Wouldn’t it be nice if a vitamin could replace exercise?


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Vitamin C is Amazing
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According to a presentation this month at the 14th International Conference of the American Physiological Society, vitamin C may have benefits for the heart that are similar to that of regular exercise…at least for overweight folks.

Overweight and obese adults, have increased circulating amounts of a protein, endothelin (ET)-1, that constricts small blood vessels. That makes the vessels less responsive to the demands of blood flow which in turn increases the risk of developing vascular disease. Exercise has been shown to reduce ET-1 activity. A brand new study, conducted at the University of Colorado, Boulder, found that daily supplements of time-released vitamin C (500 mg/day) reduced ET-1-related vessel constriction as much as walking for exercise.

Those at risk for heart disease are advised to exercise, but about half do not. To me even if we are not overweight, it seems prudent to do both–exercise and take vitamin C. The study used a timed-release vitamin tablet but taking C twice a day is another option. Sitting in a far infrared sauna has also been compared to exercise. (Check out our FIR sauna raffle.)

Vitamin C was discovered as a result of curing scurvy, a disease that killed early sailors who lacked vitamin C in their limited food rations. But, as it turns out, scurvy isn’t a simple on/off switch (i.e. you have it or don’t) but rather a continuum with subtle signs along the way as deficiency increases.

Nutrition expert Bill Sardi discussed possible implications for dietary supplements due to a recent Supreme Court ruling on free speech. (As you may know, no matter how much research there is, federal regulations prevent nutritional supplements from saying if they have a benefit to prevent or cure diseases of any kind.) Mr. Sardi explained how bizarre the situation is: “Currently the FDA regulations mandate each brand of vitamin C must undergo human clinical trials [costing hundreds of millions of dollars] to prove they address the many symptoms of scurvy such as skin bruising, bleeding gums, weak capillaries, irritability, shortness of breath, joint pain, poor wound healing, inflammation of the tongue, curly brittle hair, loose teeth, loss of appetite, pinpoint red skin hemorrhages (petechiae), fatigue, eye hemorrhage (conjunctiva), etc.  Then, even if such studies are conducted, that vitamin C pill will be absurdly designated as a drug!”

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Last Week Follow-up

LISTEN to that show in the archives. 

One of our favorite guests, Certified Nutritionist Tim Mount (also an educator for NeoCell) joined us for the whole show. We discussed moisturizing skin from the inside with NeoCell’s new product, Glow Matrix which Tim said might also be good for white spots on the skin. He suggested doubling the dose for the first week to see fast results. In response to a listener call, we also discussed dealing with yeast overgrowth. Tim reminded me after the show that Bee Propolis is good for yeast control.