Dr. Steven R. Gundry
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 The harsh climate in northern Europe meant that the diet was often deficient in vitamin C, predisposing the population to scurvy. Vitamin C is essential to reweave the broken bits of collagen that routinely occur inside our blood vessels-and our skin. Victims of scurvy often bleed to death from their gums or intestines. Enter Lp(a), which "spackles" holes in damaged blood vessels, allowing our northern European forbears to survive scurvy and reproduce, ensuring the ongoing life of their genes. So far so good. |
Andreas Moritz
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 But as it turned out, scurvy cannot be cured by vitamin C alone. Regardless how large a dosage of vitamin C you use, the blood vessels will remain damaged. By contrast, eating a few oranges or red peppers cures scurvy quickly, without a trace of damage left.
Vitamin C-rich fruits contain at least one other vitamin ingredient which is known as vitamin C2. scurvy can only be cured if vitamin C and vitamin C2 are taken together. When Gyoerkyi studied vitamin C, he included both compounds of vitamin C. |
Bill Sardi
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 The bleeding, bruising, fatigue, weight loss and pain associated with advanced cancer are the same symptoms as seen in cases of scurvy. This fact never dawns upon cancer patients and their families because they falsely believe scurvy was cured many decades ago. In fact, many Americans exhibit overt signs of scurvy. About 4 in 10 Americans don't even consume the amount of vitamin C found in one orange.
Cancer cells utilize much more vitamin C than do healthy cells, up to 26 times more. The body only has a pool of about 1,500 milligrams of vitamin C on hand, and tumor cells use this up quickly. |
Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S.
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 The symptoms of scurvy weren't pretty: skin black as ink, ulcers, difficult respiration, teeth falling out, and perhaps most revolting of all, a strange mass of gum tissue sprouting out of the mouth. Xot anything you'd want to have.
Now we know that scurvy was a vitamin deficiency disease, mainly of vitamin C, and sometimes compounded by an overdose of vitamin A from eating seals' livers. Only when Captain James Cook of England insisted on feeding his crew sauerkraut and lime juice to fight scurvy (based on studies done by Dr. James Lind in 1747) did the death rate begin to go down. |
Jack Challem
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 While there are strong parallels between symptoms of gingivitis and periodontitis and the dental ramifications of scurvy (an extreme life-threatening deficiency of vitamin C), there also are major differences. In scurvy, bleeding from the gums is common, and vitamin C can reduce it. However, scurvy does not lead to the formation of fibrous scar tissue deep inside the gums, a sign of periodontitis. In addition, lower levels of inflammation are found in periodontitis than in scurvy.
Two other nutrients play key roles in controlling dental inflammation. |
Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S.
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| Limes saved Lives
Back in the days when the maritime explorers started penetrating the Indian and Pacific Oceans, huge numbers of crew members were being lost to scurvy. Vasco da Gama lost two-thirds of his crew to the disease while making his way to India in 1499. Magellan lost 80 percent of his crew while crossing the Pacific. The symptoms of scurvy weren't pretty: skin black as ink, ulcers, difficult respiration, teeth falling out, and perhaps most revolting of all, a strange mass of gum tissue sprouting out of the mouth. Xot anything you'd want to have. |
Tori Hudson, N.D.
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 Although one study showed that women who took 5,000 mg of vitamin C daily during pregnancy delivered healthy infants who developed scurvy,57 this "rebound scurvy" is very rare, and the infant recovers quickly without treatment. Supplementation with vitamin C may be as effective as calcium for leg cramps during pregnancy.58
Food sources of vitamin C are fruits (particularly citrus), green chilies, tomatoes, honey, cabbage, cucumbers, and prunes. Herbal sources include elderberries, rose hips, parsley, dandelion greens, nettles, alfalfa, and cayenne. |
J. Robert Hatherill
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 An impressive example of the torment scurvy could inflict was found aboard a Spanish galleon discovered in 1577 adrift in the Sargasso Sea, with the entire crew dead from scurvy.
In Britain it was eventually discovered that scurvy could be halted by consuming a seashore plant called scurvy grass (which explains how the disease was named). Later the British navy replaced scurvy grass with limes and lime juice; henceforth British sailors became known as limeys. |
Andreas Moritz
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| Vitamin C
The most popular of all vitamins is Ascorbic acid or vitamin C, a deficiency of which is believed to cause multiple hemorrhages, slow wound healing, anemia and scurvy (damage of blood vessels). It is in fact very easy to cure scurvy with red peppers, citrus fruits, or cranberries, all containing high concentrations of this vitamin. Since the Hungarian scientist Szent Gyoerkyi identified vitamin C in oranges to be an effective substance, it became common knowledge that vitamin C and orange juice must have the same benefits. |
Dr. Steven R. Gundry
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| Victims of scurvy often bleed to death from their gums or intestines. Enter Lp(a), which "spackles" holes in damaged blood vessels, allowing our northern European forbears to survive scurvy and reproduce, ensuring the ongoing life of their genes. So far so good. But Lp(a) is such a good spackling compound that it just keeps piling on any damaged area, which means that people with Lp(a) usually develop severe premature coronary artery disease. Why has this gene persisted if it's so lethal? By now you should know. |
Jack Challem
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 What else you should know: Many physicians assume that patients have an adequate intake of vitamin C unless they have symptoms of scurvy, the classic deficiency disease in which blood oozes from old wounds as the body literally disintegrates. Negligible amounts of vitamin C will prevent scurvy, which actually describes the final stage of deficiency before death. Mark Levine, M.D., Ph.D., a researcher at the U.S. National Institutes of Health, has found that the first symptoms of vitamin C deprivation are actually irritability and fatigue, two very common conditions. |
Michael Pollan
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 These special molecules, which at first were isolated from foods and then later synthesized in a laboratory, could cure people of nutritional deficiencies such as scurvy or beriberi almost overnight in a convincing demonstration of reductive chemistry's power. Beginning in the 1920s, vitamins enjoyed a vogue among the middle class, a group not notably afflicted by beriberi or scurvy. But the belief took hold that these magic molecules also promoted growth in children, long life in adults, and, in a phrase of the time, "positive health" in everyone. (And what would "negative health" be exactly? |
Lester A. Mitscher and Victoria Toews
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 Three out of four sailors never made it back home, mostly as a result of scurvy and infectious diseases. Ironically, many more might have made it back home alive if they had drunk their cargo instead of just transporting it. The vitamin C in green tea prevents scurvy, and tea's polyphenols boost the body's immune function so that it can better fight infectious disease.
By the 1630s, each Dutch vessel returning to Europe from China routinely carried several large pottery jars of tea. Accordingly, there are records of people drinking tea in Amsterdam, London, and Paris as early as 1635. |
Andreas Moritz
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| Since their baby food did not consist of large amounts of vitamin C, they soon developed the dangerous baby scurvy.
The body of an adult, who consumes vitamin C regularly, may eventually produce a similar response. He may even develop scurvy because the body becomes programmed to eliminate vitamin C faster and in larger quantities than it is ingested or can be absorbed. Adults are known to develop further complications when, after using this vitamin regularly, they suddenly stop taking it altogether. |
| When vitamins became popular in the United States, there was a sudden jump in the number of newly bom babies developing scurvy. It was thought that scurvy was a disease eradicated a long time ago. As the mysterious development was investigated, it was discovered that the mothers of the affected babies had taken extra vitamin C preparations (without C2) in the belief that it was good for their babies. Dosed with the vitamin, the mothers' bodies started eliminating more of it than they ingested. |
Kevin Trudeau
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 Therefore, an orange, lemon, lime, or even simply vitamin G in a capsule is in fact the cure for scurvy. However, as I mentioned, the FDA has the crazy law that says only a drug can cure, prevent, or treat a disease. According to the FDA, oranges, lemons, and limes, or vitamin G, cannot legally be the cure for scurvy. Even though it is the cure for scurvy, legally it is not the cure for scurvy! I know it's totally insane; I know it's wrong, but that's how it is. |
Bill Sardi
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| This fact never dawns upon cancer patients and their families because they falsely believe scurvy was cured many decades ago. In fact, many Americans exhibit overt signs of scurvy. About 4 in 10 Americans don't even consume the amount of vitamin C found in one orange.
Cancer cells utilize much more vitamin C than do healthy cells, up to 26 times more. The body only has a pool of about 1,500 milligrams of vitamin C on hand, and tumor cells use this up quickly. Vitamin C also enhances absorption of iron from foods. Iron is also a growth factor for tumor cells. |
Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S.
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| Now we know that scurvy was a vitamin deficiency disease, mainly of vitamin C, and sometimes compounded by an overdose of vitamin A from eating seals' livers. Only when Captain James Cook of England insisted on feeding his crew sauerkraut and lime juice to fight scurvy (based on studies done by Dr. James Lind in 1747) did the death rate begin to go down. But it was not until 1795 that lime juice rations were provided for all sailors in the Royal Navy, and to this day, British sailors are known as "limeys."
Limes don't differ a lot from lemons in their nutritional value. |
Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S.
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 A deficiency of vitamin C results in a really nasty disease called scurvy.
The body breaks down cellular structures, flesh and bones decay, a baker's dozen of horrible symptoms manifest, and if scurvy is left untreated, you die a pretty horrible death. It was a particular problem for anyone separated from fruits and vegetables for long periods of time. Sailors who went on long voyages, for example, were at particular risk. In the 1400s and 1500s, explorers like Magellan and Vasco da Gama would typically lose more than half their crew to the disease. |
Gary Null and Amy McDonald
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 At that time, the conventional wisdom was still that you used vitamins only in tiny amounts and you only needed them for the prevention of deficiency diseases, like scurvy or beriberi. A nutritionist accepted the fact that if you had scurvy you would eat oranges or you would take small quantities of vitamin C. As Dr. Hoffer puts it, "It was unheard of to give someone 1,000 mg of vitamin C. If you suggested this they would throw up their hands in horror. The idea that you could use large quantities of vitamins to treat conditions, not just to prevent them, was a major step forward. |
Mark Sircus
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 It kills many of its victims by rapidly depleting ascorbate (vitamin C) stores in the body, inducing scurvy and collapse of the arterial blood supply, causing internal hemorrhaging of the lungs and sinus cavities. Most people today have barely enough vitamin C in their bodies (typically 60 mg per day) to prevent scurvy under normal living conditions, and are not prepared for this kind of illness."2
Some physicians would stand by and see their patient die rather than use ascorbic acid (vitamin C) because in their finite minds it exists only as a vitamin.
Dr. Frederick R. |
Dr. Abram Hoffer, MD, FRCP (C) and Dr. Harold D. Foster, PhD
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 Fortunately, these diseases can be prevented and treated by niacin supplementation, just as scurvy, many cancers, heart disease, and stroke can be avoided by elevating vitamin C intake.
Pellagra, for example, at one time devastated the population of several countries and the Southern United States, where the population was dependent on corn as its staple food. Pellagra is characterized by four "Ds": diarrhea, dermatitis, dementia, and death, if not treated. Corn alone cannot meet our minimum need for vitamin B-3. |
| REPPED: The world is now suffering from a global vitamin B-3 deficiency and dependency pandemic, which is perhaps more devastating than the scurvy pandemic that preceded the discovery of the benefits of eating foods containing vitamin C (ascorbic acid). Dr Linus Pauling, in his fundamental study of "orthomolecular" nutrition and in his celebrated book Vitamin C and the Common Cold, showed how the human body lost its ability during evolution to make certain nutrients, including vitamin C. Other primates, the guinea pig, and an Indian fruit-eating bat also lost their ability to make this vitamin. |
Michael Pollan
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| Beginning in the 1920s, vitamins enjoyed a vogue among the middle class, a group not notably afflicted by beriberi or scurvy. But the belief took hold that these magic molecules also promoted growth in children, long life in adults, and, in a phrase of the time, "positive health" in everyone. (And what would "negative health" be exactly? |
Thomson Healthcare, Inc.
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 Unproven Uses: Anorexia, blood disorders, cancer treatment, diabetes, diuresis, nephrolithiasis prevention, radiation damage to urinary system, scurvy, stomach ailments, wound care.
Probable Efficacy: Cranberry is widely used to prevent urinary tract infection. There is clinical evidence in support of the use of cranberry juice and cranberry supplements to prevent urinary tract infections. Cranberry has also been investigated for numerous other medicinal uses, including prevention of H. pylori infection and dental plaque. |
| Lime is used as a source of vitamin C to treat scurvy and in cases of general low resistance. precautions and adverse reactions
No health hazards or side effects are known in conjunction with the proper administration of designated therapeutic dosages. There is a low potential for sensitization through skin contact with the juice of the fruit or with the volatile oil. dosage
Mode of Administration: Lime is used internally as a liquid extract of the fresh fruit. i literature
Lund ED, Bryan WL, J Food Sci 42:385. 1977 Natarajan S et al., Econ Bot 30:38. |
Bill Sardi
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| Oddly, while it can be claimed that vitamin C prevents scurvy, vitamin D prevents rickets, vitamin Bl prevents beri beri, and vitamin B3/niacin prevent pellagra, the US Food & Drug Administration forbids food or vitamin companies from claiming that their vitamin K-rich products promote healthy blood clotting. [Federal Register 63: 34115-17, 1998]
Vitamin K is the cancer-destroying vitamin. It can virtually obliterate cancer cells, splitting them in half, especially in combination with vitamin C. |
Lester A. Mitscher and Victoria Toews
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| The vitamin C in green tea prevents scurvy, and tea's polyphenols boost the body's immune function so that it can better fight infectious disease.
By the 1630s, each Dutch vessel returning to Europe from China routinely carried several large pottery jars of tea. Accordingly, there are records of people drinking tea in Amsterdam, London, and Paris as early as 1635. A Dutch physician, Cornelius Bontekoe, even advised everyone to drink eight to ten cups of tea daily, adding that he saw no reason not to drink as many as a hundred cups daily. |
Thomson Healthcare, Inc.
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| BEHEN ROOT
Unproven Uses: The root has been used internally in folk medicine for gastrointestinal complaints, epilepsy, paralyses, cardiac and blood pressure disturbances, fever (particularly intermittent), scurvy, dizziness, and colds. External indications include gingivitis, worm diseases, snake bites, abscesses, inflammation, rheumatism, and poorly healing wounds. Root paste has been used to treat worms, rheumatism, and headaches.
Indian Medicine: Indications have included smallpox and rheumatism. |
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