Guest guest Posted May 5, 2010 Report Share Posted May 5, 2010 Vitamin Safety _http://www.doctoryourself.com/safety.html_ (http://www.doctoryourself.com/safety.html) By golly, Lincoln was right. You really can fool some of the people all of the time. When the topic is vitamins, some of the most easily fooled are news broadcasters and newspaper reporters. IF YOU HAVE RECENTLY HEARD THAT VITAMINS ARE HARMFUL, you may want to read this: The American Association of Poison Control Centers, which maintains the USA ’s national database from 61 poison control centers, indicates that even including intentional and accidental misuse, the number of vitamin fatalities is less than one death per year. _http://www.doctoryourself.com/vitsafety.html_ (http://www.doctoryourself.com/vitsafety.html) Drugs, however, are an entirely different matter: “Harmful reactions to some of the most widely used medicines — from insulin to a common antibiotic — sent more than 700,000 Americans to emergency rooms each year, landmark government research shows.†(Associated Press, Oct 17, 2006) _http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15305033/_ (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15305033/) VITAMIN E: ANTI-VITAMIN FERVOR or ANTI-VITAMIN TERROR? The news media can be absolutely relied on to trumpet any allegation that vitamins are harmful. Vitamin E has been accused of actually causing deaths. (Miller E. R., Pastor-Barriuso R., Dalal D., Riemersma R. A., Appel L. J. & Guallar E. Meta-Analysis: High-dosage vitamin E supplementation may increase all-cause mortality. Ann Intern Med, 4 January 2005. Volume 142, Issue 1) So many understandably distressed readers have written to me about this that I thought I'd offer a three-part viewpoint. PART ONE: Simply put, this and similar vitamin-bashing articles are wrong. Their conclusions are pre-ordained; their approach is biased; their research design is faulty. In the present study, even the study authors admitted that " Most of the patients in the trials were over age 60 and were not well. " (Billingsley J. Vitamin E linked to higher death rates. HealthDay Reporter, Weds Nov. 10, 2004.) The reporter adds: " The study 'inappropriately tries to draw conclusions for the whole population based on a combination of studies of people who were already at grave risk with existing diseases, including cancer, heart disease, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and kidney failure,' " according to the Council for Responsible Nutrition, a dietary-supplement industry association. " John Hathcock, the Council's vice president for scientific and international affairs, added, 'In reviewing the totality of evidence on vitamin E, including all clinical trial data and several large observational studies, CRN agrees with the Institute of Medicine in finding vitamin E supplements safe at levels of at least up to 1,000 mg (1,600 IU) for normal, healthy adults. This meta-analysis provides no convincing evidence to the contrary.' " In fact, writes Bill Sardi: " The study authors concluded that 'Overall, vitamin E supplementation did not affect all-cause mortality.' That is not what you heard in televised news reports or in the newspapers. What you heard was there is a 5 to 10 percent (5 to 10 in 100) increased risk of dying from taking high-dose vitamin E supplements. . . (I)n hard numbers the risk rose by 10 in 10,000 persons, or 1 in 1000 (about 1/10th of one percent). . .. The authors of the study indicate, among the 19 studies they examined, 'Most of the trials examined targeted populations at high risk for a chronic disease, most often coronary heart disease.' This fact obviously skewed the results. " Indeed, Sardi adds: " A University of North Carolina study of 45,748 participants, aged 50 to 75 years, found that supplement use is higher among people who are battling chronic health conditions and the strongest association was for cardiovascular disease with supplemental vitamin E. [Am Journal Preventive Medicine 24:43-51, 2003]. " To sum it up: Older people are much more likely to have multiple chronic illnesses. Many such people are likely to take higher doses of vitamin E, which while a lifesaver, is not the elixir of immortality. Sadly, older people die. People die in spite of vitamin E, not because of it. SO WHY THE CONFUSION? As I wrote in a previous DOCTOR YOURSELF Newsletter (_http://www.doctoryourself.com/news/v4n22.txt_ (http://www.doctoryourself.com/news/v4n22.txt) ): " Beware the Meta-Analysis: A meta-analysis is not new research, but a review of existing research. It is not a clinical study, but rather a statistical look at a collection of studies. If you analyze failed studies, you will get a negative meta-analysis. Low-dose vitamin studies are the ones that get negative results. Most vitamin research is low-dose. So where's the surprise? " Many if not most E-supplementers mistakenly or unknowingly take synthetic vitamin E (DL-alpha tocopherol), which is less effective (and some clinicians think is far less effective) than the natural form. As cardiologists Wilfrid and Evan Shute discovered decades ago, the natural " D " (dextro-, or right-handed) form of the vitamin, plus the other natural mixed tocopherols (beta-, gamma- and delta-tocopherol) are needed for best results. You cannot screw in a left-hand-thread light bulb and expect your lamp to work. Megadosing with natural vitamin E has been shown to be safe and effective for well over 60 years. Another opinion: VITAMIN E WITCH HUNT by Michael Fumento _http://www.fumento.com/nutr/vitamine.html_ (http://www.fumento.com/nutr/vitamine.html) Less than two months ago I debunked a report in the Lancet medical journal claiming antioxidants slightly increase your chance of dying, rather than reducing it as most researchers believe. Now I'm writing about a report that says the same thing about a specific antioxidant, vitamin E. Why are these pills being persecuted? Among the similarities of the earlier report and this one, authored by researchers at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, is that the mainstream media accepted both without question. Both times the researchers smugly declared their work to be the final word on the subject, though both reports were, as the vitamin E one admitted, 'a qualitative departure from previous findings.' Since a good scientist knows no single report ever proves anything, we know these weren't good scientists. In fact, they have less in common with Johns Hopkins than Matthew Hopkins - England's infamous 'Witch-finder General.' Consider the vitamin E paper, published in The Annals of Internal Medicine (full citation at _http://www.doctoryourself.com/safety.html_ (http://www.doctoryourself.com/safety.html) ). It analyzed 19 clinical trials between 1993 and 2004, involving 136,000 people in all. These were combined into what's called a 'meta-analysis,' which showed no overall increase in deaths. But at high levels, defined as above 400 international units (IUs) per day, the researchers insisted 'vitamin E supplements may increase (deaths) and should be avoided.' A glaring problem with the report is that there have been far more than 19 vitamin E trials since 1993, and one way the pack was whittled down was by excluding all studies reporting fewer than 10 deaths. The witch-hunters weren't about to interrogate witnesses who might keep the accused from a visit to the gallows. Also, if 'more is worse,' why did the two studies that used the highest dose, 2,000 IUs per day, indicate fewer deaths among vitamin E users? Another problem with declaring this report to be the final word on vitamin E is that while clinical trials are important, epidemiological studies cannot be ignored. Yet ignored they were. Thus there was no reference to the 1996 one from the National Institute of Aging that followed 11,000 elderly persons for seven years and found that the death rate for vitamin E users was a third that of non-users. Adding another antioxidant, vitamin C, cut fatalities even more. A 1993 Harvard study of 40,000 male health professionals found those who took at least 100 IUs daily for two years had a third fewer cases of heart disease than those receiving no vitamin E supplements. A Harvard study of 87,000 nurses that year found an even greater reduction in heart disease when comparing women who took the highest amount of vitamin E vs. those taking the lowest amount. Does this have you running in terror at the sight of a vitamin E capsule? But what's with the supplement witch-hunt? Why the reports of vitamin E flying on broomsticks, and beta carotene casting hexes? " Unfortunately, there are some doctors who are biased against dietary supplements, " says John Hathcock, vice president of Scientific & International Affairs at the D.C.-based Council for Responsible Nutrition. To an extent, this is understandable. For one, some supplements are worthless while a few have proved harmful. But you just can't lump 'eye of newt' in together with vitamin E or other antioxidants. Mainstream medicine is also biased toward that which has formal FDA approval. You know, like Vioxx. And never mind the many supplements such as iron and iodine that have tacit FDA support but no formal approval. Some doctors also fret that people will try to substitute supplements for good eating habits. 'We don't think that people need to take vitamin E supplements, that they get enough from the diet,' said the lead vitamin E prosecutor, associate professor Edgar Miller. Yet the average American gets only about 10 IU daily. With some studies showing 2,000 IUs to be beneficial, dietary intake leaves us a bit shy of the mark. Anyway, those taking vitamins and other supplements also have the best diets. The final explanation for vitamin-pill persecution is that medical journals are becoming increasingly sensationalist. Publishing articles contrary to popular wisdom is a cheap and easy way to get headlines. But there's no excuse for throwing a noose around the neck of good science and healthful products. [Reprinted with the kind permission of the author. Michael Fumento (_http://www.fumento.com_ (http://www.fumento.com/) ) is a senior fellow at Hudson Institute, syndicated columnist with Scripps Howard News Service and author of BioEvolution: How Biotechnology is Changing our World.] PART TWO: WELL-PUBLICIZED VITAMIN SCARES FEED THE PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY CHICKEN LITTLE was in the medical library one day when a journal fell on her head. She read it, and it scared her so much she trembled all over. Why? Because Chicken Little had read of negative studies on vitamins. She was so afraid that half her feathers fell out. " Help! Help! Vitamins are killing us! I have to go tell the President! " So she ran in great fright to tell the President. Along the way she met Henny Penny. " Where are you going, Chicken Little? " said Henny Penny. " Oh, help! Vitamins are killing us! " said Chicken Little. " How do you know? " said Henny Penny. " I read it with my own eyes, " said Chicken Little, " And it was on the news, and part of it fell on my head! " " Vitamins are killing us? This is terrible, just terrible! " said Henny Penny. " We'd better hurry up. " So they both ran away as fast as they could. Soon they met Ducky Lucky. " Where are you going, Chicken Little and Henny Penny? " " Vitamins are killing us! Vitamins are killing us! " said Chicken Little and Henny Penny. " We're going to tell the President! " " How do you know vitamins are killing people? " said Ducky Lucky. " I read it with my own eyes, " said Chicken Little, " And heard it with my own ears on the news, and part of it fell on my head. " " Oh dear, oh dear! " Ducky Lucky. " We'd better run! " So they all ran down the road as fast as they could. Soon they met Goosey Loosey walking down the roadside. " Hello there. Where are you all going in such a hurry? " " We're running for our lives! " said Chicken Little " Vitamins are killing us! " said Henny Penny. " And we're running to tell the President! " said Ducky Lucky. How do you know that vitamins are killing people? " said Goosey Loosey. " I read it with my own eyes, " said Chicken Little, " And heard it with my own ears on the news, and part of it fell on my head! " " Goodness! " said Goosey Loosey. " Then I'd better run with you. " And they all ran in great fright across a field. Before long they met Turkey Lurkey strutting back and forth.. " Hello there, Chicken Little, Henny Penny, Ducky Lucky, and Goosey Loosey. Where are you all going in such a hurry? " " Help! Help! " said Chicken Little. " Vitamins are killing us! " " We're running for our lives! " said Henny Penny. " And by the way, the sky is falling! " added Ducky Lucky. " So we're running to tell the President! " said Goosey Loosey. " How do you know the sky is falling? " asked Turkey Lurkey. " I read it with my own eyes, " said Chicken Little, " And heard it on the news with my own ears, and part of it fell on my head! " " Oh dear! " said Turkey Lurkey. " I always suspected those damned vitamins were dangerous! I'd better run with you. " So they ran with all their might, until they met Pharma Fred the Fox. " Well, well, well, " said Pharma Fred. Where are all of you rushing off to on such a fine day? " " Help! Help! " cried Chicken Little, Henny Penny, Ducky Lucky, Goosey Loosey, and Turkey Lurkey all together. " It's not a fine day at all. Vitamins are killing us, the sky is falling, and we're running to tell the president! " " But of course vitamins are killing you, " said Pharma Fred the Fox. " Now all of you calm down. Here, have a Prozac. " Chicken Little, Henny Penny, Ducky Lucky, Goosey Loosey, and Turkey Lurkey each swallowed a few Prozacs, and some Valium for good measure. " Well then, " said Pharma Fred the Fox. " How did you learn of how dangerous those vitamins really are? " " I read it with my own eyes, " said Chicken Little, " And heard it on the news with my own ears, and part of it fell on my head! " " I see, " said Pharma Fred the Fox. " Well then, follow me, and I'll show you right to the President. " So Pharma Fred the Fox led Chicken Little, Henny Penny, Ducky Lucky, Goosey Loosey, and Turkey Lurkey across a field and through the woods. He led them straight to his den, and they never saw the President. And Foxy Pharma Fred had most a delicious dinner. (With thanks and courteous apologies to _http://eleaston.com/chicken.html_ (http://eleaston.com/chicken.html) , an excellent language education resource where you will find the original story.) Now look here, everyone: The sky is not falling. Vitamins save lives. We are a nation of sick, under-nourished, and over-medicated people. Vitamins are not the problem; they are the solution. PART THREE: You can read more about the safety and effectiveness of vitamin E at _http://www.doctoryourself.com/evitamin.htm_ (http://www.doctoryourself.com/evitamin.htm) REMEMBER: There is not even one death per year from vitamin supplements. However, there are at least 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.) All deaths caused by drugs and doctors may total as high as one million deaths per year. _http://www.doctoryourself.com/deathmed.html_ (http://www.doctoryourself.com/deathmed.html) 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_ (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/bibliography.html) _http://www.doctoryourself.com/biblio_dishinger.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/chemo.html) _http://www.doctoryourself.com/riordan2.html_ (http://www.doctoryourself.com/riordan2.html) IF YOU ARE HOSPITALIZED: _http://www.doctoryourself.com/hospitals.html_ (http://www.doctoryourself.com/hospitals.html) IF YOU NEED INTRAVENOUS VITAMIN C: _http://www.doctoryourself.com/strategies.html_ (http://www.doctoryourself.com/strategies.html) IF YOU NEED HELP NEGOTIATING WITH YOUR DOCTOR: _http://www.doctoryourself.com/naturedoc.html_ (http://www.doctoryourself.com/naturedoc.html) _http://www.doctoryourself.com/fire.html_ (http://www.doctoryourself.com/fire.html) IF YOU NEED HELP FINDING A DOCTOR: _http://www.doctoryourself.com/subcontractor.html_ (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_factoids.html) _http://www.doctoryourself.com/hoffer_editorial.html_ (http://www.doctoryourself.com/hoffer_editorial.html) _http://www.doctoryourself.com/hoffer_cancer_2.html_ (http://www.doctoryourself.com/hoffer_cancer_2.html) _http://www.doctoryourself.com/cancer_hoffer.html_ (http://www.doctoryourself.com/cancer_hoffer.html) _http://www.doctoryourself.com/hoffer_vitc_can.html_ (http://www.doctoryourself.com/hoffer_vitc_can.html) Ewan Cameron, M.D.: _http://www.doctoryourself.com/cameron.html_ (http://www.doctoryourself.com/cameron.html) _http://www.doctoryourself.com/biblio_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/cathcart_thirdface.html) _http://www.doctoryourself.com/titration.html_ (http://www.doctoryourself.com/titration.html) _http://www.doctoryourself.com/biblio_cathcart.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/books_cheraskin.html) _http://www.doctoryourself.com/biblio_cheraskin.html_ (http://www.doctoryourself.com/biblio_cheraskin.html) Frederick R. Klenner, M.D.: _http://www.doctoryourself.com/klennerpaper.html_ (http://www.doctoryourself.com/klennerpaper.html) _http://www.doctoryourself.com/klenner_table.html_ (http://www.doctoryourself.com/klenner_table.html) William Kaufman, M.D.: _http://www.doctoryourself.com/kaufman2.html_ (http://www.doctoryourself.com/kaufman2.html) _http://www.doctoryourself.com/kaufman3.html_ (http://www.doctoryourself.com/kaufman3.html) _http://www.doctoryourself.com/JOM1.html_ (http://www.doctoryourself.com/JOM1.html) _http://www.doctoryourself.com/biblio_kaufman.html_ (http://www.doctoryourself.com/biblio_kaufman.html) Thomas Levy, M.D.: _http://www.doctoryourself.com/levy.html_ (http://www.doctoryourself.com/levy.html) William J. McCormick, M.D.: _http://www.doctoryourself.com/mccormick.html_ (http://www.doctoryourself.com/mccormick.html) _http://www.doctoryourself.com/mccormick1951.html_ (http://www.doctoryourself.com/mccormick1951.html) Hugh D. Riordan, M.D.: _http://www.doctoryourself.com/riordan1.html_ (http://www.doctoryourself.com/riordan1.html) _http://www.doctoryourself.com/biblio_riordan.html_ (http://www.doctoryourself.com/biblio_riordan.html) Wilfrid Shute, M.D. and Evan Shute, M.D.: _http://www.doctoryourself.com/biblio_shute.html_ (http://www.doctoryourself.com/biblio_shute.html) Lendon Smith, M.D.: _http://www.doctoryourself.com/smith1.html_ (http://www.doctoryourself.com/smith1.html) _http://www.doctoryourself.com/biblio_lsmith.html_ (http://www.doctoryourself.com/biblio_lsmith.html) Walt Stoll, M.D.: _http://www.doctoryourself.com/stoll.html_ (http://www.doctoryourself.com/stoll.html) Carl C. Pfeiffer, M.D., Ph.D.: _http://www.doctoryourself.com/biblio_pfeiffer_ed.html_ (http://www.doctoryourself.com/biblio_pfeiffer_ed.html) Hans A. Nieper, M.D.: _http://www.doctoryourself.com/biblio_nieper.html_ (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/fatigue.html) _http://www.doctoryourself.com/antioxidants.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/niacin.html) _http://www.doctoryourself.com/hoffer_niacin.html_ (http://www.doctoryourself.com/hoffer_niacin.html) _http://www.doctoryourself.com/hoffer_cardio.html_ (http://www.doctoryourself.com/hoffer_cardio.html) _http://www.doctoryourself.com/review_hoffer_B3.html_ (http://www.doctoryourself.com/review_hoffer_B3.html) _http://www.doctoryourself.com/hoffer_psychosis.html_ (http://www.doctoryourself.com/hoffer_psychosis.html) _http://www.doctoryourself.com/psychiatry.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_ (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/vitaminc.html) _http://www.doctoryourself.com/vitaminc2.html_ (http://www.doctoryourself.com/vitaminc2.html) _http://www.doctoryourself.com/ortho_c.html_ (http://www.doctoryourself.com/ortho_c.html) ABOUT " OBJECTIONS " TO VITAMIN C MEGADOSES " A lot of people go through life trying to prove that the things that are good for them are wrong. " (Ward Cleaver, on " Leave it to Beaver " ) 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_ (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_ (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/estory.htm) _http://www.doctoryourself.com/vitamin_e.html_ (http://www.doctoryourself.com/vitamin_e.html) _http://www.doctoryourself.com/shute_protocol.html_ (http://www.doctoryourself.com/shute_protocol.html) _http://www.doctoryourself.com/hoffer_shute.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) Copyright 2008, 2004 and prior years by Andrew W. Saul. Andrew Saul is the author of the books FIRE YOUR DOCTOR! How to be Independently Healthy (reader reviews at _http://www.doctoryourself.com/review.html_ (http://www.doctoryourself.com/review.html) ) and DOCTOR YOURSELF: Natural Healing that Works. (reviewed at _http://www.doctoryourself.com/saulbooks.html_ (http://www.doctoryourself.com/saulbooks.html) ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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