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1955.  Rocky Mountain News (CO) - May 30, 1990 

ORANGE JUICE VITAMIN C LONG LASTING  
  Question: How long does -orange juice retain its vitamin C?Answer: That depends on the type of package it comes in and the temperature at which it is stored. Fresh-squeezed orange juice keeps 90% of its original vitamin C for up to three weeks in the refrigerator. It should be stored in tightly covered glass or plastic bottles.Pasteurized premium orange juice is packaged in waxed cardboard cartons. It keeps its flavor and vitamin C for about a month if not opened and kept in the...

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1955.  The Dallas Morning News - April 23, 1990 

SCIENCE FARE  
  SCIENCE Q&A Q: Which is more nutritious, fresh or frozen orange juice? How long does it take for orange juice to lose its vitamin C? A: The chances are very good that either fresh or frozen orange juice will meet an adult's recommended daily allowance of vitamin C, which is 60 milligrams a day. Just 4 to 6 ounces of fresh-squeezed juice will provide that amount. Depending on storage conditions, the frozen juice may keep most of its vitamin content even longer than the...

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1954.  State, The (Columbia, SC) - January 3, 2000 

EAT, OR TAKE, VITAMIN C  
  Let's see: Buy vitamin C? Or buy expensive prescription drugs? Any struggle there?In a recent study, heart patients with high blood pressure lowered it by up to 9 percent by taking 500 milligrams of vitamin C each day. Prescription drugs can't do any better, but they cost a lot more. The study, published in the British medical journal Lancet, was small, and no one is saying vitamin C is a substitute for medication. But more research might find that vitamin C...

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1954.  Journal Gazette, The (Fort Wayne, IN) - June 23, 1999 

RESEARCH HINTS VITAMIN C KEEPS BLOOD LEAD LEVELS LOW  
  Having higher levels of vitamin C in the blood appears to keep the level of toxic lead in the bloodstream down, researchers say in a study to be published today.``Although we can't be 100 percent sure how the relationship works, I believe this suggests that individuals who are at risk from high levels of lead need to increase their intake of vitamin C,'' said Dr. Joel Simon, lead author of the report published in The Journal of the American Medical...

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1954.  Sarasota Herald-Tribune (FL) - February 1, 1999 

VITAMIN C COMES UNDER RECENT ATTACK  
  Dear Dr. Donohue: 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. Dear D.S.: 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...

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1954.  Press-Telegram (Long Beach, CA) - April 9, 1998 

STUDY QUESTIONS PROTECTIVE USE OF EXTRA VITAMIN C  
  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 Leicester University in England. The study found evidence that at 500...

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1954.  State, The (Columbia, SC) - April 9, 1998 

VITAMIN C BENEFITS QUESTIONED STUDY: AT HIGHER DOSES EFFECTS CAN BE HARMFUL  
  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 Leicester University in England. The study found evidence that at 500...

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1954.  Associated Press Archive - April 8, 1998 

Study questions beneficial effect of vitamin C at big doses  
  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 Leicester University in England. The study found evidence that at...

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1954.  Washington Post - January 24, 1998 

'BATTLE OF THE BULBS' HITS A FLASH POINT COMPETITOR ACCUSES GE OF SHADING MERCURY LEVELS IN FLUORESCENT LAMP  
  Vitamin C may be good for all kinds of ailments, but can it cure the environmental ills of a multibillion-dollar manufacturing giant? Apparently so, or why else would General Electric put a vitamin in its new line of Earth-friendly light bulbs?The bulbs looked ordinary enough when they appeared on store shelves last year, but testing by GE's competitors turned up a surprise ingredient -- Vitamin C -- in a yellow crust hidden in the end caps of GE's low-mercury...