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2003.  Washington Post - May 11, 1992 

PHYSIOLOGY: VITAMIN C INTAKE AND LONGER LIFE  
  Adults who consume greater than average amounts of vitamin C, either from food or pills, have lower death rates than people of similar age in the population as a whole, a new study has found. The observation does not prove that vitamin C itself promotes longevity. Physiologists, however, know that vitamin C is part of a large family of chemical compounds known as anti-oxidants (including vitamins E and A), which are believed to have a protective effect on certain organs.The study, published...

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2002.  Grand Forks Herald (ND) - September 14, 1999 

TYLENOL, VITAMIN C MAY NOT BE GOOD MIX  
  I recently read that taking Tylenol and vitamin C together might be harmful. Is this true? Since many people probably take both these popular over-the-counter products, this potential drug-nutrient interaction warrants a closer look.Ordinarily, taking acetaminophen (e.g., Tylenol) and vitamin C together should be OK. Under certain circumstances, however, the combination might lead to problems. One study suggests that very high doses of vitamin C might increase the levels of acetaminophen...

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2002.  Daily Breeze (Torrance, CA) - April 9, 1998 

Vitamin C's high-dose benefits questioned  
  Vitamin C's high-dose benefits questioned NEW YORK -- Vitamin C's theorized ability to protect against cancer and heart disease appears to diminish at high doses, and the vitamin might even become harmful, a researcher says. A study indicates that at 500 milligrams a day, "it's really no particular help at all" at discouraging oxidation, a damaging chemical reaction linked in theory to those two diseases, said Joseph Lunec of...

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2002.  Fort Worth Star-Telegram - February 14, 1994 

Take your alphabet Average diet not rich enough in vitamins, experts say  
  For decades, medical experts insisted that the average American diet provides plenty of all the essential vitamins and minerals needed for good health.But now they're saying that most folks probably would benefit from extra calcium and vitamin E, perhaps need additional C and A, might do well to add a little copper, zinc and selenium, and definitely should take supplementary folic acid if they are pregnant or trying to get that way. But how much is enough and how much is too...

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2001.  Capital Times, The (Madison, WI) - February 1, 1994 

HEALTH 101? CONSUMERS HERE SNAP UP ANTI-OXIDANTS (FIRST EDITION)< VITAMINS AS LIFESAVERS (SECOND EDITION)  
  Denise Searle takes 500 mgs. of vitamin C and 300 internatinal units of vitamin E every day, almost 10 times the U.S. recommended daily allowance.Working 60 hours a week as a registered dietitian at Supreme Health and Fitness and as a health food store employee, Searle says she doesn't have time to eat right. She admits that research on the beneficial effects of the vitamins has a long way to go, but she said she she took them as preventive medicine.``Cancer has been...

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2000.  Associated Press Archive - June 14, 2001 

Lab study finds possible villainy in vitamin C pills  
  Vitamin C pills, popped by millions as a protection against colds and other diseases, actually may play a role in damaging DNA, a step toward forming cancer cells, a laboratory study suggests. In a test tube experiment analyzing the action of vitamin C, University of Pennsylvania researchers found that the nutrient can act as a catalyst to help make a toxin that wounds DNA, the body's genetic code. The study appears Friday in the journal Science. The findings do not mean...

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1999.  The Dallas Morning News - June 15, 2001 

Vitamin C pills can hurt DNA, study suggests Cancer link not proved, but caution is urged  
  The vitamin C pills taken by millions of health-conscious Americans may actually help produce toxins that can damage their DNA, a step toward forming cancer cells, a laboratory study suggests. In a study appearing Friday in the journal Science, University of Pennsylvania researchers said they found in test tube experiments analyzing the action of vitamin C that the nutrient can act as a catalyst to help make a toxin that can injure DNA, the body's genetic code. The...

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1999.  Portland Press Herald (ME) - March 29, 2000 

VITAMIN C: NO NEED FOR MEGADOSING  
  Vitamin C has the honor of being not only one of the most researched of vitamins but the first vitamin ever to be researched.Starting in 1747, Dr. James Lind studied British sailors, who on long voyages had about a 50 percent chance of dying -- not of mutiny or drunkenness but of the dreaded disease scurvy. Through his research, Lind found an ingredient in lime juice that protects against this vitamin C deficiency disease. Scurvy symptoms include bleeding gums, blood vessel breakdown and...

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1999.  Intelligencer Journal (Lancaster, PA) - May 24, 1995 

DOCTORS DISCOVER THAT VITAMIN C HELPS ELDERLY FIGHT INFECTIONS  
  It's astonishing how even modest doses of vitamin C can help elderly people recover from severe respiratory infections. That's what doctors at St. Luke's Hospital in Huddersfield, United Kingdom, recently discovered.In a study of 57 elderly patients hospitalized for acute bronchitis or penumonia, about half received 200 milligrams of vitamin C per day; the others got a placebo (dummy pill). Within two weeks it was apparent that those on vitamin C were .......
 

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