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1960.  Tulsa World - February 1, 1999 

Is man-made vitamin C bad?  
  Q: I recently received an article indicating that too much vitamin C is harmful and that synthetic vitamin C can cause damage, unlike the natural vitamin. I would appreciate your thoughts on this matter. -- D.S. A: This past spring, two British doctors published, in a respected medical journal, a letter outlining the results of their preliminary study on vitamin C. This was a letter, not an article. Letters escape the close scrutiny given to full articles. Data in a letter, therefore, is...

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1960.  Tulsa World - February 1, 1999 

Is man-made vitamin C bad?  
  Q: I recently received an article indicating that too much vitamin C is harmful and that synthetic vitamin C can cause damage, unlike the natural vitamin. I would appreciate your thoughts on this matter. -- D.S. A: This past spring, two British doctors published, in a respected medical journal, a letter outlining the results of their preliminary study on vitamin C. This was a letter, not an article. Letters escape the close scrutiny given to full articles. Data in a letter, therefore, is...

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1960.  Deseret News, The (Salt Lake City, UT) - July 1, 1996 

VITAMIN C INJECTIONS OPEN SMOKERS' ARTERIES  
  Injections of vitamin C given to smokers reverse one of the most harmful cardiovascular effects of smoking, according to a study being published Monday.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 in...

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1960.  Philadelphia Inquirer, The (PA) - July 1, 1996 

VITAMIN C HELPS ARTERIES OF SMOKERS, A STUDY FINDS  
  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 in...

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1960.  Daily News of Los Angeles (CA) - June 12, 1994 

SUPPLEMENT NUTRITION CLAIMS WITH KNOWLEDGE  
  Ready for some hot nutrition tips? Did you know that zinc and vitamin E increase your sex drive? Vitamin C cures colds? Vitamin A makes you look younger? Grapefruit burns body fat?Actually, none of these nutrition statements is true. These are just a few of the thousands of faulty nutrition claims that the public has been sold over the years. It's easy to be led astray. Nutrition is a hot topic in popular research and in the media. Each week we read about a new relationship...

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1960.  Tallahassee Democrat (FL)|Tallahassee Democrat (FL) - April 4, 1994 

GOOD NUTRITION: IT'S HARD TO KNOW FACT FROM FICTION  
  Ready for some hot nutrition tips? Did you know that zinc and vitamin E increase your sex drive? Vitamin C cures colds? Vitamin A makes you look younger? Grapefruit burns body fat?Actually, none of these nutrition statements is true. These are just a few of the thousands of faulty nutrition claims that the public has been sold over the years. It's easy to be led astray. Nutrition is a hot topic in popular research and in the media. Each week we read about a new relationship...

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1960.  Fort Worth Star-Telegram - May 15, 1992 

Pauling says prostate cancer won't change vitamin C views  
  PALO ALTO, Calif. - For a quarter century, two-time Nobel laureate Linus Pauling has taken megadoses of vitamin C - and a lot of flak from skeptics - in trying to stave off the deadly C: cancer. Time and disease finally caught up with him in his 10th decade, he told The Associated Press on Wednesday. Pauling said he was told five months ago he has prostate cancer. But at 91, he says he's recovering."Practically all old men are found to be developing cancer of the...

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1960.  The Buffalo News - December 15, 1991 

LOW LEVELS OF VITAMIN C TIED TO DAMAGED SPERM  
  Men with low levels of vitamin C are more apt to have genetically damaged sperm, researchers say in a study to be published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science.Bruce Ames, leader of a vitamin C study at the University of California, Berkeley, said that an analysis of sperm from 24 men showed that of 15 with below-normal levels of vitamin C, eight had high levels of genetically damaged sperm."We know that you get into trouble if your level of...

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1960.  St. Petersburg Times - December 15, 1991 

Vitamin C deficiency linked to gene defect  
  Men with low levels of vitamin C are more apt to have genetically damaged sperm, researchers say in a study published today. Bruce Ames, leader of a vitamin C study at the University of California at Berkeley, said an analysis of sperm from 24 men showed that of 15 with below-normal levels of vitamin C, eight had high levels of genetically damaged sperm.""We know that you get into trouble if your level of vitamin C drops below the recommended daily...