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Article: Ascorbic acid, glucose, & the immune system.(Shorts)
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- Townsend Letter: The Examiner of Alternative Medicine
- Article date:
- December 1, 2006
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Back in 1942, Cowan, Diehl, and Baker reported, in the Journal of the American Medical Association, that 200 mg/day of vitamin C (ascorbic acid) reduced the severity and the incidence of head colds among a group of college students. At the time, the nutritional guidelines recommended just 30 mg/day to prevent scurvy, the only condition ascribed to vitamin C deficiency. Since then, researchers have learned much about ascorbic acid's immune, enzymatic, antioxidant, and regulatory functions. One factor has particular significance for clinicians, researchers, and consumers who want to use ascorbic acid to boost the immune system: glucose and ascorbic acid compete with one ...