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Importance of Vitamins
Vitamin C
Two-time Nobel Prize winner Dr. Linus Pauling estimated that the rate of
heart disease would be reduced by 80 per cent if adults in the US supplemented
with 2,000 to 3,000 milligrams (mg) of vitamin C each day. As stated by Dr.
Pauling, "Since vitamin C deficiency is the common cause of human heart disease,
vitamin C supplementation is the universal treatment for this disease." In the US,
heart disease is the number one killer. Dr. Pauling said that for those with existing
heart disease the blockage of heart arteries could actually be reversed by
supplementing with 6,000 mg of vitamin C and 6,000 mg of lysine (a common amino
acid) taken in divided doses throughout the day. Vitamin C supplementation both
lowers serum cholesterol levels and repairs lesions of arterial walls.
1998 Nobel Prize winner Dr. Louis J. Ignarro proved that supplementing
with vitamin C and vitamin E significantly reduces the risk of developing
arteriosclerosis.
One study looked at Vitamin E and Vitamin C supplementation in relation
to mortality risk in 11,178 people aged 67-105 who participated in the Established
Populations for Epidemiologic Studies of the Elderly over a nine year period. The
use of vitamins E and C simultaneously was associated with a lower risk of total
mortality and coronary mortality.
In a massive study following over 85,000 nurses over a long 16-year period
with a combined total of 1,240,000 person-years revealed that vitamin C
supplementation significantly reduced the risk of heart disease. They found that the
intake of vitamin C from food alone was insufficient to significantly affect the rate
of heart disease. It was essential to supplement with high quantities of the vitamin
itself to notice the protective effects.
Pooled data from nine international prospective studies with 293,000
people, that included information on intakes of vitamin E, carotenoids, and vitamin
C, with a 10-year follow-up to check for major incidents of coronary heart disease.
Intake of antioxidants in the diet was only weakly related to reduced coronary heart
disease risk. On the other hand, subjects who took as little as
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