangers to tens of

thousands of milligrams of ascorbic acid. Yet, since the time

megascorbate therapy was introduced in the late 1940's by Fred R.

Klenner, M.D. (links to his work are posted above), and right up to

today as used by physicians such as Dr. Cathcart, there has been a

surprisingly safe track record and an even more surprisingly

effective track record to follow.

 

Several mistakenly-believed " side effects " of vitamin C have been

found to be completely mythical. According to a NIH report published

in the Journal of the American Medical Association (April 21, 1999),

NONE of the following problems are caused by taking " too much

vitamin C " :

 

Allegations of Hypoglycemia

 

Allegations of Rebound scurvy

 

Allegations of Infertility

 

Allegations of Destruction of vitamin B-12

 

Safety and effectiveness have always been and should always be the

benchmark for any therapeutic program. When one considers that even

the AMA admits to over 100,000 Americans dying annually from routine

administration of prescription drugs, I think we need to consider

anew the merits of truly large doses of vitamin C.

 

IF YOU HAVE BEEN TOLD NOT TO TAKE VITAMIN D, please read this:

 

http://www.doctoryourself.com/werbach.html

 

IF YOU HAVE BEEN TOLD NOT TO TAKE VITAMIN E, please read this:

 

http://www.doctoryourself.com/estory.htm

 

http://www.doctoryourself.com/vitamin_e.html

 

http://www.doctoryourself.com/shute_protocol.html

 

http://www.doctoryourself.com/hoffer_shute.html

 

" There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which

is proof against all argument, and which cannot fail to keep man in

everlasting ignorance. That principle is condemnation without

investigation. " (Herbert Spencer)

 

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