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Article: FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH JUST A VITAMIN AWAY
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- Post-Tribune (IN)
- Article date:
- January 12, 1993
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VITAMIN C
Ira Kirschner doesn't get sick.
Hasn't gotten sick in years.
The secret? Vitamin C, he says.
Not just, say, your daily 8-ounce glass of orange juice, which has about 100 milligrams of vitamin C. Kirschner, owner of Nature's Organic Warehouse in Woodland Hills, takes 3,000 milligrams a day.
So the UCLA study last year that says vitamin C prolongs life was no surprise to him.
"It's old news to most of us," said Kirschner.
Some local vitamin and health-food stores report that people who heard about the study are clearing their shelves of vitamin C, which usually moves quickly anyway.
The study suggests that men who ...