Vitamin K3 and vitamin C alone or in combination kills leukemia cells by a similar oxidative stress signalling mechanism

The way the cells are destroyed is by induced apoptosis.
What is apoptosis?
Apostis is the programmed death of an old cell.  It occurs naturally all the time in healthy people.
For a video illustrating this process (a memorable five minutes worth watching) see Youtube:


  For a human-readable explaination of the research, look here: http://www.foodconsumer.org

For advanced understanding look at Cancer Cell International (10 June 2011).

High doses of Vitamin C are needed.

Vitamin C and Heart health

I found this set of articles, and lost them, but after much work I found them again.
And I am so glad I was able to find these important links.

In this article,
Vitamin C spells better heart health
Demonstrates convincingly that Vitamin C can reverse hardening of the arteries.
The optometrist, Dr. Sydney Bush, who is the subject of this article, discovered that high doses of Vitamin C don't just cure allergies, but also atherosclerosis.  He is in a unique position to show this by his otical equiptment that takes pictures of the arteries in the eyes.
The article also mentions in passing that goats produce 13,000 milligrams (13 grams) of Vitamin C for their own use a day.  I had previously pointed out the difficulty in establishing an ideal amount for a vitamin, but the fact that goats produce this amount should be a good indicator of an optimal dose.

Here are two related articles:
Heart attack prevention that works

Dr. Sydney Bush states arteriosclerosis can be reversed by vitamin C

Dr. Bush found the medical establishment so obstinate that he wrote a book that you can get here:

French Long-term study shows Vitamins (including Vitamin C) improves Long-term memory

In the 1994–2002 French study participants were 45 to 60 years old, researchers split them randomly into two groups. Half of them took a daily supplement that included vitamins C and E, selenium, zinc, and beta-carotene for eight years.Participants received:

• daily vitamin C (120 mg),
• β-carotene (6 mg),
• vitamin E (30 mg),
• selenium (100 μg), and
• zinc (20 mg).

The participants that took the vitamins beat their peers on one test of long-term memory in which participants had to recall words in different categories. 
The difference was at least enough to be statistically significant.

The dose of vitamin C is actually very small. 
Many (like me) people take one hundred times that amount.
All this goes to illustrate the difficulty in establishing the optimal dose for the various vitamins.
It is also hard to motivate people to take care of health situations that will occur 8 years from now.
I also want to point out the tiny cost of keeping your memory healthy compared to the benefit.
The cost of the vitamins used  in this study amounts to pennies a day. 
Do you think that the people with the better memory would rather have the good brain or the eight years of pennies a day?
The cost of a week of assisted living can easily make up for whatever was spent on vitamins.

More information here

Want Botox to reduce wrinkles? Try Vitamin C instead

Collagen is a type of protein. Fibrous in nature, it connects and supports other bodily tissues, in particular skin.

It has great tensile strength and functions in a manner that is very different from many other types of proteins.
For example, it can be found both inside and outside of cells.
Collagen fibers are important in contributing to the external structure of cells.
However, they are present on the inside of some cells as well.
Vitamin C contributes greatly to the formation of collagen which explains why it is present in many skin cremes.
One of Shaklee's skin cremes has vitamin C, but unlike other products it has a patented delivery mechanism to cause the vitamin C to penetrate below the surface of the skin to more effectively reduce the presence of wrinkles.

More information is here

Vitamin C vital for Brain and Eye Health

Researchers found that if you don't have vitamin C inside or outside the cells in the retina, the cells and the receptors start to break down and don't function very well;
but as soon as you add vitamin C, function is preserved perfectly well.It is interesting to note, they say, that when the human body is deprived of ascorbic acid, vitamin C stores in the brain are the last to be depleted.
The role of vitamin C in the brain is at this time poorly understood.
I spoke to someone recently who said that vitamin C helped her with depression.
It is perhaps no coincidence that depression and irritability are some of the first symtoms of scurvy (lack of vitamin C).

More information here

Is your Vitamin C made in China?

In a recent article in the Huffington Post it is stated that 80% of the vitamin C sold in the United States comes from China.  This claim is hard to verify because most bottles of vitamin C merely state the company they are "distributed by" and often do not list a country of origin.

I have, however found some sources of vitamin C that I note did not come from China.
A quick chat with the customer representative from Swanson revealed that all their products are made in the USA, Europe or Japan. 
In particular that means there are vitamin C is not from China.


I also happen to know that Shaklee does not manufacture and of its products in China.
Interestingly, Shaklee sells a form of vitamin C that is blended with iron to reduce the acidity and make its stomach-friendly.
Another stomach-friendly source of vitamin C is Esther-C, which is made in the United States.




Another option for vitamin C that is not from China is the Vitamin C Foundation, which sells vitamin C and powder form for easy consumption of large amounts, and which is manufactured in Europe.

A case against Vitamin C

 In the world of vitamin C, it is hard to find anyone who will say anything bad about this vitamin.
I've heard one person say that it can cause kidney stones.
However I doubt that because with as many people taking large doses of vitamin C, you would think that a connection between vitamin C and kidney stones would have been established by now if it were the case.
I have however found a Doctor who rather than believe in antioxidants such as vitamin C, believes in pro-oxidants, or at least the free radicals that occur naturally in the body.
He stated that supplementary  vitamin C is not needed unless you have a known deficiency.
Vitamin A and E (an antioxidant) and beta carotene need to be taken with care if it all.
He is Randolph M. Howes (M.D., Ph. D), a plastic surgeon with a Ph.D.  in biochemistry.
His position, which he states in his book, in youtube videos, and on his website, he suggests that oxygenization is the primary process for fighting bacteria, fungi, and protozoa such as malaria, as well as for destroying cancer cells.
This being the case, he states that you have no business interfering with the oxygenization process with antioxidants, of which vitamin C is one. 
He claims he has many research studies to demonstrate his point, which he has summarized in his book.
It also appears you can download a lot of information for free on its web site.
(www.iwillfindthecure.org)

I do not really know what to make of this, but it does seem to demonstrate the difficulty we have with establishing the optimal levels of vitamins to take for best health.

Hello this is my first post

Today is 7/24/2011.  I am currently taking about 10 grams of Vitamin C a day based on books by Linus Pauling and others.  I'm starting this blog as a way to track information I come accoss about vitamin C as I find it