Re: Comment re: Vitamin C Antagonizes the Cytotoxic Effects of Chemotherapy.
I remember the big splash on this last October. my mom was hospitalized and I was just about body blocking the Onco floor nurses who were coming around with C supps.
The newer article reminds me of what a naturopath told us last November. it matches up with the quote from above:
"Because meaningful differences exist in regard to chemistry, bioavailability, and metabolism, it may be imprudent to connect data gathered with dehydroascorbic acid to vitamin C (ascorbate) and oral supplements. Numerous randomized human clinical trials have not shown decreased chemotherapeutic efficacy with dietary supplement usage, including vitamin C "
Not sure it's it's a pill vs food issue here. Sounds like Heaney may have used an unsuitable analog in questionable research. Shouldn't this be settled by now? Has there been other studies with the more typical form of C supp?
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