New Evidence That Intravenous Vitamin C Effectively Fights Cancer
I won’t lie to you – it was somewhat startling.
For several years now I’ve been telling you about advances in research of intravenous ascorbic acid (IAA) to treat cancer. And while we’ve see a growing acceptance of the idea that vitamin C effectively kills some types of cancer cells, I really wasn’t prepared for a sudden flurry of headlines like these:
- “Vitamin C Shows Promise as Cancer Treatment” – Washington Post
- “Vitamin C May be Useful to Treat Cancer After All” – Reuters
- “Final Proof of a Theory” – Daily Record
“Final proof” may be overstating the results of a mouse study. But for whatever reason, this mouse study roared.
Poisoning the bad, sparing the good
The new study was led by Dr. Mark Levine, a National Institutes of Health researcher. NIH also funded the study.
Dr. Levine and his team implanted mice with three types of cancer cells: brain, pancreatic, and ovarian. All three are very aggressive cancers. In mice treated with IAA, cancer cell growth was about half that of mice who weren’t treated.
A HealthDay News report about the study called this “an unexpected use for vitamin C.”
Sure – completely unexpected if you’ve completely ignored existing research such as a 2005 study I told you about in the e-Alert “Cold Case” (9/22/05).
In that study (also led by Dr. Levine) 10 types of cancer cells and four types of normal cells were exposed to high vitamin C levels that could easily be reached intravenously. In five of the cancer cell types, about half of the cells were either killed or apoptosis (cell “suicide”) occurred. Also, C exposure nearly completely halted the growth of surviving cells.
Remarkably, no damage was done to the normal cells tested.
Levine and his NIH team theorized that the high concentration of C prompted the formation of hydrogen peroxide (HP), which is known to kill cells. In this case the healthy cells may have repaired HP damage, but the cancer cells were defenseless.
Spreading the word
The Press Association summation of the Levine study noted that human trials of IAA are needed “before any thought can be given to using injected vitamin C to fight cancer.”
Those trials are now underway, but I’m pretty sure at least one Pennsylvania patient would strongly disagree about waiting before giving any thought to this therapy.
NBC’s Philadelphia affiliate covered the Levine study by featuring a local doctor – Scott Greenberg, M.D. – and one of the many cancer patients he’s successfully treated with IAA.
At age 59, Arlindo Olivera’s doctors told him that his treatment options had run out. His lung cancer had spread to his brain and his condition was considered hopeless. That’s when Olivera began IAA treatment with Dr. Greenberg. One year later, Olivera is cancer-free.
And Mr. Olivera’s story is not unique. You can find descriptions of several successful IAA case studies in these e-Alerts:
“Just Getting Started” (4/11/06)
“Diamonds in the Rough” (7/3/06)
And you can find tips about locating a practitioner who administers IAA therapy in the e-Alert “Calling Out Around the World” (10/24/06).
I hope you’ll share this with your family and friends. Please help us get the word out that there are promising natural alternatives to chemotherapy and radiation therapy.
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Jenny Thompson works with the team at Health Sciences Institute to uncover important health information and expose ridiculous health misinformation, most notably through the HSI e-Alert. Visit http://www.hsibaltimore.com/ to sign up for the free HSI e-Alert.
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David Zupanc
does intravenous ascorbic acid treat Multiple Myeloma successfully?
My father has been diagnosed recently with Multiple Myeloma, with a cancerious count of 60%, as i understand it. only 18 months abo he had 10% and didnt tell anyone!.
Will Oxygen Elements Max help with his condition?
As we in Australia is there any way we can get into contact with specialists that understand natural alternatives to cancer treatment.
My father is on a corse of Thalidomide i dont know what dossage it is but i know any of these treatments is bad for the body, how can it repair itself when it gets bombarded with extra toxins?
Paula Margetson
There is a great new film out called FOODMATTERS which may help provide you with some answers. It is available to view online or to buy at www.foodmatters.tv (excellent).
Also you may be able to get some help in finding medical practitioners and advice by contacting Phillip Day via www.credence.org. Phillip will be touring Australia shortly so look for his talks schedule on the website and get to hear him if you can.
Also worth checking is www.canceractive.com for valuable information on both CAM and conventional treatments
Hope this helps. Good luck with everything
Mr. Vinnie Apicella
I am a big believer in alternative treatments as opposed to conventional chemo, after having witnessed both my parents succumb to cancer years ago, and now my friend's father is suffering with Stage 4 and undergoing yet another kind of chemo that in and of itself, will probably do him in if the cancer doesn't. So what I'd like to throw out here is does anyone think this Vitamin C treatment is an option at this point? What about this Selenium treatment that I read about from this Dr. Campbell Douglass that I've seen in the newsletters? I'm just basically trying to pull out all the stops and find any alternative therapies out there that could offer even a glimmer of hope. At this point, what is there to lose?
I will also check the canceractive.com site and see what turns up. Any related info and feedback is greatly appreciated!
Vinnie.
Nancy Parker
Dr. Wright reported that adding vitamin K to C boosted the cancer-fighting effectiveness dramatically, to the point where you might be able to do something with oral doses (very frequent) Go to the Nutrition and Healing website, I can't lay my hands on the issue at the moment.
Nancy Parker
Also don't overlook graviola as a natural cancer fighter, you can order it online
Bob Stone
We try many different vitamins and supplements so far my wife is holding her own. She does or is using chemo. We are waiting for the results of 25 hydroxy tests to see what the D3 levels are. She is also using essiac and graviola. So far here blood counts are good. Anyway anymore info is always welcomed. thank you
Ms Hanneke Krynen
I am new to this forum. I would like to learn all and everything about graviola and its application for cancer. Could some refer me on to a good place where I can learn about this and what a graviola protocol would look like? Is it available on line? where would be the best place to order it from?
Thank you so much in advance
Mr. Haukur Antonsson
You say that 3 cigars a day is OK.
If I smoke cigars it always leads to cigarettes
and that is not OK.
Anonymous
My sister-in-law has metastic breast cancer. It is now in the liver and she has reached the stage of muscle wasting. Is it to late for her to try something natural at this point? I have been searching for quite sometime now and she seems to be afraid to try something because her doctor's tell her no, that it would be to harmful for her.
Dr. Gayle
Not only is IV C helpful and effective for cancers it is also refractive for Hep C. It can do wonders for Diabetes and many other health concerns. This approach has been around for many years and has been used by many foreward thinking MDs to the chagrin of mainstream medicine.
There is an oral high dose C regimen that many of my cleints have used although it provides about half the dose if the IV therapy.
IV therapy is not considered a naturopathic treatment although many of the newer type of hybrid NDs are doing this work.
In any approach to cancer which has been known for half a century or more to mainly be a nutritional deficiency problem, detoxification between treatemnts is very important to reduce chances of the toxic overload usually co-creating failure of mainstream therapies.
High Dose C is very helpful to stave off this ridiculous "flu pandemic" as is vitamin D3.
I agree with Dr. Wright about the immune enhancing support provided by vitamin K.
I would also add that it is never too late to try a non-mainstream therapy as long as you do the research and find a qualified person who has a good footing in the work. Most mainstream MDs are worried about losing their license if they do anything outside "accepted" standard of care.
There is aquite a llot of information on my home domain, http://www.leaflady.org
JamesB
Hi Folks,
Dr Levy at Livonlabs.com claims that IV vitamin C is very effective in curing many different diseases. He is mostly an infectious disease specialist, but has quite a bit of experience with administering IV Vitamin C.
He claims that he has found (or discovered, I'm not sure) a new form of oral Vitamin C which absorbs as well as IV Vitamin C. Its called Lypo-Spheric Vitamin C. The Vitamin C is encased in a human nutrient (phospholipid) which hides it from the digestive system. The phopholipid particles are transported all the way to human cells where the Vitamin C is released.
I've taken some, and it appears to be completely safe, but I haven't had any sever diseases to treat, so I don't know of any effectiveness. I've been waiting for Dr Wright or someone on this site to discuss this possible breakthrough. This new Vitamin C is expensive, but it is cheaper per gram than an IV.
James
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