SUZANNE HUMPHRIES: Vitamin C Treats Measles

What Big Pharma Doesn’t Want You to Know About Vitamin C

“Mortality rates would plummet.”

We are told you can’t treat measles, so it must be “prevented” with a vaccine, a convenient story that generates billions for the medical-industrial complex. However, Dr. Suzanne… pic.twitter.com/rQySb3zjwy

— Children’s Health Defense (@ChildrensHD) March 31, 2025

What Big Pharma Doesn’t Want You to Know About Vitamin C “Mortality rates would plummet.” We are told you can’t treat measles, so it must be “prevented” with a vaccine, a convenient story that generates billions for the medical-industrial complex. However, Dr. Suzanne Humphries’ [

@DrSuzanneH7

] Clinical experience tells a different story, highlighting the power of vitamin C in treating measles.

Curing the Incurable: Vitamin C, Infectious Diseases, and Toxins, 3rd Edition Paperback, Dr. Thomas Levy, August 1, 2011.

therapeutics that replenished the Bifidobacteria, such as vitamins C and D and ivermectin improved patient survival rates

Brilliant work by Gastroenterologist Dr. Sabine Hazan. COVID genetic vaccines are killing the very bacteria necessary for a healthy gut microbiome— your largest immune organ by many estimations.   https://t.co/LZrrjnNwVv

— Dr. Janci (@JanciToxDoc) February 29, 2024

Gastroenterologist and CEO of ProgenaBiome, Dr. Sabine Hazan, has said that the COVID-19 vaccine may cause immunosuppression by reducing good Bifidobacteria in the gut. She showed that after COVID-19 mRNA vaccination, Bifidobacteria levels dropped by half among her trial participants.

Bifidobacteria are essential for boosting intestinal immunity. Dr. Hazan’s earlier work showed that people with reduced Bifidobacteria in the gut were at risk of severe COVID-19 infections, and therapeutics that replenished the Bifidobacteria, such as vitamins C and D and ivermectin improved patient survival rates. She also told how her clinical trials on COVID early treatment were sabotaged during the pandemic . . . 

"seeing the loss of Bifidobacteria in severe Covid patients, seeing vit C, IVM increases the bif within 24 hrs"

Also, exposing the interference by media in my research. We could not finish our trials because of the hit Job lobbyists did on Hcq and IVM…Lobbyists who control CNN and FOX and both sides of politics --Sabine Hazan

Always a good one, @RefugeOfSinner5, to remind those who haven’t touched a covid patient to STAY QUIET… LOST NONE, treated thousands, some of those patients were the sickest.
Understanding the microbiome helped me because, frankly @Progenabiome was all over this pandemic,… https://t.co/7qHYW4AWLe

— sabine hazan md (@SabinehazanMD) August 17, 2023

Nanotechnology found in both Vaxx'd and Unvaxx'd

Thanks to Greg Reese @ the Reese Report via Lew Rockwell.  Here is the transcript to Greg's presentation.

By taking antioxidants, one is able to dissolve these filament clots.  She has found that EDTA chelation therapy will remedy infected blood within 3 days.  And megadosing vitamin C also seems to work.  

You can find Ana Maria Mihalcea, M.D., Ph.D's work here.  Find her Substack page here.

1/ Merritt Medical Hour: Dr. Lee Merritt ft. Ana Maria Mihalcea M.D., PH.D

Ana Maria Mihalcea: "The transhumanists, they want to be merged with [AI]. And we understand that in merging to 6G, humans cannot survive 6G because it shreds DNA. pic.twitter.com/BHeCyczujw

— Jens Michlas (@JuleanDK) April 26, 2023

"Klenner stressed that dangerously ill patients should receive large doses of vitamin C when doctors need more time to make a diagnosis."

Polio is trending. https://t.co/uDJNqizJRv    pic.twitter.com/YhpWcEvwN3

— DCGreenZone1 (@DCGreenZone) July 21, 2022

from Dr. Ken Walker @ Orthomolecular, 

What can history tell doctors about meningitis?  In 1949, Dr. FrederickRobert Klenner was a family doctor in North Carolina when the great poliomyelitis epidemic struck North America.  Klenner had no training in treating polio and no laboratory facilities.  But he was placed in charge of 60 patients suffering from early polio.  At that time, there was no specific treatment to prevent paralysis. 

In 1948, Klenner had previously cured several patients of viral pneumonia using intravenous vitamin C.  So he decided to give his polio patients up to 30,000 milligrams of vitamin C intravenously for 14 days.  None of these patients developed paralysis.  (Ironically, in 1949, I developed polio in my final year at The Harvard Medical School and I did develop paralysis.  But none of my eminent professors were aware of the benefits of massive doses of intravenous vitamin C). 

Dr. Klenner presented his monumental research to the annual meeting of the American Medical Association in Atlantic City, New Jersey on June 10^th, 1949.  Klenner should have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine.  But his discovery failed to make headlines around the world and is still collecting dust. 

Spurred on by this scientific finding, Klenner later reported that he had cured meningitis, encephalitis, measles, and other diseases by large doses of IV vitamin C.  Since his death, other researchers have verified his findings. 

Klenner stressed that dangerously ill patients should receive large doses of vitamin C when doctors need more time to make a diagnosis.  And that, unless our white blood cells, needed to fight infection, are saturated with vitamin C they are like soldiers without bullets.  I believe his sage advice could save lives today and might have saved the life of this child. 

 

So why vitamin C?

McDonagh Med explains,

The function of vitamin C is to activate an enzyme in the white blood cell, called myeloperoxidase. The enzyme main function is to produce hydrogen peroxide (which gives rise to the highly energetic and bactericidal and viradical hydroxy free radical), which makes the white cells Super Killers as far as bacteria and viruses are concerned. 

By the way, this high-dose vitamin C protocol not only worked for polio, measles, meningitis, and encephalitis, but it also worked for multiple sclerosis.

Here is a brief history/synopsis of polio.  It's pretty good because it unearths some of the erroneous assumptions that we've made, or that doctors have made, about polio.  

1. The polio story as you learned it is wrong. It’s one of the most often misunderstood sequence of events in the last two hundred years. I wanted to explain a few things about the disease to help people understand what actually happened. pic.twitter.com/xT7YjIb4kZ

— Forrest Maready (@forrestmaready) June 8, 2018

Remineralize your teeth with magnesium, D, and A. Dump the Xylitol

For years I'd been looking for just the right treatment for healthy teeth. I initially thought that fluoride-free toothpaste was a good place to start, so I used that for a few years only to find years later a couple if cracked teeth and loose fillings that fell out.  I don't know that I am in a better position today, but I think I am.  One product I'd read about early on was Xylitol, a sugar-free substitute that also fought oral bacteria to keep cavities to a minimum.  So I began chewing Xylitol gum.  It was refreshing but, truth be told, I really didn't like the funny film it left in my mouth and on my teeth.  I began the Xylitol on the recommendations of Dr. Ellie Phillips.  But the problem with focusing on just your mouth or just your teeth is that you ignore the connection that the biome in your mouth has with the biome of your digestive tract, of which your mouth is just the beginning.  So I stopped consuming the Xylitol after a week but saw it advertised everywhere and included in all mints, gums, and more, which I assume he was eating on behalf of a score of others throughout the day.  It wasn't until I saw this that it confirmed my concerns.  Though the target audience is dogs, it is also directed at dog owners:

This is what they do. Keto people all love erythritol as well - these are alcohol sugars - they assimilate through the small intestine - but they are known bug/ant killers. What do you think they will do with your microbiota? https://t.co/r8aexNWW89

— Wejolyn 🇺🇸 (@Wejolyn) March 21, 2022

Then there's this.

Here is the link to Nourishing Our Children.  

The guy who really came to my rescue was Bill Sardi, who the world lost recently.  He was such a loving, careful, but fearless guide.  With his "34 Ways to Stay Healthy," Bill pointed me to Dr. Carolyn Dean, MD, ND. who recommends brushing your teeth with magnesium.  I'd had other conversations will Sardi regarding teeth.  No one was more helpful than Bill.  It was like having your own private doctor whom you could get a reply to any health-related question you had. And he was a workhorse.  Writing articles for publication at LewRockwell, conducting interviews with Martie Whittekin at HBN, doing hours of strenuous research online, and then answering everybody's emails.  I loved him, and I miss him.  

Last year, I asked him, "What can I take to keep more teeth in my head?  Thank you."  His reply was, "Boost testosterone.  12mg boron," then added not one but two articles linked in the email. Just amazed that he would go to such effort to help me, which I presume he was doing with a score of others throughout the day.  A true Christian man.  What's interesting is that I had considered boron a tooth enamel supplement but was waved off that conclusion a year earlier by someone else. 

ABRAHAM HOFFER, MD, PHD: VITAMIN B3 NIACIN + VITAMIN C TREATS SCHIZOPHRENIA

17 young men who, in their teens, were psychotic.  They were treated by orthomolecular means all across North America, they all went back to college and studied medicine, and became doctors.  One of them was the son of a very prominent American writer and he applied to Harvard Medical School . . . he wanted to study medicine at Harvard Medical School.  They wanted him badly because to get into Harvard you have to have money; not only money but intelligence and you have to have a name.  It all helps.  So he wrote to me before he applied.  He said he wasn't sure whether he should tell the admissions committee that he had had schizophrenia or not.  In the end, he said that he had to be honest and tell them what he had had.  Now the admissions committee didn't want him because they didn't want any schizophrenics but they also wanted him because he had this famous name.  So they said to him, "Come back tomorrow, and we'll tell you what our decision is.  So the next day, he came back, and they said to him, "That we know that you never get well from schizophrenia.  But you are well.  Therefore, you never had schizophrenia.  They admitted him.  And he is now the head of a large pediatric clinic doing well.  

39:20  Another patient of mine, he was very psychotic and was part of a double-blind controlled experiment.  He went through the placebo arm and didn't respond so we put him on vitamins and electric shock treatment as well.  He made a complete recovery.  He studied medicine, became a psychiatrist, and eventually became the president of a large psychiatric association . . . president.  

The third one today, he is today, head of the psychiatric department at a major American university but they don't know his history and he won't tell them, of course.  

The last one was a young man that I saw 4 years ago who came down from Alaska to see me.  Just saw him 4 months

Cardiac arrest is an electrical problem; a heart attack is a plumbing problem

#VAERS #cardiology #Covidvaccine

Found 6,057 cases where Vaccine targets COVID-19 ... and Symptom is Acute cardiac event or Cardiac arrest or Cardiac death or Cardiac failure or Myocardial infarction or Sudden cardiac death  https://t.co/qI8yR8iPNf   https://t.co/IkehpfIm5r

— Fiore DiNotte (@FiorediNotte33) November 20, 2021

I liked the distinction between the different kinds of heart problems--cardiac arrest, which is an electrical problem with the heart, and heart attack, which is a plumbing issue.  

Though her accent distracted me at first, she does a good job of the basics, for which I am very grateful.  

To address the plumbing aspect of your heart, or circulation, use niacin, B3.  

For electrical problems with your heart, take vitamin C.  

For a little context, consider this from Bill Sardi: 

Every day in the U.S. over 1,000 people experience a sudden cardiac arrest.  And another 1,000 occur throughout Europe daily.  As researchers report from the Amsterdam in the Netherlands, only half of these patients arrive at the hospital alive.  And 50% of these survivors will still die or be severely disabled due to what is called posts-cardiac arrest syndrome. 

There is no effective therapy to improve prognosis and death. 

Post-cardiac arrest syndrome involves brain damage, heart failure and death, all induced by massive overwhelming oxygen free radicals generated from unpaired electrons. 

Vitamin C is the great electron donor in the human body.  [Tom Levy, M.D., PeakEnergy.com, August 19, 2013].  Vitamin C counters oxygen-induced cell and tissue injury.  A video explanation of electron-donor/vitamin C therapy is available online.  [Riordan Clinic IVC and Cancer Symposium, March 4, 2011].  

From his Peak Energy site, Dr. Levy notes that 

magnesium is the natural antidote for the root cause of all pathological damage from every disease and poisoning known to man.

Vitamin C makes all normal cells stronger

Vitamin C kills cancer cells

Generally speaking, the more vitamin C, the better

With all else being equal, those are some stunning facts about two very powerful compounds, facts that should compel you to incorporate in your vitamin regimen these nutritional elements. 

VITAMIN C, EVEN SMALL AMOUNTS OF 200MGS, SLOWS DOWN, AMELIORATES, OR PREVENTS COVID-19 & OTHER VIRUSES

Did you hear what he said?  Vitamin C, even small amounts of 200mgs, slows down, ameliorates, or prevents COVID-19 and other viruses. 

Thanks to Lew Rockwell.

ZINC SUPPLEMENTATION SHORTENS THE DURATION OF COLDS BY APPROX. 33%

The best thing for bronchitis is 2-4 mg of vitamin C every 4 hours, OptiZinc because it's the most absorbable variety and 10,000 to 40,000IU of vitamin D for one week.  Be sure to add vitamin A to that to make the D more absorbable.  NCBI observes that

Considering zinc, the supplementation may shorten the duration of colds by approximately 33%.

Consider in a 72 hour period what a double dose of zinc would do to bronchitis?  One of the reasons why I think zinc works so well with most people is that most people are zinc deficient.  We just never got enough growing up, and so our innate immunity may only be bolstered by innate things that kids do, like playing outdoors.  Certainly, with oysters being the highest in zinc content when it comes to food, my guess is that few kids are consuming oysters on a regular basis.  So by the time we're in our 20s, 30s, and 40s, we're kind of zinc deficient.  There are benefits to maintaining your immune system in the first place.  Most people don’t really enjoy the activity of self-care since it involves daily calorie vigilance or supplement intakes or exercise or all three.  It’s a full-time job with little to no reward except when you get sick.  But who wants to commit to a regimen that only minimizes or prevents you from getting sick?  Not much of a reward there at the end of that rainbow, huh, Kimosabe?  But look at what this study published at NCBI stated,

Maintaining the immune defense system within a normal healthy state lowers the incidence of infection and/or lessens the severity of symptoms and/or shortens the duration of common colds.

But if you don’t like getting sick in the first place, if you’d prefer to be on top of your vocational game 24/7, then I recommend supplementing, in part, because of the accumulative effect of stress.  We don’t see a cold or fever coming on.  When I got bronchitis recently, I sure couldn’t see it coming on.  But I was out working late in the snow and did not prepare for the extended hours out in that cold, snowy evening.  And I worked late into that night.  I like working.  I like completing assignments, which I did but at a cost.  The bronchitis was deep in my chest.  And my cough was productive for one full week.  But I took exactly what I described above and the symptoms shortened, and I believe the duration of bronchitis itself shortened.  There is no greater pleasure than being able to breathe fully.  Take that inhale, oh, yeah!

Here is a final sampling of how zinc up-regulates your innate immunity . . . from NCBI: 

Zinc supplementation increases cellular components of innate immunity (e.g., phagocytosis by macrophages and neutrophils, natural killer cell activity, and generation of oxidative burst) [10].

Neutrophil granulocytes, macrophages: large amounts of oral zinc significantly impaired polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNL) function and, in vitro, zinc potentiated the neutrophil response against Staphylococcus aureus [11]. Zn supplementation (150 mg/d) in elderly also induces a decrease in granulocyte zinc that has implications in phagocytosis and chemotaxis [41]. 

Natural killer: a supplementation of zinc (in vitro studies or 100mg/d in elderly) improves natural killer (NK) cells activity, as argued by a lot of authors [9, 11, 39, 42]. Zinc administration decreased peripheral. 

For more on zinc from one of the best nutritional reviewers in the English-speaking world, check out what Bill Sardi says about zinc.  

ATTENTION RETIREES: MEXICO AMONG THE 5 COUNTRIES WITH THE BEST HEALTHCARE IN THE WORLD FOR RETIREES

It is true that as a retiree, folks need to stretch their dollars.  People also want quality products and services.  So how does one achieve both quality while not spending an arm and a leg (sorry, couldn't resist)?  Well, if quality of healthcare is one of those non-negotiables, you may want to consider having a doctor where you can make regular visits in one of these countries.

From the Yucatan Times

Healthcare bills for retirees in the US is one of the biggest expenses incurred in your “golden years”.

A fidelity study released last year estimates that a healthy, 65-year-old couple will need $275,000 to cover their healthcare costs in retirement—and that doesn’t include the cost of over-the-counter medications, dental care, or long-term care.

But according to a recent survey, there are places overseas where retirees can enjoy excellent-quality healthcare—as good if not better than what they expect in the US for pennies on the dollar.

International Living.com recently compared and contrasted the benefits of life in the top 24 countries around the world they recommend for an overseas retirement.

“In addition to a survey of specific prices for a range of treatments, medications, and insurance, we also take into account the ease with which expats can access care. In the communities we recommend in all the nations that top our list, expats can find excellent healthcare at prices as low as 50% or less of what they’d expect to pay at home in the United States,” says International Living’s Executive Editor, Jennifer Stevens.

Stevens discussed with Fox Business the top 5 countries International Living recommends for retirees when it comes to healthcare overseas – and why:

COSTA RICA

In Costa Rica, modern, state-of-the-art healthcare is available almost everywhere. The United Nations has ranked Costa Rica’s public health system within the top 20 worldwide and the number one in Latin America. The country provides universal healthcare to its citizens and all legal residents—that means you, if you’re an expat. International Living’s correspondent in the Central Valley, John Michael Arthur, reports that he and his partner pay $82 a month as a couple to access the country’s universal system—after that, all their care is covered and free.

In addition, there’s a private system in which prices are about one-third of what they’d be in the U.S. As a result, many expats use the public system as a failsafe—and then pay out of pocket to physicians in the private system for regular visits, second-opinion consultations, dental work, and so on.

MALAYSIA

In Malaysia, the doctors typically speak English and most were trained in the UK, U.S., or Australia so they are familiar with Western standards of care. Many of the hospitals in Kuala Lumpur and Penang are Joint Commission International accredited, meaning that they are considered to meet the global gold standard in healthcare. Costs are much lower than what we’re used to in the U.S. If you’re paying out-of-pocket, a first-time doctor or specialist visit usually costs between $15 and $65 and follow-up visits are typically $11 to $28. An overnight hospital stay will cost somewhere between $55 and $200 per night for a private room.

COLOMBIA

The World Health Organization (WHO) ranks Colombia’s healthcare system as 22 out of the 191 countries they review. (That is better than Canada at 30 and the U.S. at 37.) The care is top notch and the price is a small fraction of what it would add up to in the U.S.  Co-pays for the public health plan are based on a three-tiered system—the mid-range price is about $3—and apply to laboratory tests, x-rays, and prescription medications. Private health insurance is an option for people under the age of 60 as a supplemental plan to the EPS public coverage. But many expats simply choose to pay for care out-of-pocket. Prices for procedures, office visits, and medications are much lower than in the U.S. For example, a one-hour consultation with a specialist costs about $50.

MEXICO

In Mexico, every medium to large city has at least one first-rate hospital. Most doctors and dentists in Mexico received at least part of their training in the U.S., so they’re familiar with the care expats expect and they speak English. International Living’s Mexico Editor, Glynna Prentice, says, “In Mexico, I have access to two affordable healthcare systems: public and private. In Mexico’s private healthcare system, costs—pretty much across the board—run 25% to 50% of U.S. costs for comparable services. And as a legal resident in Mexico, I also have access to Mexico’s public healthcare system, which runs most people around $300 to $400 or so a year—or less,” says Prentice, one of an estimated 1 million Americans now living in Mexico.

Most common name-brand prescription drugs are available in Mexico—at 25% to 50% less than what they cost north of the border and generics are available for many off-patent drugs as well. Many doctors routinely make house-calls and phone you to inquire about your health, after treatment. In fact, many pharmacy chains provide a free physician whose office is attached to the pharmacy. Simply walk in and pay nothing for a consultation. And most medications do not require a prescription.

PANAMA

Panama provides good quality, affordable healthcare with clinics and hospitals tactically located in hubs across the country. Major facilities in Panama City are all affiliated with sister facilities in the U.S., from the likes of Miami Children’s Hospital (now Nicklaus Children’s) to Johns Hopkins International. And since the country is so small, it’s unlikely retirees will be more than an hour from a modern facility. “I’ve been in Panama for over ten years now and sometimes I forget just how good we have it until I go back to the States and see some of the prices,” says Jessica Ramesch, International Living Panama Editor.

“Though of course costs go up over time—everywhere—I am still spending around 50% less on doctor’s consults and dental appointments than my friends back in the States.

But you should know about the advantages of vitamin C and its ability to keep your body's stress levels in the normal range regardless of what you're going through.  Most of us think that vitamin C is used for colds or when we're sick.  But you also need vitamin C just to balance your health.  Vitamin C is the great electron donor in the body.  It has the ability to donate two electron molecules.  What that means is that any malady that one experiences, ANY, is the result of atoms in the atomic structure of a virus or a bacteria is missing an electron.  The missing electron causes illness, inflammation, aging, death, or any host of maladies.  Got an injury?  Get vitamin C in your body and get it regularly.  Getting steady vitamin C into our systems has been a problem.  In order to get blood serum levels of vitamin C up and keep the serum levels up throughout the day for steady protection, then we need to take 2 to 3 grams of vitamin C every 4 hours.  If you want the benefits of vitamin C, then this is what you have to do.  And the benefits of vitamin C will astound you; they shock me.  Dr. Thomas Levy is the undeniable expert on the values and benefits of C.  Find him at Peak Energy.  

According to Dr. Levy, vitamin C 

1.  Is more effective than chemotherapy at ridding the body of cancer cells.  
2.  Vitamin C eliminates lead toxicity. 
3.  Levy calls vitamin C the muscle of the immune system. 
4.  Vitamin C reverses shingles. 
5.  Though I am not a big fan of vaccinations, Dr. Levy says that vitamin C augments the antibody response to vaccination.  

Bill Sardi cites 60 reasons for you need vitamin C.  A terrific list.  I like #52:
Can’t stop eating?  A lack of vitamin C (and zinc and vitamin A) are associated with low levels of leptin, a hormone that signals the body has had enough to eat (satiation). 

This was fascinating.  You can find this video on the landing page of his website. 

Though I've taken glutathione when my immunity has been shot, which is like once or twice in my lifetime, Dr. Levy says here that liposomal glutathione is the way to go to efficiently get glutathione into your cells.  This is good to know.  But it's not cheap.  It's the cost of being and doing well.  

Find more of LivOn products here.

HUMANS LOST THEIR ABILITY TO PRODUCE VITAMIN C LONG AGO

I recently read Bill Sardi's 2003 book, The New Truth About Vitamins & Minerals.  It is the perfect book for anyone wanting to pinpoint specific amounts of vitamins to take for this or that ailment so that you can get more effective use out of your supplements and make your dollars go further.  He gets you there by eloquently sorting through the hype, the fears, the exaggerated claims about vitamins.  I have read lots of online articles about this or that vitamin, what it can do for you, how it will work, and so forth and no one delivers on specifics the way Sardi does.  No one.  Not Mercola.  Not Mike Adams, the Health Ranger.  Few come close.  What makes Sardi's reporting remarkable in his signature specificity on dosage, application for a specific condition, the controversial histories on a particular nutrient compound, and so on.  He discerns the benefits of a nutrient compound at one at and for one group versus that for another group including an age group.  I can't find other nutritional journalists who do what he does or even come close to what he does.  So I turn to him often. 

His books examines a lot of the myths associated with different kinds of nutrients.  The one that seemed to monopolize all the press was Vitamin C, perhaps due to the controversary surround Linus Pauling and his claims that high dose Vitamin C "cured cancer."  Not only did Vitamin C get a questionable rap, but so did palliative theories advancing high dose nutrients.  But let's start with Vitamin C.  

His Chapter 4 is titled "Make Certain Your Multivitamin Is Potent," which reivews the kinds of C that are the most potent along with the dose.  And since RDI for Vitamin C is set by the amount required to prevent scurvy, which is very low at 30 mgs, Sardi starts there.  The section in his Chapter 4 on Vitamin C carries the subheading of "Antioxidants Rescue Brain Neurons."  This section should be read by any parent whose child is enrolled in an after-school sports program.  Even if it is running, where the child is not making any contact with other players, the parent needs to understand what the nutritional needs of their child is.  Therefore, they should memorize the details of this section on Vitamin C.  Protect your kids minimally with Vitamin C.  The antioxidants that Sardi lists are presented here.  Note, too, in a later chapter, Sardi explains that lasting benefits from vitamins and antioxidants comes when they are combined, like in the form of a multi-vitamin.  The best multi-vitamin I've found is his Molecular-Multi.  But here is the list of vitamins: 

Antioxidants, such as Vitamin C, Vitamin E, and glutathione, serve as anti-rusting agents, protecting brain cells from premature aging and disease.  In mice, the administration of high-dose Vitamin C completely prevented drug-induced amnesia.  [Neurobiology Learning Memory 64: 119-24, 1995] In Switzerland, adults age 65-94 years of age, higher circulating Vitamin C and beta carotene levels are correlated with improved memory and vocabulary.  [Journal American Geriatric Society 45: 718-24, 1997] 

So, Vitamins C, E, and glutathione are anti-rusting agents.  Note well, mom.  They also protect the brain from aging and from disease.  Mom, did you hear that?  Specifically, Vitamin C prevents amnesia.  Minimally that means that it helps your child's brain remember more and remember better, which certainly would be a strategic advantage while in school and beyond when he is in business.  That alone should stand out as a #1 reason why parents should be giving their children higher doses of C.  I think it's that word "higher" that scares a lot of people, left over perhaps from the controversy of Dr. Linus Pauling's work.  Sardi adds that low Vitamin E levels make it harder to recall details.  So up the E, Ma!

In an elderly population of US adults, the ability to recall events or facts was diminished with low circulating levels of Vitamin E.  [American Journal Epidemiology 150:37-44, 1999]

Okay, so these facts derail that myth that Americans or anyone for that matter are simply wasting their money by paying for supplements, that all they're doing is producing expensive urine.  People claim that you don't need that much Vitamin C, that all you need to do is eat an orange or two a day.  Maybe.  But as his characteristic thoroughness prevails, Sardi looks at dosage provide which level of protection.

How Much Vitamin C?
To prevent scurvy	30 mgs	Half an orange
Recommended intake	90 mgs	1 ½ oranges
Average dietary consumption	110 mgs	Almost 2 oranges
To prevent cataracts	300-2000 mgs	5-33 oranges
To control blood pressure	500 mgs	8 oranges
To replace Vitamin C in smokers (pack a day habit)	500 mgs	8 oranges

So Sardi answers that question of "How much of a vitamin do I need?"  The short answer is "It depends on your situation, on your condition, what you're experiencing."  So instead of pointing to an average daily requirement, Sardi considers your age, your sex, or any specific conditions.  In other words, no RDI is the same for everyone.  Got it?  This is a much better, personalized approach.  You won't waste time or money this way.  

Want to prevent cataracts?  Then 1,000 mgs/day.  But can you really eat 30 oranges a day?  This alone is the worth your time to read and evaluate his reviews.  Most journalists will state that Vitamin C fights cancer or cuts short the life of the cold.  But how many will provide you with a specific amount to target a specific condition?  That's what I thought.  

What is required to prevent scurvy?  30 mgs.  In fact, what is interesting is that the RDI for Vitamin C recommended by the FDA is set, get this,

by the absensce of scurvy . . . . 

Get that?  When supplement companies manufacturer the vitamins, they're obliged follow the FDA's RDI.  But for Vitamin C, the amount determined is merely by the absence of scurvy, which takes several weeks to manifest itself.  As scurvy takes a long time to develop, it means that our immunity, in the absence of Vitamin C, is woking based on other nutritional compounds and biological processes.  Sardi presents a very interesting chart by introducing it thus.

Scientists estimate humans need about 2000-4000 mgs of Vitamin C, taken at intervals through the day, to approximate what the human body once produced when Vitamin C was a hormone, not a vitamin.  [Medical Hypotheses 5: 711-21, 1979] 

Check out this chart.  It is fascinating:

Humans Lost Their Ability to Produce Vitamin C Long Ago Most Animals Produce Their Own Vitamin C by the Enzymatic Conversion of Blood Sugar to Ascorbic Acid* *Except for some species of guinea pigs, fruit bats, fish, and primates Daily Production of Vitamin C in Humans and Animals
Humans & Animals	Milligrams of Vitamin C produced per kilogram (2.2 pounds) of body weight/per day	If humans were the same weight as these animals how much Vitamin C would humans produce per day? (in milligrams)
Snake	10	700
Tortoise	7	490
Mouse	275	19,250
Rabbit	226	15,820
Goat	190	13,300
Rat	150	10,500
Dog	40	2800
Cat	40	2800
Humans	0	--
*Chart provided courtesy of Rusty Hoge of cforyourself.com.  Cforyourself is the internet’s leading website about the nutritional benefits of Vitamin C for optimum health.  Visit cforyourself.com.

Given that gorillas in the wild consume many times more Vitamin C (4500 mgs per day) than modern humans and their diet is supplemented with 5000 mgs per day in captivity, is it any wonder Americans who consume about 100 mgs of Vitamin C from their daily diet and have a vitamin requirement of 60 milligrams, suffer from so many allergic disorders?  http://knowledgeofhealth.com/celiac-gluten-intolerance-are-we-chasing-wrong-villain/.  

He explains what supplemental Vitamin C does for blood pressure.  It reduces high blood pressure.  Specifically, 

500 mgs of supplemental Vitamin C, meaning oral Vitamin C, has been shown to help the blood vessels dilated or widen in response to stress and thus help maintain healthy blood pressure (Sardi, 61). 

Ergo, if you're prone to high blood pressure, keep some Vitamin C around the house.  

The question then that persists is how much Vitamin C should one take?  Let's see what Sardi's conclusions are and how he reached them.  He asks the question himself, 

How much Vitamin C should adults consume?

And he answers it 

   A lot more than many people think. 

So 30 mgs to prevent scurvy he says, adding that 

Most vitamin supplements provide at least 60 mgs of Vitamin C, and updated versions will provide 90 mgs sicne new guidelines call for 75 mgs for females and 90 mgs for males, and a bit more for smokers.  The average daily consumption of Vitamin C in the US Is about 109 mgs.  

He adds that 

However, the adequate amount of Vitamin C is determined by the absence of scurvy, which would be the minimal amount. 

What I find fascinating is that humans used to produce our own Vitamin C.  Sardi explains

Humans once produced Vitamin C in their own bodies.  Back in human history, prior to a universal genetic mutation, Vitamin C was a hormone produced in the human liver.  In reality, all humans are hopelessly vitamin C deficient because our early ancestors produced their own Vitamin C naturally by the enzymatic conversion in the liver of circulating blood sugars to ascorbic acid.  Most animals except for some species of fruit bats, fish, guinea pigs and some primates produce their own Vitamin C.

Humans have a defective gene in their liver which no longer produces the fourther enzyme (gulonolactone oxidase) required to produce Vitamin C. {Am J Med 26: 740-48, 1959]  Animals that produce Vitamin C live 8-12 times beyond their age of physical maturation.  Humans mature physically at about age 18 and live only 2.0-3.5 times beyond this.  Reinstallation of the gene for the missing enzyme would extend the human life span to hundreds of years.  Obviously, at some time in the past humans lived a lot longer than tney do now.  Maybe there is an element of truth to those Bible stories about Adam and Noah and Methuselah living so long. 

Absolutely, fascinating stuff.  So the final thing I will review from Sardi's book are the amounts produced by the different animal species.  You defeinitely need this book around the house.  It is a fascinating read.  And here I am talking only about his section on Vitamin C.  The other sections also will blow your hair back.  

Sardi points out that Vitamin C is primarily a stress nutrient.  It helps other animals to manage stress.  It helps us too for the same reasons from environmental stress, food stress, and other stresses.  He writes

Animals produce about 60 mgs of Vitamin C per kilogram (2.2 pounds) of body weight, or for a 150 pound human would need about 4000 milligrams to reach the level once produced naturally within the body.  Think of what the human body would be like with continual production of Vitamin C.  Since increased stress hormones signal for the release of stored sugars into the blood circulation, under stress humans would produce more Vitamin C.  Humans would no longer be vulnerable to the physical consequences of stress-related disease.  There would be no diabetes since sugar would convert to ascorbic acid.  Humans would renew their tissues more readily since collagen production would be elevated.  Joints wouldn't wear out.  Blood vessels wouldn't weaken with advancing age.  Cataracts, kidney stones and other maladies would be a thing of the past.  Scientists estimate humans need about 2000-4000mgs of Vitamin C, taken at intervals through the day, to approximate what the human body once produced when Vitamin C was a hormone, not a vitamin.  [Medical Hypotheses 5: 711-21, 1979]

Sarid ends this section on Vitamin C with a question, "Why Humans Are Vulnerable to Stress?"  Excellent question.  He admits that 

even this amount [2000-4000 mgs] of Vitamin C may not be enough.

Incredible.  How much then? 

Stress triggers production of adrenal hormones which signals stored sugars and fats to be released into the blood circulation.  Upon passage through the liver, these sugars would then be converted into Vitamin C via an enzymatic process.  This is how Vitamin C is produced today, from corn syrup and enzymes.  In animals that produce their own Vitamin C, the more stress they experience the more Vitamin C their bodies produce.  An animal about the size of a human, such as a 160-pound mountain goat, produces about 13,000 milligrams of Vitamin C per day and more under stress.  [Med Hypotheses 5: 711, 1979]  Vitamin C is an anti-stress vitamin and requirement vary depending upon the level of physical or emotional stress.  A fixed intake level of Vitamin C does not take into consideration varying levels of stress.  

Answer: 2000 mgs 4 times per day.  We do this to make up for a genetic flaw. 

Next, I will review the myths associated with over dosing on vitamins.  Stay tuned.  

Here is his book