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High dose of vitamin C kills cancer cells in mi

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High dose of vitamin C kills cancer cells in mice


Health | 206795 hits | Nov 18 5:54 am | Posted by: DrCaleb
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A new study published in Science presents evidence that perhaps some of the apparently extravagant ideas about Vitamin C were not completely off base. The study in question examined human colorectal cancers containing specific genetic mutations that are f

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  1. by avatar DrCaleb
    Wed Nov 18, 2015 3:25 pm
    I've heard for years that many choose super high doses of Vitamin C as an added treatemnt to chemothereapy for many cancers. And by 'high' I mean a kilogram or two of vitamin C per day, intravenous. 8O

  2. by avatar ShepherdsDog
    Wed Nov 18, 2015 3:26 pm
    Are they also attached to a catheter?

  3. by avatar DrCaleb
    Wed Nov 18, 2015 3:33 pm
    "ShepherdsDog" said
    Are they also attached to a catheter?


    I would imagine! Barrel time at Niagara falls! The only side effect, given such high doses, was dry mouth. :o

    I am sill pretty skeptical about such a treatment, but then again there is a great deal we don't know about our own bodies. And it's nice to see actual experimental evidence of something people have been doing for years.

  4. by avatar ShepherdsDog
    Wed Nov 18, 2015 3:35 pm
    We're also not rodents and metabolize things differently.

  5. by avatar DrCaleb
    Wed Nov 18, 2015 3:41 pm
    I know, but mice are a good analog of the way cancer progresses in we primates.

    It may not translate 100% to us, but at least people who have been taking these treatments haven't been harmed by them. They may be ineffective, but they aren't harmful compared to some of the fake treatments and 'holistic' practitioners out there.

  6. by avatar ShepherdsDog
    Wed Nov 18, 2015 3:49 pm
    I agree.



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