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He did both orally and intravenously later on to get higher doses.

• aantix 3y ago
  It’d be interesting to see if intravenous administration changes the results.
  • thenerdhead 3y ago
    It bypasses the digestive system and goes directly to the bloodstream. Could be interesting to see natural foods vs. supplements as well given the body is more efficient with the former.
  • therealdrag0 3y ago
    Surely there’s more important things to study than age old folk remedies.
    • thenerdhead 3y ago
      If you are calling Vitamin C an age old folk remedy, consider that only 50 years ago a public controversy had millions of people taking it. And recently, many studies have shown significant benefits to general health. All in the name of finding the right molecules in the right amounts. > Virtually all studies show improved quality of life for cancer patients by minimizing pain and protecting normal tissues from toxicity caused by chemotherapy. Additionally, vitamin C showed synergistic effects when combined with radiation and standard chemotherapies. > Now a growing number of preclinical studies are showing how high-dose vitamin C might benefit cancer patients. Importantly, these preclinical studies provide a clear rationale and potential biomarkers that may help personalize the therapeutic approach and identify patient populations that are likely to respond to high-dose vitamin C therapy https://www.cancer.gov/research/key-initiatives/ras/ras-central/blog/2020/yun-cantley-vitamin-c https://www.cancer.gov/research/key-initiatives/ras/ras-cent...
      • therealdrag0 3y ago
        Pardon, I was only thinking about its use for common colds which is the context I constantly hear people harping on (and the subject of the post right?). I’m less familiar with the lit on its use for cancer. Though I will say the summary of various metanalysis on Wikipedia makes it sound far less positive than you did. If there’s other/newer/better metas then someone should add them to wiki. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin_C#Cancer https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin_C#Cancer
        • thenerdhead 3y ago
          Ah gotcha, such is the case with any controversial thing. The reality is much more mixed. Vitamin D is a good example of what the opposite looks like. Mostly positive entries but is largely debated. Maybe in another 50 years we will have more data.
          • therealdrag0 3y ago
            Ya reading ACX’s articles on vitamin D was a good illustration in how hard it is to have reliable studies that you can be confident in. With health and large populations there’s just so many confounding factors.
      • d13 3y ago
        This is extremely speculative.
• giardini 3y ago
  I'd love to see if his arterial sclerotic plaque was affected by intravenous C. My guess is that it would be much reduced, especially near the site of injection. One of my most vivid recollections of quality-assurance lab work at a chemical production plant was the weekly cleaning of the QC stills. Cool tap water ran 24x7 through glass vessels surrounding small distillation towers. Over time, alkaline deposits from the tap water would adhere to the glass and reduce the cooling efficiency. We cleaned the vessels by injecting HCL into the tap water once a week. As the acid solution passed through the stills' cooling tubes (about 10' x 12' glassware) the occluded glass became pristine in less than a minute - a very striking display of acid effects in solution upon alkaline deposits.