I'd like to see some studies in people only eating supplements and water.
(i.e. no natural food sources)
Anth
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Quoted message said:Lancet. 2001 Mar 3;357(9257):657-63. Related Articles, Links
Comment in:
Lancet. 2001 Jul 7;358(9275):71-2.Relation between plasma ascorbic acid and mortality in men and women in
EPIC-Norfolk prospective study: a prospective population study. European
Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition.Khaw KT, Bingham S, Welch A, Luben R, Wareham N, Oakes S, Day N.
Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Institute of Public Health,
University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, UK.
[email hidden]BACKGROUND: Ascorbic acid (vitamin C) might be protective for several
chronic diseases. However, findings from prospective studies that relate
ascorbic acid to cardiovascular disease or cancer are not consistent. We
aimed to assess the relation between plasma ascorbic acid and subsequent
mortality due to all causes, cardiovascular disease, ischaemic heart
disease, and cancer. METHODS: We prospectively examined for 4 years the
relation between plasma ascorbic acid concentrations and mortality due to
all causes, and to cardiovascular disease, ischaemic heart disease, and
cancer in 19 496 men and women aged 45-79 years. We recruited individuals
by
Quoted message said:post using age-sex registers of general practices. Participants completed
a
Quoted message said:health and lifestyle questionnaire and were examined at a clinic visit.
They
Quoted message said:were followed-up for causes of death for about 4 years. Individuals were
divided into sex-specific quintiles of plasma ascorbic acid. We used the
Cox
Quoted message said:proportional hazard model to determine the effect of ascorbic acid and
other
Quoted message said:risk factors on mortality. FINDINGS: Plasma ascorbic acid concentration
was
Quoted message said:inversely related to mortality from all-causes, and from cardiovascular
disease, and ischaemic heart disease in men and women. Risk of mortality
in
Quoted message said:the top ascorbic acid quintile was about half the risk in the lowest
quintile (p<0.0001). The relation with mortality was continuous through
the
Quoted message said:whole distribution of ascorbic acid concentrations. 20 micromol/L rise in
plasma ascorbic acid concentration, equivalent to about 50 g per day
increase in fruit and vegetable intake, was associated with about a 20%
reduction in risk of all-cause mortality (p<0.0001), independent of age,
systolic blood pressure, blood cholesterol, cigarette smoking habit,
diabetes, and supplement use. Ascorbic acid was inversely related to
cancer
Quoted message said:mortality in men but not women. INTERPRETATION: Small increases in fruit
and
Quoted message said:vegetable intake of about one serving daily has encouraging prospects for
possible prevention of disease.PMID: 11247548 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
(End of Abstract)
My Take:
Note: "mortality due to all causes".
Just think of what higher levels induced via vitamin c supplementation
would
Quoted message said:provide.
I'm sticking to my 8 - 10 Grams of C a day. (For the last 11 years).
Lou