After reading the text below ( Vitamin C is a powerful free radical
getter and chelating agent for heavy metals, i.e. lead, arsenic,
cadmium, and mercury.)I wondered if anyone on the list has tried
vitamin C therapy and if so what is their feeling about it?
Kirk
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Almost all animals on earth synthesize their own vitamin C ( ascorbic
acid ) from their blood sugar glucose and do not need it in their
diet. The few exceptions are humans, other primates, guinea pigs, the
red-vented bulbul, the Indian fruit eating bat, the rainbow trout and
the Coho salmon. It is interesting to note that humans are missing
just one of the enzymes in the sequence of enzymes required to
transform blood glucose into vitamin C . Perhaps we still posses the
genetic code for this missing enzyme, but we are unable to access it.
Judging from the amount of vitamin C synthesized per day by common
animals the average person is grossly under-supplied in their daily
vitamin C intake. For example when vitamin C needs are given in mg /
kg / day we have Goat ( 32 to 190 mg/kg/day ), Cow ( 15 to 18 ),
Sheep ( 25 ), Rat ( 39 to198 ), Mouse (33 to 275 ), Squirrel ( 28 ),
Gerbil ( 25 ), Rabbit ( 22 to 226 ), Cat ( 5 to 40 ), Dog (5 to 40 ),
and Pig ( 8 ).1 Now compare this to the recommended daily allowance (
RDA ) of 0.9 mg / kg / day allotted for humans by the federal
government medical professionals.2 Now less you might think that
primates are exceptional in their vitamin C needs note that wild
baboons have blood levels of vitamin C consistent with 10 mg /kg /
day and wild vervet monkeys have blood levels consistent with 3 to 8
mg / kg / day. At this point your common sense should be telling you
that the human RDA of 0.9 mg / kg / day is absurd, ridiculous, and
some people in government need to leave government. For example the
subcommittee on Laboratory Animal Nutrition of the National Research
Council has recommended that most primates be fed vitamin C
supplements ranging from 1.75 to 3.5 grams a day. Now what about the
primate man?

There are over three hundred known enzyme systems for which vitamin C
is essential for healthy functioning. Vitamin C is a powerful free
radical getter and chelating agent for heavy metals, i.e. lead,
arsenic, cadmium, and mercury. As if all this was not enough it is
also a powerful anti- viral and anti-bacterial agent. As a matter of
fact it should be the "drug" of choice of an enlightened medical
profession. Instead it has been maligned, persecuted and suppressed
by what passes in America as good competent medical professionals, as
exemplified by AMA doctors. To prove my above stated claims of
vitamin C being a anti-viral and anti-bacterial agent par excellent
we need look no further than the work of Dr. Fred R. Klenner, M.D.,
former chief of staff at Memorial Hospital in Reidsville, North
Carolina. Below is a partial listing of Dr. Klenner's professional
publications. Please note that the most recent publication is
approximately 40 years ago. I am going to quote from these
publications. I believe you will find Dr. Klenner's work astounding
and it will beg the questions: 1) Why have AMA doctors ignored Dr.
Klenner's work?, 2) Why have so called medical researchers present
and past not reproduced Dr. Klenner's work?, 3) Why does the AMA and
the NIH bad mouth the use of large doses of vitamin C as a anti-viral
and anti-bacterial agent? The answer to these questions is that the
allopathic medical establishment wants control of your illness care
at maximized profit to them! Remember, the AMA is a monopolistic
trade association, not a kind, benevolent, caring association of
doctors looking to bring health and well being to humanity at minimal
cost. No, quite to the contrary. The more doctor office visits, the
more tests, and the more "needed" prescriptions, the greater the cash
flow to the doctor. Heaven forbid that the doctor use a cheap, quick,
safe and effective vitamin like vitamin C to cure a mariad of
bacterial and viral illnesses and diseases. For, who knows, the
patient with more than half a brain might catch on how to take care
of most of their health problem themselves cheaply, quickly, safely,
and effectively, without the need for a AMA doctor.