This report in the March 3 2001 issue of ‘Lancet' state that the risk of death from all causes including heart disease cut in half for individuals who have highest levels of vitamin C in blood. In the findings of Dr. Kay Tee Khaw the high blood levels of vitamin C were associated with a decreased risk for cancer.
qAN ANTIOXIDANT : Oxidation is removal of electrons from the molecular oxygen and to convert it to an active form called as ‘oxidant'. It has a tendency to acquire electrons and damage most cell structures by releasing DNA damaging free radicals. The Vitamin C in Amla is a well-known antioxidant which is able to inactivate DNA-damaging free radicals by releasing oxygen electrons. Thus vitamin C in Amla prevents the abnormal growth of cells in all parts of body.
qH.L.NEWBOLD in his book "VITAMIN C AGAINST CANCER" has interviewed four Noble Prize Winner scientists and professors from some of the world's best-known medical centers. He reports the latest findings about vitamin C as a promising new weapon in the battle against cancer- not only for treatment but also for prevention. Few lines between the covers of his book have been quoted below:
.... (Nobel Prize Winner) Dr. Linus Pauling and Ewan Cameron began an experiment with 1100 terminally ill cancer patients. The results: the 100 patients taking vitamin C had lived four times as long as 1000 control patients who received no added vitamin C.
.... cholesterol is broken down and eliminated as bile acids. Vitamin C is beneficial to heart patients.
...Mr. Cameron said that in terminally ill cancer patients treated with vitamin C : not only their lives prolonged but also the quality of their lives was greatly improved during the time they did live. This freedom from pain was most important for terminally ill cancer patients.
...We (human beings) cannot make our own vitamin C.
...one should not wait for the application of vitamin C until one gets ill. We should take it all the time.
...like oxygen and water vitamin C is an indispensable part of the life of every living creature on this globe.
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