Article: The Linus Pauling - Mayo Clinic controversy involving vitamin C and cancer tests.

Several vitamins and minerals called antioxidants protect the body against a form of cellular damage linked with cancer. Each of these vitamin and mineral antioxidants, including vitamin C, appears to provide some protection against cancer. Vitamin C is also known to protect animals from cancer.(1)(3) It is now relatively well accepted that vitamin C protects humans from stomach cancer.(4)(6) Many researchers believe other cancer risks are also reduced by higher-than-normal vitamin C intake.(7)

Vitamin C affects the immune system, which must be functioning well to combat cancer. White blood cells (WBCs), the immune system's primary fighting force, contain the ...

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