200 mg of vitamin C called best daily dose
How much vitamin C is enough? Is it the 60 milligrams a day
- the amount in half a cup of fresh orange juice - that is the current
Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA), the 30 to 40 milligrams that some
nutritional biochemists think it should be, the hundreds of milligrams
that millions of Americans now take as a daily supplement or the thousands
of milligrams that the late Dr. Linus Pauling believed would protect against
serious illnesses, including cancer? A detailed federally sponsored study,...
933 words
2083. Miami Herald, The (FL) - October 19, 1994
VITAMIN C DOSE MAY BE BEST TWICE A DAY
People who believe that large doses of vitamin C every day can
keep the doctor away should think twice. More precisely, they should take
two doses a day for maximum effect, according to a new study. Released
just in time for flu season, the study found that the largest sensible
dosage of vitamin C is 500 milligrams taken by pill every 12 hours.That
is the most the human body can handle, according to the report published
this week by the gerontology journal, Age. That dosage maintains a...
821 words
2083. THE SEATTLE TIMES - May 8, 1992
VITAMIN C MAY AID LONG LIFE FRUITS, VEGETABLES BETTER THAN PILLS, RESEARCHERS
SAY
LOS ANGELES - A new study shows that vitamin C may help people
live longer. But it's better to get your dose from five daily servings
of fresh fruits and vegetables instead of vitamin pills, researchers reported
today. Researchers found that taking 300 to 400 milligrams of vitamin C
daily may help men live about six years longer than men who don't.For women,
the benefits are about one year.The U.S. government's recommended daily
allowance of vitamin...
1008 words
2083. Daily News of Los Angeles (CA) - May 8, 1992
RESEARCHERS TIE LARGER DOSES OF VITAMIN C TO LONGEVITY
Men who consume a few hundred milligrams of vitamin C every
day live about six years longer than men who don't, and the vitamin may
extend women's lives by about one year, a study suggests.The U.S. government's
recommended daily allowance of vitamin C is 60 milligrams for most adults.
But the study indicates that consuming 300 to 400 milligrams daily might
help people live longer, said its author, James E. Enstrom, an epidemiologist
at the UCLA. Gladys...
936 words
2082. Daily Breeze (Torrance, CA) - June 15, 2001
Lab study links vitamin C pills to toxins that damage DNA
Lab study links vitamin C pills to toxins that damage DNA WASHINGTON
-- 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
today 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...
420 words
2082. The Tampa Tribune - June 8, 1995
Vitamin C helps seniors fight illnesses
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 pneumonia, 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...
708 words
2082. Charlotte Observer, The (NC) - May 8, 1992
VITAMIN C MAY HELP MEN LIVE 6 YEARS LONGER
Men who consume a few hundred milligrams of vitamin C every
day live about six years longer than men who don`t, and the vitamin may
extend women`s lives by about one year, a study suggests.The U.S. government`s
recommended daily allowance of vitamin C is 60 milligrams. But the study
indicates that consuming 300 to 400 milligrams daily might help people
live longer, said its author, James Enstrom, an epidemiologist at the University
of California at Los Angeles.The...
647 words
2082. St. Paul Pioneer Press (MN) - May 8, 1992
DAILY DOSE OF VITAMIN C HELPS MEN LIVE LONGER, RESEARCHERS FIND
Men who consume a few hundred milligrams of vitamin C every
day live about six years longer than men who don't, and the vitamin may
extend women's lives by about one year, a study suggests.The U.S. government's
recommended daily allowance of vitamin C is 60 milligrams for most adults.
But the study indicates that consuming 300 to 400 milligrams daily might
help people live longer, said its author, James Enstrom, an epidemiologist
at the University of...
789 words
2081. Tulsa World - October 25, 2001
Here's what vitamin C can do for you
With flu season upon us, many people are turning to vitamin
C to stay healthy and ward off the common cold. Although no formal studies
have proven that vitamin C can prevent colds, it has been shown to reduce
the severity of cold symptoms. Also known as ascorbic acid, vitamin C is
an antioxidant that prevents cell damage which could weaken the immune
system and leave us more susceptible to colds. Vitamin C also helps maintain
healthy connective tissue, such as tendons and...
546 words
2081. The Atlanta Journal and The Atlanta Constitution - April
13, 1998
Health Watch HEALTH AT ALL AGES Vitamin C backers rebut British study
Advocates of ascorbic acid give little weight to a recent finding that
high-dose supplements may do more harm than good.
Don't throw away that economy-size bottle of vitamin C just
yet. Vitamin C advocates argue that it's perfectly fine to take daily supplements
of 500 milligrams of the vitamin or more, contrary to a recent study by
British researchers that indicated that such supplements might have adverse
effects "Vitamin C is very safe," declared Jeffrey Blumberg, a professor
of nutrition at Tufts University in Boston. "I am somewhat bemused by the...
Home
|