There are from time to time negative press reports regarding the use of Vitamin C for therapeutic and dietary reasons.
As with any positive research and news there will always be alternative views on the benefits or risks of taking Vitamin C as part of a structure diet or for therapeutic reasons. Whilst the negative stories need to be discussed, previous evidence and track record would suggest that many stories discrediting the benefits of Vitamin C are usually sponsored in turn by vested interests such as sensational newspaper stories that grab headlines for circulation purposes and the pharmaceutical companies that require their profits to keep growing.
Many ask us to put our trust and health needs in their hands whilst curing disease is not good for business long term illness is. Doctors whilst working in difficult circumstances do not have the time to fully research new medicines and many instances have come to light where statistical evidence has been suppressed or hidden away from investigation. In the United States where the Freedom of Information Act makes it easier to uncover real statistics than in the UK or Europe.
It was recently claimed by Julian Whitaker of Whitaker Wellness Institute in Newport Beach, Calif that ‘you realize there are 5,000 deaths attributed to aspirin every year, 30,000 deaths known to be caused by over-the-counter drugs and 240,000 deaths from prescription pharmaceutical drugs used correctly.
This is out of a population of 250 million. Len Horrowitz a writer in the USA on Public Health Issues adds to the theme ‘"You know, people are overdosing on coffee every day, but you don't see Congress regulating Starbucks. This argument has to be understood within the context of the fear mentality generated by the media on behalf of the pharmaceuticals who don't want to tell you that the third leading cause of death in the U.S. is drug-induced, physician-prescribed, hospital-prescribed medications.
Vitamin C has been consumed by humans for hundreds and thousands of years and yet western medicine turns to products that have only been in development for a couple of decades and therefore on a scale of human development don’t even register. Surely if humans have developed natural defences through dietary intake of certain vitamins then it is these vitamins and in particular Vitamin C that could provide the solutions to many diseases.
It is estimated that Stone Age man consumed over 200 different types of plants and fruit and was able to fight against many diseases and illnesses, however as we grow older Our ability to absorb nutrients through the lining of our stomachs decreases.
A list of stories are shown by clicking on theses links: USA Senate try to Ban Vitamins http://www.taxtyranny.ca/images/HTML/Health-Regulatory-History/Denmark/Denmark2.html Ghost Writers paid by Pharmaceutical industry http://www.taxtyranny.ca/images/HTML/Health-Regulatory-History/Denmark/Denmark3.html Responses to negative press William Faloon - 9 th of may 200 – Response to Vitamin study http://www.lef.org/featured-articles/may2000_canasads_01.html http://www.singletrackworld.com/article.php?sid=635 Single track – Mountain bike web site Ask BillSardi excellent resource for Vitamin C and counter balancing arguments to negative press http://www.askbillsardi.com/sdm.asp?pg=vitc_pr The Council for Responsible Nutrition http://www.crnusa.org/shellarc030200.html Vitamin C Organisation responses http://www.vitamincfoundation.org/rebuttal.html
As with any positive research and news there will always be alternative views on the benefits or risks of taking Vitamin C as part of a structure diet or for therapeutic reasons. Whilst the negative stories need to be discussed, previous evidence and track record would suggest that many stories discrediting the benefits of Vitamin C are usually sponsored in turn by vested interests such as sensational newspaper stories that grab headlines for circulation purposes and the pharmaceutical companies that require their profits to keep growing.
Many ask us to put our trust and health needs in their hands whilst curing disease is not good for business long term illness is. Doctors whilst working in difficult circumstances do not have the time to fully research new medicines and many instances have come to light where statistical evidence has been suppressed or hidden away from investigation. In the United States where the Freedom of Information Act makes it easier to uncover real statistics than in the UK or Europe.
It was recently claimed by Julian Whitaker of Whitaker Wellness Institute in Newport Beach, Calif that ‘you realize there are 5,000 deaths attributed to aspirin every year, 30,000 deaths known to be caused by over-the-counter drugs and 240,000 deaths from prescription pharmaceutical drugs used correctly.
This is out of a population of 250 million. Len Horrowitz a writer in the USA on Public Health Issues adds to the theme ‘"You know, people are overdosing on coffee every day, but you don't see Congress regulating Starbucks. This argument has to be understood within the context of the fear mentality generated by the media on behalf of the pharmaceuticals who don't want to tell you that the third leading cause of death in the U.S. is drug-induced, physician-prescribed, hospital-prescribed medications.
Vitamin C has been consumed by humans for hundreds and thousands of years and yet western medicine turns to products that have only been in development for a couple of decades and therefore on a scale of human development don’t even register. Surely if humans have developed natural defences through dietary intake of certain vitamins then it is these vitamins and in particular Vitamin C that could provide the solutions to many diseases.
It is estimated that Stone Age man consumed over 200 different types of plants and fruit and was able to fight against many diseases and illnesses, however as we grow older Our ability to absorb nutrients through the lining of our stomachs decreases.
A list of stories are shown by clicking on theses links: USA Senate try to Ban Vitamins http://www.taxtyranny.ca/images/HTML/Health-Regulatory-History/Denmark/Denmark2.html Ghost Writers paid by Pharmaceutical industry http://www.taxtyranny.ca/images/HTML/Health-Regulatory-History/Denmark/Denmark3.html Responses to negative press William Faloon - 9 th of may 200 – Response to Vitamin study http://www.lef.org/featured-articles/may2000_canasads_01.html http://www.singletrackworld.com/article.php?sid=635 Single track – Mountain bike web site Ask BillSardi excellent resource for Vitamin C and counter balancing arguments to negative press http://www.askbillsardi.com/sdm.asp?pg=vitc_pr The Council for Responsible Nutrition http://www.crnusa.org/shellarc030200.html Vitamin C Organisation responses http://www.vitamincfoundation.org/rebuttal.html