willow
09-29-2003, 04:25 PM
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Media Lies.
The news media features a report published in Science magazine that
high-dose vitamin C in a test-tube causes DNA damage that could lead
to cancer. It's not news, since test-tube studies do not correlate with
tests conducted in living systems and the dual role of vitamin C as both
a pro-oxidant (rusting agent) and anti-oxidant (cell preservative) has
been published in scientific journals for some time now. But it's a
heralded news story that Reuters Health and the Associated Press
embellish with sensational headlines. Instead of saying "Dual nature of
vitamin C in cancer explored," the headlines read "Vitamin C Found to
Promote Cancer-Causing Agents."
Yet a quick search on Medline reveals that high-dose vitamin C did not
reveal any toxic by-products in human studies. The toxic effect is only
observed in test tubes.
The University of Pennsylvania is the originator of Oncolink, a
prestigious online resource of cancer information. But who sponsors
Oncolink? Hidden behind the whole affair are Oncolink's sponsors ---
the pharmaceutical companies. AstraZeneca, Amgen, Ortho Biotech,
Pharmacia, Pfizer and Janssen Pharmaceuticals.
Are the drug companies using a major university as their shill to spread
misinformation about vitamins?
It is becoming more obvious that misinformation about vitamins,
minerals and herbal products is being planted in the news media and
published in medical journals in a calculated fashion. The reason is that
more and more people are taking health care into their own hands and
relying less and less on doctors and drugs to cure their ills.
The big secret is that the biological action of virtually every prescription
drug can be duplicated with nutritional supplements at far less cost and
with fewer side effects. The only way to counter the growing demand
for natural remedies is to confuse the public with misinformation.
It's propaganda, not news.
The natural products industry is mounting its own public information
campaign, to counter negative news stories, and has hired their own
agency, Hill & Knowlton of Washington, D.C., to air its side of the
story.
But how long can the public be fooled? Why are the pharmaceutical
companies so afraid of a simple vitamin? It's because high doses of
vitamin C virtually eradicate the risk of developing cataracts,
eliminate the need for blood pressure medication, reduce the
need for anti-allergy drugs, reduce the risk of gall stones, and
produce many other health benefits.
The drug companies can't invent and patent a molecule as efficacious
as vitamin C.
Dr. Richard Cawte.
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Special note from Willow -
For those dealing with stress, depression or post op, theraputic doses of vit C and E are a far better alternative to drugs for so many reasons. We need to eat the equivalant of 100 oranges a day to get the level of vit C our bodies really require to keep us healthy, and happy. The E is benificial for numerous reasons, as well as for helping us better utilize vit C. Unlike every animal on the planet ( but 2) we can't manufacture our own C, and without enough we can get into developing every kind of health problem you can name. A superb book - Dr. Earl Mindell's - Natural Alternatives to Prescription Drugs.
If the drug giants get their way, same as they have already done in Germany, we too won't be able to purchase natural meds that contain any appreciable and thus theraputic levels of the med in question.
Available by SUBSCRIPTION ONLY.
Media Lies.
The news media features a report published in Science magazine that
high-dose vitamin C in a test-tube causes DNA damage that could lead
to cancer. It's not news, since test-tube studies do not correlate with
tests conducted in living systems and the dual role of vitamin C as both
a pro-oxidant (rusting agent) and anti-oxidant (cell preservative) has
been published in scientific journals for some time now. But it's a
heralded news story that Reuters Health and the Associated Press
embellish with sensational headlines. Instead of saying "Dual nature of
vitamin C in cancer explored," the headlines read "Vitamin C Found to
Promote Cancer-Causing Agents."
Yet a quick search on Medline reveals that high-dose vitamin C did not
reveal any toxic by-products in human studies. The toxic effect is only
observed in test tubes.
The University of Pennsylvania is the originator of Oncolink, a
prestigious online resource of cancer information. But who sponsors
Oncolink? Hidden behind the whole affair are Oncolink's sponsors ---
the pharmaceutical companies. AstraZeneca, Amgen, Ortho Biotech,
Pharmacia, Pfizer and Janssen Pharmaceuticals.
Are the drug companies using a major university as their shill to spread
misinformation about vitamins?
It is becoming more obvious that misinformation about vitamins,
minerals and herbal products is being planted in the news media and
published in medical journals in a calculated fashion. The reason is that
more and more people are taking health care into their own hands and
relying less and less on doctors and drugs to cure their ills.
The big secret is that the biological action of virtually every prescription
drug can be duplicated with nutritional supplements at far less cost and
with fewer side effects. The only way to counter the growing demand
for natural remedies is to confuse the public with misinformation.
It's propaganda, not news.
The natural products industry is mounting its own public information
campaign, to counter negative news stories, and has hired their own
agency, Hill & Knowlton of Washington, D.C., to air its side of the
story.
But how long can the public be fooled? Why are the pharmaceutical
companies so afraid of a simple vitamin? It's because high doses of
vitamin C virtually eradicate the risk of developing cataracts,
eliminate the need for blood pressure medication, reduce the
need for anti-allergy drugs, reduce the risk of gall stones, and
produce many other health benefits.
The drug companies can't invent and patent a molecule as efficacious
as vitamin C.
Dr. Richard Cawte.
*******************************
Special note from Willow -
For those dealing with stress, depression or post op, theraputic doses of vit C and E are a far better alternative to drugs for so many reasons. We need to eat the equivalant of 100 oranges a day to get the level of vit C our bodies really require to keep us healthy, and happy. The E is benificial for numerous reasons, as well as for helping us better utilize vit C. Unlike every animal on the planet ( but 2) we can't manufacture our own C, and without enough we can get into developing every kind of health problem you can name. A superb book - Dr. Earl Mindell's - Natural Alternatives to Prescription Drugs.
If the drug giants get their way, same as they have already done in Germany, we too won't be able to purchase natural meds that contain any appreciable and thus theraputic levels of the med in question.