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Yes, this is the context, but the study doesn't mention the Pauling protocol. Pauling advocated doses much larger than 1 g. I'm not defending Pauling's positio
by getpost 3y ago
Yes, this is the context, but the study doesn't mention the Pauling protocol.
Pauling advocated doses much larger than 1 g. I'm not defending Pauling's position. I just want to point out that the study didn't examine Pauling's recommendation.
It so happens I have a copy of Vitamin C and the Common Cold (c) 1970. In Chapter 10 (page 86 of my paperback), in the section, "How to Ameliorate a Cold," he says, "At the first sign that a cold is developing, the first feeling of scratchiness of the throat, or presence of mucus in the nose, or muscle pain or general malaise, begin the treatment by swallowing one or two 500-mg tablets. Continue the treatment for several hours by taking an additional tablet or two tablets every hour."
"If the symptoms disappear quickly after the first or second dose of ascorbic acid, you may feel safe returning to your usual regimen. If, however, the symptoms are present on the second day, the regimen should be continued, with the ingestion of 4g to 10 g of ascorbic acid per day."
I often see this phenomenon when mainstream medicine designs studies to test claims by supplement advocates. It's hard to avoid the conclusion that many of these studies are intended to produce a negative result. I can't find the particular citation I have in mind at the moment, but there was a study on vitamin D for some illness, but the amount of vitamin D given was something like 400iu, the RDA (or maybe it was 800iu). The study then concluded that that dosage made no difference, which is probably is true, but idiotic. I mean, it's worth knowing that the low dose made no difference, but it doesn't justify the headline, "Vitamin D not helpful for ...." Also, I think the study used D2 (the plant form), which is not equivalent to D3, the animal form. (D2 provides some benefit if D3 is not available, but it is not the same thing.)
- DoreenMichele 3y agoThank you very much for this comment. I have never seen the book. Does it give any explanation for how and why this supposedly helps? (Y'all can downvote away and hate on me as usual. I'm asking because I know of several "home remedy" antiviral protocols and not only is vitamin C not one of them, it runs counter to everything I know -- unless you are deficient in vitamin C in specific.)
- getpost 3y agoIt's been too long since I've read it for me to reply with confidence. There seem to be PDFs available online. https://web.archive.org/pdf/search/vitamin%20c%20and%20the%20common%20cold%20pauling https://web.archive.org/pdf/search/vitamin%20c%20and%20the%2... My own experience with vitamin C is that it is not clearly helpful for various illnesses when I tried it. However, I do take 1 g magnesium ascorbate every day just for fun.
- geoduck14 3y ago>However, I do take 1 g magnesium ascorbate every day just for fun. What other party tricks do you have?
- DoreenMichele 3y agoI'm finding "spam" PDFs. I'm reluctant to keep looking and possibly download malware. If anyone knows, I'm still curious. Please and thank you.
- techer 3y agoI found it on Anna's archive...
- DoreenMichele 3y agoThanks. That worked.
- joshspankit 3y ago> Does it give any explanation for how and why this supposedly helps? Even now there’s very little understanding of how most medicine helps. The foundation of western medicine is mostly “We did this and this (unintended) result happened. Let’s test to see if we can replicate that while uncovering any side effects” When you start looking at any texts/papers and ask “Yes that’s the result, but why? How?” you’ll find that the majority of the time there simply aren’t any of those answers.
- scns 3y agoAt the first sign of a cold i make "tea" from ground ginger and turmeric and put freshly ground black pepper in each cup. Piperin is supposed to boost curcumin uptake by a whoppin 2000 times. My sample size of one shows positive results. Flu like symptoms call for willow bark. Works for me. Medicinal The leaves and bark of the willow have been mentioned in ancient texts from Assyria, Sumer and Egypt[citation needed] and in Ancient Greece the physician Hippocrates wrote about its medicinal properties in the fifth century BC. Source: Wikipedia This is the natural precursor of Aspirin. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turmeric?wprov=sfla1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turmeric?wprov=sfla1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willow?wprov=sfla1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willow?wprov=sfla1
- d13 3y agoThe problem is that at the first sign of cold symptoms, if you do nothing, it also often just goes away.
- archo 3y agoVitamin D : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin_D https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin_D Vitamin D Deficiency : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin_D_deficiency https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin_D_deficiency Vitamin D Toxicity (aka) Hypervitaminosis D : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypervitaminosis_D https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypervitaminosis_D