EFFECT OF VITAMIN C ON COLDS QUESTIONED
A new review of 65 years of research on colds and vitamin C
concludes there's little evidence that 200 milligrams or more a day wards
off or shortens the duration of the common cold -- with the possible exception
of people exposed to extreme cold or physical stress.The review's authors,
Robert Douglas of the Australian National University and Harri Hemila of
the University of Helsinki, Finland, wrote that the "lack of effect of
(preventive) vitamin C...
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1944. Journal Gazette, The (Fort Wayne, IN) - June 15, 2001
Research hints vitamin C can lead to DNA damage
Vitamin C, that champion antioxidant thought to guard against
gene destruction, is also capable of producing DNA-damaging compounds,
scientists have found.Mutations caused by the compounds have been found
in a variety of tumors, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania said.
The results of test-tube studies, published today in the journal Science,
may help explain why vitamin C supplements have shown little effectiveness
at preventing cancer in clinical trials.Researchers stress...
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1944. Grand Rapids Press, The (MI) - October 30, 2000
Vitamin C, potassium reduce risk of stroke
Individuals with high blood levels of vitamin C have significantly
reduced risk of stroke, according to a long-term study reported in an 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 incidence of...
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1944. Star-Ledger, The (Newark, NJ) - October 24, 2000
Higher levels of vitamin C in the blood cut stroke risk
Individuals with high blood levels of vitamin C have significantly
reduced risk of stroke, according to a long- term study reported in an
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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1944. Philadelphia Daily News (PA) - April 10, 2000
VITAMIN C MAY CURB GALLBLADDER DISEASE
A new study suggests another benefit to eating oranges: Women
who don't get enough vitamin C may be prone to gallbladder disease.Though
the study of 13,130 men and women doesn't say vitamin C can prevent gallbladder
disease, it "supports that hypothesis," said Dr. Joel Simon, the lead author
and an assistant professor of medicine and epidemiology at the University
of California-San Francisco. The findings appear in today's...
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1944. Star-Ledger, The (Newark, NJ) - March 28, 2000
Doctors warn that vitamin C may do more for the tumor than the patient
Cancer patients who take large doses of vitamin C in the hope
of a cure might actually make their disease worse by inadvertently protecting
their tumors from radiation and chemotherapy, new research suggests. Doctors
caution that they cannot prove the vitamin is harmful during cancer treatment.
But they say there are strong biological reasons to think megadoses could
be bad. The concern is based on the discovery that cancer cells actually
contain large amounts of vitamin C,...
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1944. Gazette, The (Colorado Springs, CO) - January 13, 1996
Blacks may benefit from vitamin C Blood pressure lower, study finds
A Colorado State University study shows that African-Americans
with high levels of vitamin C tend to have lower blood pressure. CSU nutrition
professor Christopher Melby said the study is one of the few in the country
that looks at heart disease in African-Americans, even though that population
group is at a much greater risk for high blood pressure and heart disease
than Caucasians. The study, funded by the CSU Agricultural Experiment Station
and the National Institutes of...
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1944. The Tampa Tribune - August 21, 1994
Heart disease is decreased by vitamin C
If you have lots of vitamin C in your blood, your chances of
heart disease sink. That's because high vitamin C equals high HDL cholesterol,
the good type that seems to combat heart disease. Such is the conclusion
of a new study by Judith Hallfrisch at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's
Human Nutrition Research Center in Beltsville, Md.Hallfrisch measured the
amount of vitamin C in 827 adults. Regardless of their age, sex, weight
or smoking habits, those with the...
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1944. Post-Tribune (IN) - May 15, 1992
VITAMIN C GURU BEATS PROSTATE CANCER
For a quarter century, two-time Nobel laureate Linus Pauling
has taken megadoses of vitamin C and a lot of flak from skeptics for 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, revealing
he got prostate cancer five months ago. But at 91, he says he's recovering.
"Practically all old men are found to be developing cancer of the prostate
sooner or later,"...
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1944. Richmond Times-Dispatch - December 2, 1987
VITAMIN C OFFERS EXTRA PROTECTION FOR WINTER MONTHS
When the temperature drops, cold and flu season is usually a
companion. And while today's average diet is hardly deficient enough in
Vitamin C to cause concern about scurvy, this water-soluble vitamin is
highly volatile and easily destroyed if exposed to water or heat or when
coupled with traces of copper and iron. That's why fruits and vegetables
containing ascorbic acid should be eaten raw or be cooked with as little
heat and water contact as possible. It is also...
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