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1984.  Press-Telegram (Long Beach, CA) - June 15, 2001 

POSSIBLE VITAMIN C DOWNSIDE FOUND,  RESEARCH: TEST-TUBE STUDY REPORTS SOME DNA DAMAGE SCIENTIST SAYS FURTHER EXPERIMENTS NEEDED.  
  For nearly three decades, millions of people have followed the lead of Nobel laureate Linus Pauling and popped vitamin C pills to fight the common cold and cancer. Scientists have long said the supplements don't appear to do any good, but probably are not harmful, either.Today, however, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania report that, in test-tube studies, vitamin C can cause DNA damage at the same time that it appears to protect cells. No one is suggesting that...

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1984.  Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (WI) - April 3, 2000 

Vitamin C studies produce mostly confusion  
  They can make a one-gigahertz computer, but they can't tell me whether I should take a vitamin C pill. I really thought I had this supplement thing dialed in. Like many others, I gulp down a handful of pills each morning, including the old standby, vitamin C.But recent developments have me perplexed. In the past year, I can think of at least four studies indicating that vitamin C may be either beneficial or detrimental.The four studies, two of which tended to support the...

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1984.  The San Diego Union-Tribune - March 22, 2000 

Vitamin C fears are unfounded  
  Q. I read about the latest study that says taking 500 milligrams of vitamin C every day causes heart disease. Is this vitamin C-heart disease link for real? I have been taking vitamin C for many years, and will stop if I have to. G.C., Independence, Mo.A. Do vitamin C supplements increase the risk of heart disease? You might think so if you relied solely on news reports coming out of an American Heart Association meeting.But don't toss your tablets yet; the study in question...

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1983.  The Record (New Jersey) - July 2, 2001 

VITAMIN C REMAINS A NUTRITIONAL PUZZLE  
  Many of the 40 million to 50 million Americans who take vitamin C tablets swallowed hard last month upon hearing the news that chemists had found a link between high doses of the supplements and the kind of DNA damage associated with cancer.But researchers who study the vitamin's effect on health were quick to say that the new findings did not imply that vitamin C supplements cause cancer."This was an experiment done in the lab, not in any biological...

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1983.  Telegraph Herald (Dubuque, IA) - June 15, 2001 

STUDY FINDS EVIL IN VITAMIN C PILLS,  WARNING:IT MIGHT HELP PRODUCE TOXINS THAT CAN DAMAGE DNA  
  WASHINGTON (AP) - The vitamin C pills taken by millions of health-conscious Americans might 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 can injure DNA, the body's genetic...

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1983.  Post-Tribune (IN) - October 16, 2000 

Low stroke rates related to vitamin C  
  Individuals with high blood levels of vitamin C have significantly reduced risk of stroke, according to a long-term study reported in the October issue of Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association.Higher intake of fruits, vegetables and other foods rich in vitamin C and potassium have been associated with lower stroke rates in previous studies. "To my knowledge, this is the first prospective study to make the correlation between vitamin C in the bloodstream and...

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1983.  Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek, CA) - March 4, 2000 

STUDY REVEALS VITAMIN C HEART HAZARD  
  Taking vitamin C supplements may not prevent heart disease and could even worsen it, especially among smokers, according to new research that undermines a practice favored by millions of Americans.In the study of 573 men and women in Los Angeles, those who consumed the most vitamin C from pills over a year and a half had more evidence of possible future atherosclerosis, or hardening of the arteries, compared to people who did not take vitamin C pills. To gauge the vitamin's...

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1983.  Sun Herald, The (Biloxi, MS) - February 23, 2000 

LIMES PROVIDE TART DOSE OF VITAMIN C  
  Like lemons, their somewhat more sour cousins, limes have a tart taste that can add zip to sauces, beverages, desserts and marinades.Legend has it that British sailors received the nickname ''limeys'' because in addition to daily rations of bread and meat, they received an allowance of limes. Because they're an excellent source of vitamin C, limes helped prevent scurvy. The two main varieties are the Persian lime (the most widely...

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1983.  Deseret News, The (Salt Lake City, UT) - December 20, 1998 

Vitamin C likely will do little for a cold,  Studies find few benefits from large doses  
  Question: I hate to miss workouts in the winter because of a cold. Does taking large doses of vitamin C help? Answer: There have been many studies during the recent past to evaluate vitamin C's effect on colds. None of these trials found that supplements reduced the chance of catching colds. According to an article in the November 1998 Consumer Reports On Health magazine, a Finnish researcher, who has looked carefully at these studies, suggests that the vitamin may help a few people...