Vitamin C - Clinical Guide (Interesting 4 BB Allergy Theory)

[phixion]

http://www.seanet.com/~alexs/ascorbate/ ... e_1988.htm

There's a lot of interesting reading in that guide.

I was thinking, maybe the whole Allergy theory surrounding BB could be solved with Vitamin C - and maybe that's why some people get BB relief when they take Vitamin C.

I did a quick search and also found this snippet from elsewhere:

"Vitamin C is very important to a healthy diet and one becomes particularly susceptible to allergens when your body doesn't have enough Vitamin C. Vitamin C decreases the permeability of cells. It has a powerful anti-histamine action and detoxifies foreign substances entering the body. Typical dosages can be up to 1,000 milligrams of vitamin C with Bioflavonoids three times a day."

Maybe this is why Oceanside (hope I got his name right) only got BB relief once he upped his dosage to 4000 (1000mg 4 times/day).

Just throwing it out there as a possibility as to why Vitamin C is providing BB relief for some.

Pete

[Larc400]

So if Vit C itself can be of help, it shouldn't be necessary to use those chewable versions which seem to have a negative effect on teeth enamel etc. Did anyone here notice any positive effect using Vit C in the normal way -- ie by swallowing the pills / powder straight away?

[phixion]

So if Vit C itself can be of help, it shouldn't be necessary to use those chewable versions which seem to have a negative effect on teeth enamel etc. Did anyone here notice any positive effect using Vit C in the normal way -- ie by swallowing the pills / powder straight away?

Aye, that's what I'm thinking. It seems Oceanside didn't really want to investigate and was just happy he was cured.

One thing I don't understand is though: Why it would even need to be sugarless because we consume sugar in our diets anyway... so even if it was only the sugar-free worked, technically it should stop working as soon as we consumed sugar.... there's something not quite right about all this.

If Vitamin C works...

It shouldn't have to be sugar free.
It shouldn't have to be a chewy tablet only.

Pure Vitamin C powder in water (or even INJECTED) should do it, otherwise it's just because of a reaction in the mouth which has little if anything to do with Vitamin C.

Pete

[Larc400]

...but how do we find out...?

The chewable Vit C could work thanks to:

- decreasing oral pH, which leads to a less desirable environment for the anaerobic bac.

or

- increasing saliva flow

or

- the Vitamin C itself having some biochemical effect.


So we need someone for whom Vitamin C has worked to try taking Vitamin C powder or normal pills instead of the chewable, to see if that has the same effect. Who else than Oceanside has had definite success with this Vit C tactic

[Jimi Stein]

VItamin C is highly acidic and that is why it also kills bacteria in our mouth, but it also treats infections, remember the stories when sailors did not ingest any fruit and their teeth feel out because of scorbut - their gums were inflamed.

So Vit C is against the infection. I get a relief when taking Vit C and at the same time a multivitamin.

[zigzag]

I was also wondering, if just eating the tablet form of Vitamin C will help. Cause I tried chewable vitamin C and it actually made my teeth so sensitive, I had to visit a dentist. So I stopped it. I am going to start taking high doses of tablet Vitamin C and see if I get the same results. has someone else tried this ?

[emotional rescue]

jimi and zigzag,

how much relief do you had with the vit c??

[Larc400]

VItamin C is highly acidic and that is why it also kills bacteria in our mouth, but it also treats infections, remember the stories when sailors did not ingest any fruit and their teeth feel out because of scorbut - their gums were inflamed.

So Vit C is against the infection. I get a relief when taking Vit C and at the same time a multivitamin.

Yeah, that Sailor Disease (scurvy) happened because Vitamin C is necessary to build collagen, which is a protein that stabilizes tissue. Lack of Vitamin C leads to fragile connective tissue and is first seen around the teeth but prolonged deficiency affects all body tissues, as collagen is our most important building block protein. On the other hand, the acidity (?) of those chewable pills may cause teeth to fall out just like the sailors'???

[hungrygirl]

So if Vit C itself can be of help, it shouldn't be necessary to use those chewable versions which seem to have a negative effect on teeth enamel etc. Did anyone here notice any positive effect using Vit C in the normal way -- ie by swallowing the pills / powder straight away?

I have, its all on the vit c thread, read my posts.