Article: Got Vitamin C? National Panel Increases Vitamin C Requirements; Emphasizes Food As Source Vitamin C Backgrounder from Hood.

Article: ANOTHER LOOK AT VITAMIN C THOUGH NOT A CURE-ALL, ANTIOXIDANT STILL HELPS OVERALL HEALTH.(U)(Statistical Data Included)
Daily News (Los Angeles, CA);  November 24, 2003 ;     700+ words ......you'll find vitamin C supplements...starting at 250 milligrams, already more...allowance of 75 milligrams for women and 90 milligrams for men. Vitamin C also is...over 1,000 milligrams - the vast...effects. Since vitamin C is water-solub...

Article: FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH JUST A VITAMIN AWAY
Post-Tribune (IN);  January 12, 1993 ;     318 words ......orange juice, which has about 100 milligrams of vitamin C. Kirschner, owner of Nature...that men who take a few hundred milligrams of vitamin C daily live about six years longer...vitamins contain about 50 to 60 milligrams of vitamin C.

Article: Major study recommends tripling RDA for vitamin C. (recommended dietary allowance)
Environmental Nutrition;  June 1, 1996 ;     522 words ......people. The men were fed a vitamin C-deficient diet for the...stores, they were given vitamin C sequentially in seven...200, 400, 1,000 and 2,500 milligrams, divided into twice-daily...nearly saturated; at 1,000 milligrams it was fully saturated...highest dose. At 1,000 milligrams, there ...

Article: VITAMIN E FAILS AS MAGIC BULLET
The Boston Globe;  November 23, 2004 ;     700+ words ......000, even 2,000 milligrams of vitamin E, dozens of times...dose of roughly 400 milligrams or more of the vitamin. But, he pointed...own research using vitamin E and found no adverse...doses as high as 800 milligrams. In a study published...

Article: C-ING IS BELIEVING VITAMIN C TAKES A BITE OUT OF COLD AND FLU SYMPTOMS.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  October 30, 2001 ;     296 words ......Dietary Allowance for vitamin C is 75 milligrams for women and 90 milligrams...medium orange contains 66 milligrams of vitamin C, a half cup of brussels...tomato juice contains 30 milligrams. Fruits and vegetables rich in vitamin C include cauliflower...

Article: Vitamin C: still key for immunity, cancer, heart disease, eye health.
Environmental Nutrition;  March 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......large doses (2,000 milligrams a day) of vitamin C can reduce the...Getting at least 220 milligrams of vitamin C a day was more...between 150 and 250 milligrams a day. In combination...other nutrients, vitamin C has also shown...

Article: Vitamin C won't prevent you from catching a cold
The Hindustan Times;  July 18, 2007 ;     308 words ......daily doses of at least 200 milligrams of Vitamin C. The review, according...encouraged people to take 1,000 milligrams of the vitamin daily. The current recommended...orange juice has about 97 milligrams of vitamin C. Despite the fact that...

Article: Fight Fat, Improve Health With Vitamin C
The Culvert Chronicles;  November 22, 2007 ;     623 words ......about two-thirds of daily vitamin C needs. The intervention group then increased its vitamin C intake by 500 milligrams a day. Four weeks later...Why? Scientists point to vitamin C's role in the manufacture...Fortunately, meeting the DRI for vitamin C (75 milligrams to 90 ...

Article: Researchers Are Taking a Fresh Look at Vitamin C
The Washington Post;  July 30, 1991 ;     697 words ......One problem in studying vitamin C is the lack of agreement...an effective dose. The vitamin plays a crucial role throughout...recommended daily allowance - 60 milligrams for most adults - saying...would be about 200 to 300 milligrams. Pauling goes much further, advocating at least 2,000 ...

Article: NATURE IS BEST FOR VITAMIN C.(FLAVOR)
The Virginian Pilot;  April 22, 1998 ;     433 words ......has shown that 500 milligrams of vitamin C a day could damage...That's a whopping 18,000 milligrams! The term `vitamin' was coined in 1911...Allowance is currently 60 milligrams, slightly more than the amount of vitamin C contained in one...

Article: Vitamin C Causes Cancer?? Not So Fast...
Environmental Nutrition;  August 1, 2001 ;     402 words ......upper limit for vitamin C at 10 times that-2,000 milligrams. So, is the new...research shows that vitamin C taken in amounts greater than 500 milligrams is not well absorbed...advice to get 200 milligrams of vitamin C from foods. We...

Article: Vitamin C promises to fight cancer as well as runny noses.
Environmental Nutrition;  May 1, 1992 ;     700+ words ......found that 1,000 milligrams a day of supplemental vitamin C significantly...had been taking vitamin C supplements for 3 1/2 weeks (500 milligrams, 4 times a day...viruses. He found the vitamin C didn't prevent...sufferers. Two thousand milligrams a day is far beyond...at's available ...

Article: New news on vitamin C.
Monterey County Herald (Monterey, CA);  September 2, 2005 ;     543 words ......a daily supplement of 500 milligrams vitamin C. In just two weeks, the...need? Children need 15-65 milligrams of vitamin C a day, depending on age...we get it? Good sources of vitamin C (in milligrams) include: 1 red or yellow...

Article: Vitamin C may help during stress
Chicago Sun-Times;  September 26, 1999 ;     395 words ......orange juice, 50 milligrams. A study released...suggests that more vitamin C might help when...Campbell said 100 milligrams of vitamin C twice a day reduced...dietary allowance of vitamin C be increased to 100-200 milligrams daily. In the April...