If overuse of aspirin during the 1918 Spanish flu was the primary cause of flu-related death as Dr. Karen Starko contends, then modern medicine has missed a large lesson on how to prevent flu-related death – that it was aspirin-induced scurvy that heightened mortality during this worldwide flu pandemic, maybe not the flu itself. If this hypothesis is true, then preventable mortality continues today. Many hundreds of thousands have needlessly succumbed to a vitamin C deficiency induced by self-treatment with aspirin and/or modern medicine’s continued failing to practice nutritional medicine. It is not like vitamin pills could have averted the vitamin C-related deaths then.
Vitamin C had not been discovered till ~1928 by Hungarian researcher Albert Szent-Györgyi and was not commercially available till a few years later. Vitamin C-rich foods like citrus fruits would have had to be relied upon then. But 8 decades later, physicians aren’t routinely screening their flu patients for aspirin use and aren’t advising their patients to take supplemental vitamin C. The facts are clear – a pharmaceutical company widely promoted aspirin pills – a pill that depletes vitamin C from the human body, a pill that prevents blood clots, helps to reduce the risk for heart attacks and gastric cancer, and is a trusted pain reliever, but its biggest drawback is that it depletes vitamin C. This drawback could have deadly consequences.
It is virtually impossible to find an adult multivitamin and mineral supplement that is only 100 percent of the R.D.A.,” Ms. Miller-Kovach said. “All are 150 percent or so. I worry about getting too much and I worry about imbalances. They put in more of the things that are inexpensive, like B vitamins and things with consumer appeal like vitamin C. The formulas are based on market forces, not nutritional needs.” Others decided against taking the pills. Dr. Kava, of the American Council on Science and Health, said she abstained.
I asked my specialist about the pros and cons of limiting carbs to achieve satisfactory BG levels. His response was that by doing this one must havea high proportion (in terms of calories) of proteins and/or fats in one’s diet and that while it is easy to see the result of eating too much carbohydrate in the diet, it is less easy to monitor potential adverse effects from too much fat on the heart and arteries or too much protein on the kidneys. I know that there are those who dispute that posibility and whether one believes in low-carbing or not is akin to a religious argument, which I do not wish to get into. When I get to my target weight I will definitely eat as much carbohydrate as I can tolerate as indicated by my BG meter. If this is a relatively small fraction of my calorie intake and I cannot improve my BG with more exercise to allow me to eat more carbs I will have to make a difficult decision
Some people keep their vitamin tablets in bottles. Some use jars, others packets. I have a suitcase. It isn’t the biggest suitcase you’ll see – there are no wheels, no handle. It’s about the size of a hefty flight-bag, with more compartments than the Orient Express, and it’s one of the best time-savers in my schedule. Instead of twisting the cap off dozens of plastic pots every morning and fiddling to prize one or two tiny pills past the cotton wool wadding, I flick the catches on the cases and there’s my intake of supplements laid out like a feast in a Chinese restaurant.
I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism 3 months ago. With the help of Brian Clement over phone consultation finally was able to go raw successfully and it’s been 3 months now. Was given levothyroxin to take. A month ago tomorrow developed bronchitis with high fever and high pulse. 4 days after this, fever went down and pulse also decreased but has not been normal. Resting pulse is around 84 to 88 usually
After reading this section, you will be shocked at how damaging synthetic vitamins can be to your body! Please take the time to read this entire section. If you do, you will never look at vitamins or your body the same way ever again! After reading this, please contact everyone you know and tell them about the serious effects that can happen when taking processed synthetic vitamins! Working together, we could improve the lives of millions of people! According to Taber’s Medical Dictionary, vitamins are essential for normal metabolism, growth and life of the body.1
