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VITAMINS FIGHT DISEASE: Nutrients Effective but Overlooked

 

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Orthomolecular Medicine News Service, Jan 30, 2007

 

VITAMINS FIGHT DISEASE: Nutrients Effective but Overlooked

 

(OMNS Jan 30 2007) Vitamin supplementation fights disease. Although medical

research has repeatedly shown this, such has not always been the case in the

news media. Recently, however, the popular press is picking up more of the good

news: Nutritional therapy is cheaper, safer, and often more effective than

pharmaceutical drugs.

 

NIACIN FIGHTS CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE

 

The New York Times just reported (1) that inexpensive vitamin B-3, niacin,

“can increase HDL as much as 35 percent when taken in high doses, usually

about 2,000 milligrams per day. It also lowers LDL, . . . (and) triglycerides as

much as 50 percent.†The Times quoted Steven E. Nissen, M.D., president of the

American College of Cardiology, as saying: " Niacin is really it. Nothing else

available is that effective. "

 

Niacin was first used to successfully lower serum cholesterol in 1955. (2) Since

then, placebo-controlled studies have confirmed that niacin prevents second

heart attacks, and niacin also reduced strokes. One study showed that after 15

years, men taking niacin had an 11 percent lower death rate. Although a warm

“flush†is a common side effect of niacin, the vitamin is safer than any

drug.

 

VITAMIN D PREVENTS MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, CANCER

 

The Associated Press reports (3) that “An abundance of vitamin D seems to help

prevent multiple sclerosis, according to a study in more than 7 million people

that offers some of the strongest evidence yet of the power of the ‘sunshine

vitamin’ against MS.â€

 

Multiple sclerosis is known to be more common among those persons living in

northern latitudes. But, says Harvard School of Public Health’s Dr. Alberto

Ascherio, " This is the first large prospective study where blood levels are

measured . . . (providing) much stronger evidence. " (4,5)

 

AP adds that “Other studies have linked high levels of vitamin D in the blood

to lower risks of a variety of cancers.â€

 

VITAMIN E EXTENDS LIFESPAN

 

People who have vitamin E in their bodies live longer, according to a 19-year

study of 29,092 men. National Cancer Institute researchers concluded that

“Higher circulating concentrations of alpha-tocopherol (vitamin E) within the

normal range are associated with significantly lower total and cause-specific

mortality in older male smokers.†(6) Vitamin E was found to reduce death from

all causes, including cancer and cardiovascular disease.

 

VITAMIN C PREVENTS STOMACH CANCER

 

“(O)ne of the largest prospective analyses of the association of plasma and

dietary vitamin C levels with gastric cancer risk ever performed on Western

European populations†(7) indicates that having more vitamin C in your blood

plasma reduces your risk of stomach cancer.

 

VITAMIN SAFETY

 

And best of all, vitamins are safe. There is not even one death per year from

vitamin supplementation. (American Journal of Emergency Medicine, Vol. 22, No.

5, September 2004.

http://www.aapcc.org/Annual%20Reports/03report/Annual%20Report%202003.pdf )

 

Nutritional Medicine is also known as Orthomolecular Medicine

 

Linus Pauling defined orthomolecular medicine as " the treatment of disease by

the provision of the optimum molecular environment, especially the optimum

concentrations of substances normally present in the human body. " Orthomolecular

medicine uses safe, effective nutritional therapy to fight illness. For more

information: http://www.orthomolecular.org

 

The peer-reviewed Orthomolecular Medicine News Service is a non-profit and

non-commercial informational resource.

 

Editorial Review Board:

 

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

Harold D. Foster, Ph.D.

Bradford Weeks, M.D.

Carolyn Dean, M.D., N.D.

Erik Paterson, M.D.

Thomas Levy, M.D., J.D.

Steve Hickey, Ph.D.

 

Andrew W. Saul, Editor and contact person. email: drsaul .

 

References:

 

1. Mason M. An old cholesterol remedy is new again. NY Times, January 23, 2007.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/23/health/23consume.html?_r=1 & oref=slogin

 

2. Altschul R, Hoffer A & Stephen JD: Influence of nicotinic acid on serum

cholesterol in man. Arch Biochem Biophys 54:558-559, 1955.

 

3. ‘Sunshine vitamin’ protects against MS: Huge study suggests vitamin D

reduces risk of debilitating disease. The Associated Press, Dec 19, 2006.

 

4. Munger KL, Levin LI, Hollis BW, Howard NS, Ascherio A. Serum

25-hydroxyvitamin D levels and risk of multiple sclerosis. JAMA. 2006 Dec

20;296(23):2832-8.

 

5. Munger KL, Zhang SM, O'Reilly E, Hernan MA, Olek MJ, Willett WC, Ascherio A.

Vitamin D intake and incidence of multiple sclerosis. Neurology. 2004 Jan

13;62(1):60-5.

 

6. Wright ME, Lawson KA, Weinstein SJ, Pietinen P, Taylor PR, Virtamo J, Albanes

D. Higher baseline serum concentrations of vitamin E are associated with lower

total and cause-specific mortality in the Alpha-Tocopherol, Beta-Carotene Cancer

Prevention Study. Am J Clin Nutr. 2006 Nov;84(5):1200-7.

 

7. Jenab M, Riboli E, Ferrari P, et al. Plasma and dietary vitamin C levels and

risk of gastric cancer in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and

Nutrition (EPIC-EURGAST). Carcinogenesis. 2006 Nov;27(11):2250-7.

 

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