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Discover the latest research on the benefits of vitamin C, a proven antibiotic, nontoxic anticancer agent, and treatment for heart disease.

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Publié par	Turner Publishing Company
Date de parution	23 octobre 2015
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781591205265
Langue	English

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VITAMIN C:
The Real Story
The Remarkable and
Controversial Healing Factor
Steve Hickey, PhD,
and Andrew W. Saul, PhD
The information contained in this book is based upon the research and personal and professional experiences of the authors. It is not intended as a substitute for consulting with your physician or other healthcare provider. Any attempt to diagnose and treat an illness should be done under the direction of a healthcare professional.
The publisher does not advocate the use of any particular healthcare protocol but believes the information in this book should be available to the public. The publisher and authors are not responsible for any adverse effects or consequences resulting from the use of the suggestions, preparations, or procedures discussed in this book. Should the reader have any questions concerning the appropriateness of any procedures or preparation mentioned, the authors and the publisher strongly suggest consulting a professional healthcare advisor.
Basic Health Publications, Inc.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Hickey, Steve
Vitamin C : the real story / Steve Hickey and Andrew W. Saul.
   p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-59120-526-5
1. Vitamin C—Therapeutic use.  2. Orthomolecular therapy.
3. Vitamin therapy. I. Saul, Andrew W.  II. Title.
RM666.A79H53 2008
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Copyright © 2008 Steve Hickey and Andrew W. Saul
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written consent of the copyright owner.
Editor: John Anderson
Typesetting/Book design: Gary A. Rosenberg
Cover design: Mike Stromberg
Printed in the United States of America
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Contents
Acknowledgments
Foreword by Abram Hoffer, M.D., Ph.D.
Preface
1.  A Remarkable Molecule
2.  The Pioneers of Vitamin C Research
3.  Taking Vitamin C
4.  Conventional Medicine vs. Vitamin C
5.  The Need for Antioxidants
6.  Infectious Diseases
7.  Cancer and Vitamin C
8.  Heart Disease
Conclusion
References
About the Authors
In memory of Dr. Robert F. Cathcart III, one of the most innovative physicians in orthomolecular medicine.
Acknowledgments
We would like to thank Dr. Abram Hoffer, M.D., Ph.D., for his continued encouragement and support. Dr. Hoffer has played a leading role in orthomolecular medicine, and he is an inspiration for scientists and physicians interested in nutrition and medicine. The late Dr. Robert F. Cathcart III has similarly been at the forefront of the use of vitamin C in orthomolecular medicine and has provided essential information used in compiling this book. Drs. Ron Hunninghake, Michael Gonzalez, and Jorge Miranda-Massari of the RECNAC initiative have generously given of their time in keeping us informed of clinical work in vitamin C and disease. In the United Kingdom, Dr. Damien Downing has given access to his wealth of experience in nutritional medicine. Dr. Gert Schuitemaker, president of the International Society for Orthomolecular Medicine, kindly provided video and literature on Linus Pauling and his role in the vitamin C controversy. Drs. Hilary Roberts and Len Noriega have consistently given their scientific expertise to facilitate our understanding of vitamin C and its actions.
Any book on vitamin C and orthomolecular medicine owes a debt of gratitude to those individuals who endeavor to maintain the public profile of the background research. These include medical journalist Bill Sardi, Owen Fonorow of the Vitamin C Foundation, Rusty Hodge of the C for Yourself website, and Chris Gupta. We owe thanks to many more people, far too many to list here, for their efforts in preventing the vitamin C story from being completely hidden from the public.
Foreword
About forty years ago, I met Drs. Linus Pauling and Irwin Stone at a meeting in New York City. Linus Pauling spoke about his discovery of the structure of the hemoglobin molecule. During his presentation, he remarked that he wished he would live another twenty-five years because the future of new findings would be so interesting. Little did he realize that this wish and our meeting would change his life and give him thirty years. Dr. Stone told me about his interest in vitamin C, which he preferred to call ascorbic acid. It had saved him after a life-threatening motor vehicle accident. He had a massive collection of vitamin C reprints and I urged him to write a book.
After he got home, he wrote to Dr. Pauling and advised him that if he too took this vitamin, he would get his twenty-five years. This interested Dr. Pauling and he followed Dr. Stone’s advice. To his surprise, his frequent colds vanished. Eventually, he was taking 18 grams daily. He used that number, which was 200 times the Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA), and loved to tell everyone about it. Dr. Stone eventually published his wonderful book The Healing Factor .
Critics often are unaware of unintended consequences. At another meeting, Dr. Pauling suggested that ascorbic acid might decrease the ravages of the common cold. Dr. Victor Herbert, spokesperson for the anti-vitamin establishment, demanded evidence. Dr. Pauling thought that was fair and did a complete literature search. He found plenty of evidence, but Dr. Herbert refused to look at it. Linus Pauling’s book Vitamin C and the Common Cold was a best-seller, and sales of vitamin C skyrocketed.
I was fascinated. Ascorbic acid was already part of the nutritional treatment program I used for schizophrenic patients, in combination with vitamin B 3 . Starting in 1952, I used vitamin C as an antioxidant to decrease the oxidation of adrenaline into psychosis-causing adrenochrome. Schizophrenia is one of the severest of oxidative stress conditions. I also found that some of my schizophrenic patients who also had cancer began to respond to the large doses of vitamin C. Sarcomas are particularly sensitive to large doses of vitamin C.
I subsequently met Dr. Robert F. Cathcart III and studied his findings that high doses of oral ascorbic acid, as close to the laxative level as possible, were effective for treating cancer. He was also giving patients huge intravenous doses for a large variety of conditions. One of my patients with cancer increased her vitamin C dose as high as she could and eventually was taking 40,000 milligrams each day. Six months later, her tumor was no longer visible on a computerized tomography (CT) scan, and she lived another twenty years. This recovered patient changed my professional life away from a purely psychiatric practice. Physicians began to refer their terminal patients to me in droves, and since then I have seen about 1,500 patients. The results of my treatment have been generally good, much better than the results of surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy used alone or in combination.
The results of high-dose intravenous ascorbic acid are even more impressive. Dr. Hugh D. Riordan had more experience treating cancer patients in this way than any other physician. He showed that very high doses of vitamin C were something oncologists had only dreamed of: a chemotherapy that killed only cancer cells and left normal cells alone. He is honored by the new Chair created by the University of Kansas, where Jeanne A. Drisko, M.D., is Riordan Professor of Orthomolecular Medicine and Research. She is investigating the safety and efficacy of antioxidants, including vitamin C, in newly diagnosed ovarian cancer.
Considering the properties of vitamin C in the body, it is not surprising that it has proven so valuable. I will list only three very important roles, as you will read about the rest of them in this book:
• Antioxidant—Without antioxidants, we would slowly burn up from the oxygen in our atmosphere. It is essential that the body keep oxidation under control.
• Collagen formation—Collagen is an important structural protein in the body’s connective tissues. Lack of vitamin C is why, in scurvy, the collagen tissues break down so severely.
• Histamine scavenger—Each molecule of vitamin C destroys one molecule of histamine. The bleeding tissues and loosening of collagen fibers in scurvy is caused by the massive buildup of histamine in the body, which does not contain enough vitamin C.
Vitamin C is very safe. It has always puzzled me why the medical profession was so eager to invent so many toxic properties when vitamin C does not have any. False factoids are prevalent, and the profession still considers these myths to be truth—something that could change with an examination of this book. For example, vitamin C does not cause kidney stones or pernicious anemia, and it does not make women sterile. Vitamin C did not shorten Linus Pauling’s life, as Victor Herbert claimed. Dr. Pauling lived eighteen years longer taking vitamin C than Dr. Herbert did without it.
Dr. Stone stated over and over that vitamin C should be classified as an important nutrient that we need in quantity and cannot make, and not as a vitamin. If you want to be really healthy, you should take enough vitamin C. After reading this book, you will know why and how much. I am ninety years old and I have been taking vitamin C for over fifty years, and I plan to stay on it forevermore. It has also been very good for my patients but not so good for my practice—my patients get well too fast.
—Abram Hoffer, M.D., Ph.D.
Preface
Research into vitamin C is progressing rapidly, despite a lack of funding from conventional medicine for studies into its clinical applications. As you will see, vitamin C (ascorbic acid) has proven highly successful as an antioxidant for infections, the common cold, heart disease, and cancer. And even in very high do