"Kathleen" wrote in message
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> In the large doses advocated in that book and others like it, vitamin C
> has a weak antihistamine effect. It's also tough on the GI tract. When
> I'm all goobered up with a cold I'd just as soon take a dose of an really
> effective antihistamine and skip the diarrhea and heartburn. YMMV.
Those effects are the unfortunate result of having to ingest the ascorbic
acid orally, and it is especially bad if you take too much at once, and use
the less expensive simple formulas that dissolve instantly. The time
release types are more gentle and more effective, but more costly. It would
probably be much more effective and easier to tolerate if it could be
delivered intravenously, or into the blood system by means of something
like a patch. But antihistamines are just symptomatic relief, while
ascorbic acid actually helps the body's immune system to heal itself. Too
much of today's medicine is devoted to pain relief, stopping inflammation,
reducing stomach acids, and other symptoms, rather than attending to the
real problem, which is mostly poor nutrition, insufficient exercise,
excessive stress, and negative mental attitude. I'm certainly not a fanatic
like my friend (who loaned me the book), but many problems are caused by
what we put into our bodies (or choose not to), and our lifestyle.
Paul and Muttley
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