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<blockquote data-quote="Winnie53" data-source="post: 2241367" data-attributes="member: 160246"><p>[USER=480869]@HSSS[/USER], thank you so much for posting the link to this article. My husband told me about it. I grabbed him before he jumped on a conference call to confirm this is THE article he read and talked with me about. He said yes. Best article he'd read to date on vitamin C. Also that he looked at a lot of the article's reference material and found it to be quite good as well. I am going to send this out to all my family, friends, and co-workers. It's excellent.</p><p></p><p>***Also of note. At the end of the article, in this section, "<strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>A Call for Immediate Attention To The Use of Oral Ascorbic Acid in COVID-19 Patients" </strong></span></strong>she provides guidance under the heading "The following supplementation guide for oral ascorbic acid is offered as informational purposes only, and <strong>should NOT be considered as MEDICAL ADVICE.</strong>" It is aligned with similar advice provided by the doctors I've referred to here on this thread: cardiologist Thomas E Levy, MD, internist and nephrologist Suzanne Humphries, MD, Richard Cheng, MD, PhD and others.***</p><p><em></em></p><p><em>This is Dr. Cheng's bio... <a href="https://www.drwlc.com/blog/2010/07/29/about-dr-richard-cheng/" target="_blank">https://www.drwlc.com/blog/2010/07/29/about-dr-richard-cheng/</a> </em></p><p></p><p>[USER=48386]@Indy51[/USER] [USER=496333]@Jim Lahey[/USER] and others who are interested in this topic: I think you'll find the article HSSS found for us a good read too.</p><p></p><p>[USER=216415]@Mr_Pot[/USER] Agreed. <em>Some people,</em> I don't know how many, perhaps most, <em>do not need to take nutritional supplements. </em></p><p></p><p>As for vitamin C, for most of the year, <em>I only take 120 mg a day of vitamin C made from whole foods</em>. Despite eating a very nutritious diet of healthy proteins, fats, including lots of vegetables, herbs and spices, I still have nutritional deficiencies. Don't know why. Likely due to genetic differences like MTHFR and ulcerative colitis. If I don't take a daily B-complex, my functioning deteriorates significantly over a period of 6 months or so. If I become ill with COVID-19, I will throw everything I have at it because I have damaged lungs and a history of developing shortness of breath following influenza. And I don't have the $5,000 it will cost me if I'm hospitalized.</p><p></p><p>In Thomas DeLauer's video, that I posted here a day or so ago, he explains how vitamin D3, vitamin C, magnesium, zinc, and copper work synergistically to help the immune system function optimally.</p><p></p><p>I sincerely hope you'll watch the 18 minute video on the New Zealand Dairy Farmer struck down by the N1H1 swine flu in 2009 who was in an induced coma for 9 weeks, whose family had to fight repeatedly to keep the hospital from removing life support, who had to fight repeatedly to have high dose vitamin C administered, who had to take LEGAL action to have the high dose vitamin C resumed <em>when it was completely removed while he was still in a coma</em> (and then, the hospital responded <em>only</em> by agreeing to administer 1 g vitamin C per infusion, <em>likely delaying his recovery by weeks)</em>. Incredibly, he did recover but the family had to then take matters in their own hands and continue his vitamin C therapy using lipisomal vitamin C, which is known to be as effective as high dose vitamin C via IV. Additionally, he was told that he would require 3 months of rehabilitation. He walked out of that hospital and returned home after only 2 weeks of rehabilitation. He not only survived the N1H1 swine flu in 2009, he's thriving today.</p><p></p><p>I share this with you and others here because it illustrates the life saving benefits of high dose vitamin C <em>for patients who are critically ill with a life threatening infection. </em>And the battle you and others here will face to save the life of a loved one in the hospital because doctors have NO training in the use of vitamin C to treat infections and sepsis, <em>even though it's been documented in the literature for 70 years+</em>, as has the low carb ketogenic diet for diabetes. SAME PROBLEM. Doctors only understand pharmaceutical treatment approaches. They receive almost no training in the theraputic use of diet or nutrients. <em> </em></p><p><em></em></p><p>Sadly, while doctors in some hospitals around the world are trying vitamin C administered via IV in the fight against COVID-19, the doses they're using are so sub-optimal, they may not work or only minimally help, <em>which will only serve to further the pharmaceutical driven bias by doctors against nutrient based therapies for critically ill patients battling an infection.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p>If I were a doctor or nurse working in the hospital with COVID-19 patients, often without necessary PPE's, I'd be taking vitamin C because the stress alone they're experiencing under these very difficult working conditions <em>is depleting their vitamin C reserves. </em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Winnie53, post: 2241367, member: 160246"] [USER=480869]@HSSS[/USER], thank you so much for posting the link to this article. My husband told me about it. I grabbed him before he jumped on a conference call to confirm this is THE article he read and talked with me about. He said yes. Best article he'd read to date on vitamin C. Also that he looked at a lot of the article's reference material and found it to be quite good as well. I am going to send this out to all my family, friends, and co-workers. It's excellent. ***Also of note. At the end of the article, in this section, "[B][SIZE=3][B]A Call for Immediate Attention To The Use of Oral Ascorbic Acid in COVID-19 Patients" [/B][/SIZE][/B]she provides guidance under the heading "The following supplementation guide for oral ascorbic acid is offered as informational purposes only, and [B]should NOT be considered as MEDICAL ADVICE.[/B]" It is aligned with similar advice provided by the doctors I've referred to here on this thread: cardiologist Thomas E Levy, MD, internist and nephrologist Suzanne Humphries, MD, Richard Cheng, MD, PhD and others.*** [I] This is Dr. Cheng's bio... [URL]https://www.drwlc.com/blog/2010/07/29/about-dr-richard-cheng/[/URL] [/I] [USER=48386]@Indy51[/USER] [USER=496333]@Jim Lahey[/USER] and others who are interested in this topic: I think you'll find the article HSSS found for us a good read too. [USER=216415]@Mr_Pot[/USER] Agreed. [I]Some people,[/I] I don't know how many, perhaps most, [I]do not need to take nutritional supplements. [/I] As for vitamin C, for most of the year, [I]I only take 120 mg a day of vitamin C made from whole foods[/I]. Despite eating a very nutritious diet of healthy proteins, fats, including lots of vegetables, herbs and spices, I still have nutritional deficiencies. Don't know why. Likely due to genetic differences like MTHFR and ulcerative colitis. If I don't take a daily B-complex, my functioning deteriorates significantly over a period of 6 months or so. If I become ill with COVID-19, I will throw everything I have at it because I have damaged lungs and a history of developing shortness of breath following influenza. And I don't have the $5,000 it will cost me if I'm hospitalized. In Thomas DeLauer's video, that I posted here a day or so ago, he explains how vitamin D3, vitamin C, magnesium, zinc, and copper work synergistically to help the immune system function optimally. I sincerely hope you'll watch the 18 minute video on the New Zealand Dairy Farmer struck down by the N1H1 swine flu in 2009 who was in an induced coma for 9 weeks, whose family had to fight repeatedly to keep the hospital from removing life support, who had to fight repeatedly to have high dose vitamin C administered, who had to take LEGAL action to have the high dose vitamin C resumed [I]when it was completely removed while he was still in a coma[/I] (and then, the hospital responded [I]only[/I] by agreeing to administer 1 g vitamin C per infusion, [I]likely delaying his recovery by weeks)[/I]. Incredibly, he did recover but the family had to then take matters in their own hands and continue his vitamin C therapy using lipisomal vitamin C, which is known to be as effective as high dose vitamin C via IV. Additionally, he was told that he would require 3 months of rehabilitation. He walked out of that hospital and returned home after only 2 weeks of rehabilitation. He not only survived the N1H1 swine flu in 2009, he's thriving today. I share this with you and others here because it illustrates the life saving benefits of high dose vitamin C [I]for patients who are critically ill with a life threatening infection. [/I]And the battle you and others here will face to save the life of a loved one in the hospital because doctors have NO training in the use of vitamin C to treat infections and sepsis, [I]even though it's been documented in the literature for 70 years+[/I], as has the low carb ketogenic diet for diabetes. SAME PROBLEM. Doctors only understand pharmaceutical treatment approaches. They receive almost no training in the theraputic use of diet or nutrients. [I] [/I] Sadly, while doctors in some hospitals around the world are trying vitamin C administered via IV in the fight against COVID-19, the doses they're using are so sub-optimal, they may not work or only minimally help, [I]which will only serve to further the pharmaceutical driven bias by doctors against nutrient based therapies for critically ill patients battling an infection. [/I] If I were a doctor or nurse working in the hospital with COVID-19 patients, often without necessary PPE's, I'd be taking vitamin C because the stress alone they're experiencing under these very difficult working conditions [I]is depleting their vitamin C reserves. [/I] [/QUOTE]
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