“Mr. X has a lack of vitamin C and contracts a cold. The cold leads to pneumonia. Mr. X dies and his body is taken to the mortuary…not with the diagnosis “lack of vitamin C,” but with the diagnosis “pneumonia.” This does not matter for him any more, but matters for the rest of mankind, which is mislead in its thinking and judgment about vitamins.”
-Dr. Albert Szent-Gyorgyi, Nobel Prize Winner

Besides being anti-inflammatory, vitamin C is also said to be helpful for withdrawal symptoms when giving up addictions. This vitamin is crucial for collagen production, strengthening the immune system, and healing. For Fibromyalgia sufferers, the amino acid L-Proline is deficient and should be supplemented because it works with vitamin C to promote healthy connective tissue.

The FDA recommends that we get a pathetic 60 mgs of vitamin C per day. This is barely enough to keep us from getting sick, let alone make us well. Nobel Prize winner Dr. Linus Pauling, who is referred to as the “Father of Vitamin C,” believed that adults should be taking at least 2 grams a day. This could be done at one time or spread out in smaller doses throughout the day.

Note: Eating sugar makes less vitamin C available to your cells. Additionally, aspirin, antibiotics, tobacco, fever, and stress inhibit it.

In 1969, Dr. Robert F. Cathcart discovered that the amount of vitamin C tolerated by a person without causing diarrhea was somewhat proportional to the free radical toxicity of their bodies. The sicker a person was, vitamin C they would tolerate without it causing diarrhea. To read more about how much patients used and tolerated for different conditions, visit http://www.orthomed.com/auto.htm.

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