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Vitamin C?
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P
PanamaVet
If a doctor was active in a forum like this and posts identified the person as a reliable asset on my problem I would certainly discuss my IT problem.
Would I contact a random doctor about my IT problem? That would be foolish.
I have been monitoring the health discussions in this group for about a decade. My second wellness colonoscopy in a decade literally reported boring, boring boring with a grin on his face. I have zero blockage in my arteries and my general practitioner said keep up the good work.
My wellness routine follows a good bit of the health advice received here. Magnesium removed the pain I was experiencing at the gym. All gain, no pain. But then, you have to know which magnesium to purchase and you can guess where I found that information. Hint, it was not at the doctor's office and I was not charged for it
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PanamaVet
If a doctor was active in a forum like this and posts identified the person as a reliable asset on my problem I would certainly discuss my IT problem.
Would I contact a random doctor about my IT problem? That would be foolish.
I have been monitoring the health discussions in this group for about a decade. My second wellness colonoscopy in a decade literally reported boring, boring boring with a grin on his face. I have zero blockage in my arteries and my general practitioner said keep up the good work.
My wellness routine follows a good bit of the health advice received here. Magnesium removed the pain I was experiencing at the gym. All gain, no pain. But then, you have to know which magnesium to purchase and you can guess where I found that information. Hint, it was not at the doctor's office and I was not charged for it
#8
Vela Nanashi
Vela Nanashi
@Mervyn Haynes I think you are missing the point, Steve is not a random IT person, he is more than that, he has done a lot of research that has helped him, those around him, and others on the nntp server and will likely help people here, and people who have listened to him talk about these topics on security now.
Would I listen to a random IT person about medical things? No.
But Steve has a track record of processing a lot of papers and science and condensing it and then making it understandable to others. So that is different.
A bit of a rant follows, feel free to skip
In some ways maybe random IT people with good information processing skills, will be able to do a better job than stressed out doctors that just want to quickly get the patient some prescription(s) to keep them from dying and treat symptoms, rather than cure them (so the patient keeps coming back), and get them the fuck out of their office is going to.
At least in my personal experience doctors do 99% of the time not actually help me, medicines prescribed often have worse side effects than the symptoms they were prescribed for, at least for me. And at least here they have less than a hour of time for each patient (including the break between patients and time to read the journal for the patient and write the new journal notes), maybe that is better in the US, I have not experienced the US medical system, so I would not know.
Would I listen to a random IT person about medical things? No.
But Steve has a track record of processing a lot of papers and science and condensing it and then making it understandable to others. So that is different.
A bit of a rant follows, feel free to skip
In some ways maybe random IT people with good information processing skills, will be able to do a better job than stressed out doctors that just want to quickly get the patient some prescription(s) to keep them from dying and treat symptoms, rather than cure them (so the patient keeps coming back), and get them the fuck out of their office is going to.
At least in my personal experience doctors do 99% of the time not actually help me, medicines prescribed often have worse side effects than the symptoms they were prescribed for, at least for me. And at least here they have less than a hour of time for each patient (including the break between patients and time to read the journal for the patient and write the new journal notes), maybe that is better in the US, I have not experienced the US medical system, so I would not know.
#10
danlock
danlock
#11
Barry Wallis
Barry Wallis
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Barry Wallis
Barry Wallis
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Barry Wallis
Barry Wallis
#19
Barry Wallis
Barry Wallis
#22
airchie
airchie
#27
rfrazier
rfrazier
#31
rfrazier
rfrazier
The following would work in Firefox. Find a link to your post by clicking what's new in the upper tool bar. Then, further down and to the left, click what's new again. Search for your post as you go back in history. Otherwise, click on your name at the top and click your content and scroll through that to find a link to your post. You may be able to find your post with the search system, but I've had poor results that way. Once you've found it, you can right click and click in the sub menu copy link location. Then, when you're writing a post, right click and click in the sub menu paste to paste the link.
May your bits be stable and your interfaces be fast. Ron
May your bits be stable and your interfaces be fast.
Ron
#32
Steve
Steve
#35
Barry Wallis
Barry Wallis
#36
M
MLJ2
M
MLJ2
@Barry Wallis yes. I'm the MLJ that started this thread vs. the MLJ2 you now see as the author of these posts. So the forums 'forgot' me somehow.
So the forums 'forgot' me somehow.
#38
Steve
Steve
The book I read and enjoyed was just titled "Ascorbate". Great book.
FWIW, I take 5 grams twice a day. Not scientific, other than that a mammal of approx. human size, whose DNA isn't broken to prevent the endogenous production of vitamin C in their liver, would be producing about twice that amount per day. (Humans, fruit bats and guinea pigs and some primates lack the ability to synthesize vitamin C... whereas ALL other mammals do so.)
FWIW, I take 5 grams twice a day. Not scientific, other than that a mammal of approx. human size, whose DNA isn't broken to prevent the endogenous production of vitamin C in their liver, would be producing about twice that amount per day. (Humans, fruit bats and guinea pigs and some primates lack the ability to synthesize vitamin C... whereas ALL other mammals do so.)
#39
rfrazier
rfrazier
Hi all. I seem to remember some health threads being bounced from the forum a few years ago for being too controversial. But, since this was brought up again ...
Yeah, what @Steve said. I've done a bit of studying on this. Still very much a layman. Vitamin C can actually do amazing things and it's essential to the immune system. Like @Steve also said, our bodies can't produce it. Who knows why. I've read about other mammals producing 28 g (28,000 mg) per day in their blood stream when under extreme stress. When the C O V virus that must not be named was kicking in, I ran across the work of Dr. Richard Cheng, a doctor who worked in both China and the USA. I believe he was a member of the Society for Orthomolecular Medicine (or similar). They were having good success treating near fatal cases with megadoses of C of 50 g / day or more. This cannot be self administered and must be done under a doctor's care. Extreme dosages must be administered intravenously. I've also come across evidence of clinics treating the C A N C disease which must not be named with megadoses of 90 g / day or more. This sounds horrendous when you read the label on your high potency vitamin C jar and it says 1 g / day dosage. What happens is that the body absorbs what it needs in the blood stream to do the repairs it has to do. That need will change dynamically during healing. If you start overdosing you start getting diarrhea. So, the preferred method is to increase dosage up to the diarrhea level then back off a bit. For the mammals that make vitamin C on their own, this happens automatically. Again, though, megadosing isn't a DIY project. You need a clinic and doctor that knows how and why to do it. Even the Linus Pauling Institute, a key vitamin C research group, doesn't promote this.
For more average situations and more average people, Dr. Cheng recommends 5 -10 g (5,000 - 10,000 mg) / day for routine maintenance. I take two 1,000 mg pills at lunch, supper, and bed time, which adds up to 6 g / day. For really bad flu's or possibly C O V, I've been up to 16 g / day for short periods of time. HOWEVER, since vitamin is Ascorbic Acid, and is acidic, it can really screw up your stomach and gut at high levels. I tell people to use a BUFFERED C product. I use one from Kal in tablet form of 1 g (1,000 mg ea.). Ester C is a good but not cheap brand. I've had trouble with Ester C tablets from NatureSmart. There's nothing wrong with the product but the thin coating wears off within a few seconds and they become difficult to swallow. My wife uses Ester C in capsule form. You can also get vitamin C in powdered form. Finally, don't just jump up to a 5 g - 10 g maintenance dose. Ease into it to see how your body reacts. Actually @Steve your approach IS scientific.
As a side note, I normally take 5,000 IU of D3 per day and up it to 10,000 IU for short periods of time if I'm sick. You can overdose on D3 though and everybody's needs are different. Don't take large dosages for long.
Hope this helps.
May your bits be stable and your interfaces be fast. Ron
...Yeah, what @Steve said. I've done a bit of studying on this. Still very much a layman. Vitamin C can actually do amazing things and it's essential to the immune system. Like @Steve also said, our bodies can't produce it. Who knows why. I've read about other mammals producing 28 g (28,000 mg) per day in their blood stream when under extreme stress. When the C O V virus that must not be named was kicking in, I ran across the work of Dr. Richard Cheng, a doctor who worked in both China and the USA. I believe he was a member of the Society for Orthomolecular Medicine (or similar). They were having good success treating near fatal cases with megadoses of C of 50 g / day or more. This cannot be self administered and must be done under a doctor's care. Extreme dosages must be administered intravenously. I've also come across evidence of clinics treating the C A N C disease which must not be named with megadoses of 90 g / day or more. This sounds horrendous when you read the label on your high potency vitamin C jar and it says 1 g / day dosage. What happens is that the body absorbs what it needs in the blood stream to do the repairs it has to do. That need will change dynamically during healing. If you start overdosing you start getting diarrhea. So, the preferred method is to increase dosage up to the diarrhea level then back off a bit. For the mammals that make vitamin C on their own, this happens automatically. Again, though, megadosing isn't a DIY project. You need a clinic and doctor that knows how and why to do it. Even the Linus Pauling Institute, a key vitamin C research group, doesn't promote this.
For more average situations and more average people, Dr. Cheng recommends 5 -10 g (5,000 - 10,000 mg) / day for routine maintenance. I take two 1,000 mg pills at lunch, supper, and bed time, which adds up to 6 g / day. For really bad flu's or possibly C O V, I've been up to 16 g / day for short periods of time. HOWEVER, since vitamin is Ascorbic Acid, and is acidic, it can really screw up your stomach and gut at high levels. I tell people to use a BUFFERED C product. I use one from Kal in tablet form of 1 g (1,000 mg ea.). Ester C is a good but not cheap brand. I've had trouble with Ester C tablets from NatureSmart. There's nothing wrong with the product but the thin coating wears off within a few seconds and they become difficult to swallow. My wife uses Ester C in capsule form. You can also get vitamin C in powdered form. Finally, don't just jump up to a 5 g - 10 g maintenance dose. Ease into it to see how your body reacts. Actually @Steve your approach IS scientific.
As a side note, I normally take 5,000 IU of D3 per day and up it to 10,000 IU for short periods of time if I'm sick. You can overdose on D3 though and everybody's needs are different. Don't take large dosages for long.
Hope this helps.
May your bits be stable and your interfaces be fast.
Ron
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rfrazier
May your bits be stable and your interfaces be fast. Ron
rfrazier
@manoappa WOW! I just got my hands on the audiobook version of this. I like to listen when I drive and such at slightly accelerated speed. This book is blowing my socks off. I'm about 3 chapters in. If you readers have any interest in this topic, get this book right now. Unless he goes off the rails in the latter part, I'm VERY impressed. Thanks for the tip.
May your bits be stable and your interfaces be fast.
Ron