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2038.  Washington Post - April 16, 1996 

DAILY VITAMIN C INTAKE MAY BE LOW, STUDY SAYS  
  The recommended daily intake for vitamin C may be set too low for optimal health, according to a National Institutes of Health study released today. Reporting in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researcher Mark Levine and his colleagues found that 200 milligrams a day of vitamin C appears to be the ideal daily amount for healthy men in their twenties. That is more than three times higher than the 60 milligrams per day now advised by the National Research Council, which sets...

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2037.  Philadelphia Inquirer, The (PA) - May 15, 1992 

ILL PAULING STILL TOUTS VITAMIN C  
  When two-time Nobel laureate Linus Pauling was diagnosed with prostate cancer five months ago, after a quarter century of preaching that megadoses of Vitamin C might stave off the disease, it looked as if time had run out for him.But now, at 91, he says he is recovering, and he thinks Vitamin C might have actually bought him 20 years of health. "Practically all old men are found to be developing cancer of the prostate sooner or later," a rosy-cheeked Pauling said in...

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2036.  THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE - September 15, 1990 

AIDS Researchers Claim Success With Vitamin C  
  Nobel laureate Linus Pauling and his associates at the Linus Pauling Institute of Science and Medicine in Palo Alto asserted yesterday that high doses of vitamin C, which they already promote for treatment of colds and cancer, hobbles the AIDS virus in laboratory tests. The report from Pauling, a tireless enthusiast for vitamin C, elicited little surprise from other scientists. Skeptics said that although more tests may be warranted, drugs that seem to work well in laboratory flasks often turn...

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2035.  Chicago Sun-Times - August 19, 1998 

UK study calls for a new look at vitamin C  
  Could vitamin C be dangerous? You might get that impression if you read the headlines about a recent study from the University of Leicester in England. The researchers reported that while C's antioxidant properties protected some parts of DNA (the genetic information in your cells), they damaged others (Nature, April 9, 1998). And the effects were seen at a dose of 500 milligrams_the amount many people take as a supplement every day.Is it time to rethink C?No, says Jeffrey...

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2035.  Chicago Sun-Times - September 24, 1989 

Vitamin C called good cold fighter  
  PARIS An American researcher says a new study confirms his earlier, controversial finding that Vitamin C is a potent weapon in reducing the intensity and duration of the common cold.Both studies concluded that a control group given a daily dose of Vitamin C needed 40 percent less time to recover from a common cold infection than a group given placebos, or fake pills. The group given Vitamin C - found most frequently in citrus fruits and green, leafy vegetables - also suffered fewer coughs,...

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2032.  Daily News of Los Angeles (CA) - July 3, 1992 

PAULING SAYS VITAMIN C STEMS HEART DISEASE  
  Vitamin C helps regulate a human protein believed to be a contributing cause of some heart diseases, two-time Nobel laureate Linus Pauling said Thursday.Scientists have reported that lipoprotein(a), a natural human protein that helps strengthen the arteries, may contribute to the cause of cardiovascular diseases. Pauling, who has staunchly defended the strength of vitamin C in fighting many ailments, including cardiovascular diseases and cancer, said the vitamin can also regulate...

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2032.  Charlotte Observer, The (NC) - May 15, 1992 

VITAMIN C HELD OFF HIS CANCER, PAULING SAYS  
  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 cancer.Time and disease finally caught up with him in his 10th decade, he said 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,`` a rosy-cheeked Pauling said in his office at the...

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2031.  Victoria Advocate, The (TX) - November 27, 2003 

Another look at vitamin C  
  On the dietary supplement stage, vitamin C is the one-note supporting cast member elevated to stardom. It's got talent, but not nearly enough to match its glorified image and big box-office numbers. Long touted as a cold-buster and cure-all, vitamin C equals good health in the public imagination like no other nutrient. But scientists are far less enthusiastic in their assessment of vitamin C, which hasn't panned out as a powerful panacea against everything from the...

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2031.  St. Louis Post-Dispatch - March 28, 2000 

BIG DOSES OF VITAMIN C CAN WORSEN CANCER, DOCTORS SAY  
  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 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, which appears to...
 
 
 

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