C FOR YOURSELF MORE THAN A SURFACE TREATMENT, TOPICAL VITAMIN C HEALS
ON A DEEPER LEVEL
It may not be the fountain of youth, but vitamin C can help
some people look younger.Drinking orange juice every day isn't going to
do it, though. You have to apply it topically.To understand how vitamin
C works, first you need a short course in the structure of the skin, says
Dr. William Philip Werschler of the Spokane Dermatology Clinic. Most cosmetics
affect the skin's top layer, called the epidermis, which itself has a living
layer and a dead layer....
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2081. THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE - May 8, 1992
Men Who Take Vitamin C Found in Study to Live Longer
A 10-year health study has found strong evidence linking vitamin
C to decreased mortality rates -- especially from heart disease -- among
American men, according to a team of researchers at the University of California
at Los Angeles. The study found a similar but much less significant and
more questionable protective effect among women who also took large amounts
of the vitamin, the researchers said.Like other studies before it, this
one suggested that the vitamin may also play a role in...
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2079. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - May 18, 1998
Vitamin C How much is too much? Experts disagree on effects, dosages
It has become almost as American as apple pie: Got a cold? Take
some vitamin C. Worried about cancer or heart disease? Take some more.In
the latest buzz, vitamin C is being promoted as a wrinkle fighter."It has
almost a miraculous aura around it. It's a case of a merger between science
and magic," said Rima Apple, a professor of consumer science at the University
of Wisconsin-Madison and author of "Vitamania: Vitamins in American...
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2076. Plain Dealer, The (Cleveland, OH) - May 8, 1992
STUDY SAYS VITAMIN C MAY HELP PEOPLE LIVE 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 for most adults.
But the study indicates consuming 300 to 400 milligrams daily might help
people live longer, said its author, James E. Enstrom, an epidemiologist
at the University of...
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2075. Newsday (Melville, NY) - April 9, 1998
Warning on Vitamin C Doses / Study: High levels harm DNA
An examination of vitamin C has found that in 500 milligram
megadoses the popular nutrient harms DNA, but the effect apparently doesn't
occur at 60 milligrams, the recommended daily allowance. Vitamin C, a team
of British scientists report today, has a highly beneficial side and a
flip side that constitutes the nutrient's evil twin. The study appears
in the journal Nature."It has been said for a long time that you can't
take too much of...
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2074. Charlotte Observer, The (NC) - June 15, 2001
WISDOM OF VITAMIN C REGIMENS IN DOUBT THE POPULAR SUPPLEMENT CAN CAUSE
DNA DAMAGE IN TEST-TUBE EXPERIMENTS
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. Wednesday,
however, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania reported that, in
test-tube studies, vitamin C can cause DNA damage at the same time it appears
to protect cells.No one is suggesting vitamin C...
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2074. Plain Dealer, The (Cleveland, OH) - September 28, 1998
VITAMIN C NEGLECT THIRD OF PEOPLE IN TEST SHOW SHORTAGE
Put down that coffee and pick up some orange juice. A good chunk
of Americans aren't getting enough vitamin C, leaving them open to a host
of health problems, according to an Arizona State University researcher.More
than a third of people studied by ASU nutrition researcher Carol Johnston
were depleted of vitamin C, a condition that causes fatigue and irritability,
as well as worsens respiratory infections. The worst conditions can develop
into scurvy. The results surprised...
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2074. Newsday (Melville, NY) - July 1, 1996
Study: Vitamin C May Help Smokers
Dallas - Injections of vitamin C given to smokers reverse one
of the most harmful cardiovascular effects of smoking, according to a study
being published today. However, more research is needed to determine whether
vitamin C pills might help reduce heart disease associated with cigarettes,
said the authors of the study, published in the American Heart Association
journal Circulation.The vitamin works because of its antioxidant function,
said Dr. Thomas Munzel of the University of Freiburg...
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