Cardiovascular Benefits of Vitamin C
- Vitamin C may help to prevent abnormal Blood Clotting (by inhibiting the production of Prostaglandin E2) - in one study the daily administration of 2,000 mg of Vitamin C prevented the formation of new blood clots and caused existing blood clots to dissolve
- Vitamin C may help to prevent/repair Aneurysm
- Vitamin C may regress the atherosclerotic plaques that are implicated in the development of Atherosclerosis
- Vitamin C helps to preserve the structural integrity of Blood Vessels (through its role as an essential precursor for the production of Collagen - a major component of Blood Vessels)
- Vitamin C may strengthen the Arteries (by enhancing the incorporation of Collagen into the walls of the Arteries)
- Vitamin C may improve the function of the Endothelium in Tobacco smokers
- Vitamin C may reduce the severity of Raynaud’s Disease
- Vitamin C may help to prevent Embolism (including Pulmonary Embolism)
- Vitamin C may reduce Blood Pressure in Hypertension patients
- Vitamin C may help to prevent Ischemic Heart Disease
- Vitamin C may help to prevent and treat Angina
- Vitamin C may help to prevent Heart Attacks and may be useful in the treatment of people who have recently experienced a Heart Attack
- Vitamin C may help to prevent Tachycardia
- Vitamin C may help to prevent Thrombosis
Digestive System Health Benefits of Vitamin C
- Vitamin C may reduce the severity of Celiac Disease symptoms
- Vitamin C may alleviate Constipation
- Vitamin C deficiency is common in Crohn's Disease patients
- Vitamin C may help to prevent Gallstones
- Vitamin C may help to prevent and treat Gastritis
- Vitamin C (3,000 - 5,000 mg per day) may alleviate Halitosis
- Vitamin C may help to prevent and treat (chronic) Pancreatitis (due to the Antioxidant properties of Vitamin C)
- Vitamin C may accelerate the healing of Peptic Ulcers
- Vitamin C may be useful for the treatment of Ulcerative Colitis
Ears/Hearing Health Benefits of Vitamin C
- Vitamin C (1,000 mg per day) may help to prevent Age-Related Macular Degeneration
- Vitamin C may help to prevent and treat Cataracts (evidence suggests that supplemental Vitamin C reduces the risk of Cataracts by up to 70%)
- Vitamin C may help to control Glaucoma by reducing intraocular pressure
- Optic Neuritis may occur as a result of Vitamin C deficiency
- Vitamin C may help to prevent (diabetic) Retinopathy
Excretory System Health Benefits of Vitamin C
- Vitamin C may help to prevent Bladder Stones and may dissolve existing Bladder Stones
- Vitamin C may help to prevent Urinary Tract Infections
- Vitamin C may help to prevent Diabetic Nephropathy
- Vitamin C may help to prevent Kidney Stones
Musculoskeletal System Health Benefits of Vitamin C
- Vitamin C may accelerate the healing of Fractures
- Vitamin C may help to prevent Osteoporosis
- Vitamin C may alleviate Gout (by facilitating the excretion of excessive Uric Acid)
- Vitamin C may retard the erosion of Cartilage that occurs during the course of Osteoarthritis and may increase the synthesis of the endogenous Glycosaminoglycans that are necessary to repair damaged osteoarthritic Joints
- Rheumatoid Arthritis patients often exhibit low levels of Vitamin C and supplemental Vitamin C (1,000 - 3,000 mg per day) may alleviate the Pain associated with Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Vitamin C (6,000 mg per day) may help to prevent Tooth Decay
- Vitamin C may alleviate the Muscle Weakness experienced following Exercise and may alleviate Muscle Weakness in Myositis patients. Vitamin C may retard age-associated Muscle Weakness
Vitamin C’s Effects on Cells and Cellular Mechanisms
- Vitamin C may stimulate the Apoptosis (cellular death) of some types of Cancer Cells
- Vitamin C may inhibit the ability of mutagens and Gamma-Rays to damage Chromosomes and cause Cell mutations
- Vitamin C may repair damage to the Mitochondria of Cells and may enhance the production of Adenosine Triphosphate (ATP) within the Mitochondria
Immune System Health Benefits of Vitamin C
- Vitamin C may help to prevent active episodes of (Systemic) Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) in patients with existing SLE
- Vitamin C may help to prevent Rheumatic Fever
- Vitamin C may be useful for the treatment of Sjogren Syndrome (due to its role in the production of Prostaglandin E1)
- Vitamin C may help to prevent and treat many forms of Cancer - Cancer patients are often found to be deficient in Vitamin C and supplemental intravenous Vitamin C has increased the life expectancy of some Cancer patients:
- Breast Cancer
- Cervical Cancer
- Colon Cancer
- Esophageal Cancer
- Kidney Cancer
- Laryngeal Cancer
- Liver Cancer
- Lung Cancer
- Mesothelioma
- Multiple Myeloma
- Neuroblastoma
- Ovarian Cancer
- Pancreatic Cancer
- Prostate Cancer
- Stomach Cancer
- Skin Cancer:
- Basal Cell Carcinoma
- Melanoma
- Vitamin C may stimulate the Apoptosis (cellular death) of some types of Cancer Cells
- Vitamin C may increase the effectiveness of the Anti-Cancer Pharmaceutical Drugs used in Chemotherapy when supplemental Vitamin C is used as a co-treatment with Chemotherapy in the treatment of Cancer
Respiratory System Health Benefits of Vitamin C
- Vitamin C may help to prevent Chronic Obstructory Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
- Vitamin C may alleviate Asthma by reducing the airway spasms that characterize this ailment and Vitamin C may also help to reduce the Histamine excess that is common in Asthma patients
- Vitamin C may prevent Bronchitis (by increasing resistance to Detrimental Bacteria and Viruses) and Vitamin C may also help to treat Bronchitis
- Vitamin C may be useful for the treatment of (allergic) Rhinitis
- Vitamin C (1,000 - 2,500 mg per day) may alleviate and prevent Hay Fever
- Vitamin C may shorten the duration of Tonsillitis and may help to prevent Tonsillitis
Bacterial & Viral Diseases
- Vitamin C may help to prevent Respiratory Tract Infections, may reduce the severity of Respiratory Tract Infections and may acclerate the recovery from Respiratory Tract Infections
- Vitamin C (taken in megadoses) may accelerate recovery from Scarlet Fever (by counteracting the Streptococcus toxins that are responsible for Scarlet Fever)
- People afflicted with Candida albicans over-proliferation may benefit from supplemental Vitamin C to counteract the increased destruction of Vitamin C that Candida albicans causes
- Vitamin C may help to counteract Brucella abortus infection
- Vitamin C may help to counteract Brucella melitensis infection
- Vitamin C may kill various species of Clostridium
- Vitamin C may reduce the toxicity of the Exotoxin produced by Corynebacterium diphtheriae
- Vitamin C may inhibit Escherichia coli
- Vitamin C may reduce susceptibility to infection by Helicobacter pylori and help to eradicate H. pylori
- Vitamin C (megadoses) may prevent and alleviate Measles
- Vitamin C may inhibit Pseudomonas aeruginosa
- Vitamin C may inhibit Salmonella typhi
- Vitamin C may prevent infection from Shigella species and may accelerate recovery from Shigella infections.
- Vitamin C may help to prevent infections from Detrimental Streptococcus species
- Vitamin C may kill Streptococcus faecalis
- Vitamin C may inhibit the proliferation of Streptococcus pneumoniae
- Vitamin C may help to prevent infection from Entamoeba histolytica and may accelerate recovery from Entamoeba histolytica infection
- Vitamin C may help to prevent Malaria and may facilitate recovery from Malaria
- Vitamin C may inhibit some types of Viruses (due in part to its ability to stimulate Interferons production)
- Vitamin C may help to prevent Influenza and may shorten the duration of symptoms in Influenza patients (people who are already infected with Influenza often have a bowel tolerance to Vitamin C of over 100 grams of Vitamin C per day)
- Vitamin C may inactivate Parainfluenza Viruses
- Vitamin C may inhibit the replication of Rhinoviruses
- Vitamin C may inactivate the Cytomegalovirus
- Vitamin C may help to prevent Hepatitis
- Vitamin C (orally) may help to prevent further Herpes Simplex Virus
- Vitamin C (megadoses administered intravenously) may kill the Herpes Zoster Virus
Metabolic Health Benefits of Vitamin C
- Vitamin C may improve the body's utilization of Cholesterol and may lower total serum Cholesterol levels
- Vitamin C may increase HDL Cholesterol levels
- Vitamin C may facilitate the conversion of LDL Cholesterol to HDL Cholesterol and may inhibit the oxidation of LDL Cholesterol
- Vitamin C may reduce Insulin requirements in Diabetes Mellitus patients
- Vitamin C may help to prevent Insulin Resistance (by lowering Blood Sugar levels)
- Vitamin C may alleviate and prevent Fatigue (primarily by facilitating the production of the Thyroid Hormone, Thyroxine)
- Vitamin C (combined with Vitamin E) may improve the Liver function of Cirrhosis patients
- Vitamin C (14 grams per day or more) may be beneficial for the treatment of Hepatitis C
- Vitamin C may alleviate the Infections that are associated with Cystic Fibrosis
- Vitamin C may accelerate weight loss in persons afflicted with Obesity
Nervous System Health Benefits of Vitamin C
- Vitamin C may alleviate Adrenal Insufficiency
- Vitamin C may help to prevent Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
- Vitamin C may retard cognitive impairment in Dementia patients:
- Alzheimer’s Disease
- Vitamin C (1,000 - 3,000 mg per day for at least three weeks) may alleviate Depression
- Vitamin C may alleviate Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
- Vitamin C may protect the body against the toxic effects of Stress
- Vitamin C may improve the body's ability to handle the Stress associated with Surgery
- Enhancement of the Nervous System
- Vitamin C may improve some aspects of human Intelligence
- Vitamin C may improve Learning ability
- Vitamin C may improve Memory
- Vitamin C (3,000 mg per day) may improve Mood
Sexual System Health Benefits of Vitamin C
- Vitamin C (used in conjunction with Vitamin E) may alleviate the pelvic Pain associated with Endometriosis
- Vitamin C may alleviate Female Infertility
- Vitamin C (at least 1,200 mg per day taken in divided doses) may alleviate the hot flashes associated with the Female Menopause
- Vitamin C may help to prevent Enlarged Prostate
- Vitamin C may alleviate Male Infertility (by improving Sperm motility and quality)
- Vitamin C may improve Sperm quality, motility and viability in male Tobacco Smokers and may protect the Sperm from the genetic damage that can cause hereditary diseases in offspring
- Vitamin C may improve Sexual Performance
Skin/Hair/Nails Health Benefits of Vitamin C
- Vitamin C may be useful for the treatment of (atopic) Eczema
- Vitamin C may facilitate Hair Growth and may retard Hair Loss
- Vitamin C may alleviate Hives
- Vitamin C may facilitate the production of Natural Moisturizing Factor in the Skin (by increasing levels of its precursor Filaggrin)
- Vitamin C may be an adjunct in the treatment of Psoriasis - (by causing general toning and cleansing in Psoriasis patients)
- Vitamin C (when used in conjunction with Rutin) may cause the complete resolution of some cases of Purpura
- Vitamin C may alleviate Rosacea
Inflamation
- Vitamin C may alleviate Allergies
- Vitamin C (1,000 - 3,000 mg per day) may alleviate and prevent Hay Fever
- Vitamin C may enhance the ability of White Blood Cells to function as Phagocytes
Toxins Inhibited by Vitamin C
- Vitamin C may lower elevated Sorbitol levels in Diabetes Mellitus patients
- Vitamin C may lower elevated Prolactin levels
- Vitamin C may minimize the toxic effects of Aluminium and may facilitate the excretion of Aluminium from the body
- Vitamin C may facilitate the excretion of Arsenic from the body
- Vitamin C may facilitate the removal of Cadmium from body and may reverse Cadmium toxicity symptoms
- Vitamin C may inhibit the ability of Cadmium
- Vitamin C may counteract Copper-induced oxidative damage
- Vitamin C may counteract the toxicity associated with Fluoride
- Vitamin C may counteract the toxicity associated with excessive Iron
- Vitamin C may facilitate the excretion of Lead from the body and may counteract the toxicity of Lead
- Vitamin C (1,000 mg per day) may reduce blood Lead levels in Tobacco smokers
- Vitamin C may counteract the toxicity associated with excessive Vanadium
- Vitamin C may counteract the toxicity of Mycotoxins, Aflatoxin
- Vitamin C may lower elevated blood Histamine levels
- Vitamin C (especially when combined with Cysteine and Vitamin B1) may reduce the toxicity of Alcohol
- Vitamin C (if consumed at the same time as consuming Alcoholic Beverages) may help to prevent Hangovers
- Vitamin C may reduce the toxic effects of Nicotine attempting to quit smoking
- Vitamin C may improve the function of the Endothelium in Tobacco smokers (and may thereby help to prevent Atherosclerosis in Tobacco smokers)
- Vitamin C (1,000 mg per day) may reduce blood Lead levels in Tobacco smokers
- Vitamin C (liquid solution sprayed into the Throat whenever Tobacco craving occurs) may reduce the craving for Tobacco
- Vitamin C reduces the incidence of Smoker’s Cough in Tobacco smokers