Vitamin C, gastric cancer cells and Helicobacter pylori This study finds that Vit C can protect against the cancerous changes that can be associated with H. pylori infection but that the typical patient does not have enough Vit C in gastric juice to achieve this effect. Maybe that’s why the bacteria is there in the […]
Vit C, Peripheral Arterial Disease, Inflammation and Atherosclerosis This article puts more weight towards the recommendation of Vit C as an integral portion of any program designed to lower your risk of heart disease. These findings are interesting in light of the article released last year that announced that Vit C was responsible for an increase in […]
Vulnerable Atherosclerotic Plaque and Ascorbic Acid Although this is a study done in mice, it should raise some naysayers of vitamin C for heart disease. This study shows that, although vitamin C does not affect the deposition of the plaque at all, deficiency of vitamin C does make the plaque more likely to rupture. And […]
Vit C and E on progression of transplant-associated arteriosclerosis It’s nice to see clinical studies on more realistic levels of nutrients (Vit C at 1000 mg and Vit E at 800 IU). Chalk this one up in the “benefits and vitamin C” column along with the several thousand others (as opposed to the lonely “harmful […]
Antioxidant vitamins and mortality in older persons I just love it when one article ties into my ramblings from a previous article. Here we see a higher mortality in older persons with a lower serum vitamin C level. Basically, more vitamin C = live longer (I would bet those patients with higher levels did not […]
