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DR brad keep doing you and giving outside perspective around all these, because god knows this is all confusing. and well you are doctor , but even then even if you are a doctor medicine is soooooooooooooo complex and now even more.
The mammals that produce Vitamin C from simple glucose produce Vitamin C in their tissues at the rate of 8,000-10,000mgs./day (adjusted equivalent for humans) I believe do so and Not to go beyond tissue saturation. So how to explain humans achieving tissue saturation at so much lower levels ?? Something doesn't quite compute. Something doesn't quite jive. No matter. Dr. Stanfield comfortably accepts the results.
@Ernesto Mieses It doesn't have to be confusing. Read the book by Dr. Thomas Levy "Curing the Incurable" That should open your eyes, it may even put tears in them as Dr. Levy's and mine.
Linus Pauling died at the age of 93 of prostate cancer. He attributes his long life to the consumption of Large Doses of vitamin Vit. C Not the amount of Vit. C that is mentioned in this blog. I am 77 years old and I've been taking at least 3 gms of Vitamin C daily. 1 gm of ester C at lunch and at supper and 1 gm of liposomal Vit.C before going to bed. Linus Pauling has been a Nobel Laureate for chemistry and was almost close to being successful in discovering the DNA structure. So I am sticking to his advice. I think for most of us, trying to reach the age of 90 is not smooth sailing, a fatal illness or a fatal accident is a possibility for everyone. From what I've read so far those those who lived past 100 never thought or even planed to live past 100. Genes and luck are probably as important as exercise, good diet and a healthy lifestyle.
@@DirtyDemon917 Yes, it is Vitamin C. Linus Pauling only took ascorbic acid. He explained why in his 1986 book "How to Live Longer and Feel Better". In that book he explained his reasoning behind taking the various supplements he did. Some of the important Vitamin C research that has come after Pauling died has been from the Linus Pauling Institute (at the University of Oregon State). Some of it contradicts his findings, they make a case for why large doses are not beneficial.
In experiments with mice vutamin C also prolonged their lives quiet significantly. The earlier treatment started the better was the effect. And it seems that vit C is less potent to promote cancer growth than many other antioxidants in high doses (vit. E, NAC, and others)
My father lived to the ripe old age of 91 on what most people would consider a terrible diet: lots of sugar with every meal, a diet of bread and jam, lots of high carbohydrate processed foods, and he never took vitamin C or any other vitamins. So should we praise sugar and all the other junk he ate as promoting longevity? Yet that is what you are doing with vitamin C.
nutrients are not drugs. Just giving vitamin c is dumb and worthless. People in these studies should be given every single vitamin, mineral, amino acid and essential fatty acid known to man then be observed. Doing one single nutrient is wothless and these studies will always be bad due to this. They always just do a single , synthetic low dose vitamin in studies. then say it doesnt work , then push big pharma drugs. It's obvious. Dumb on purpose. Deceptive destruction of truth vitatlity. My life was saved by God with natural medicine and nutrition. Multivitamin, fish oil, extra zinc , copper , B1 BENFOTIAMINE FOR STRESS, b3 niacinamide, collagen, electrolytes, vitamin c, etc... My entire life is changing. Almost died last year. Mold, gut infections, lyme, Sibo, Candida, Severe nutrient deficiencies, and skin and bones. Now I am healing. Thank you God.
Vitamin C helped me get off opiates. Mega dosing Vit C reduced withdrawal pain by more than half. I don't think I could have done it without Vit C. Perhaps I was deficient, but there is no denying that it was a major factor in my recovery.
@@Rockster1989 There are no other variables. That's the only thing i changed in my routine. I am 35 years old and was really starting to lose elasticity in my skin. I take 1000 mg of vitamin c everyday and apply vitamin c serum on my face every night
In all of these studies very little amount of vitamin C was used. I do not care what they have found out. When I have a fever, I take about 10-15 grams of vitamin C and thereafter I keep taking more vitamin C until I reach my bowl tolerance. Whithin few hours I feel far better. My bowl tolerance of vitamin C is considerably lower when I am not sick. If I do not take vitamin C when I have a fever, it lasts much longer. I take about 3 grams of vitamin C before I sleep, it makes me sleep much less and when I wake up, I am very energetic and well rested. I have tried many times not taking vitamin C before bed and everytime I have done so, I have slept at least 2 hours longer and do not feel as rested and energetic when I wake up. The amounts of vitamin C used in these studies is very insignificant and the results are not statistically significant. I encourage people to experiment with hight doses of vitamin C and see for themselves how effective HIGH DOSES of vitamin C really is. It is a water soluble vitamin, therefore, you will not harm yourself when take hight does.
I just looked him up you can too,, he is not a real doctor he has is actually at the level of nurse practitioner in New Zealand. so I'm not sure why he calls him self Dr. bc he doesn't have a PhD either lol.
Studies can also be false. Look at current events. I agree individual tolerances matter bigly. And so does your detox genome. If dirty, it must be cleaned or disease takes hold based on your genome vulnerability. (Dirty Genes book) A clean diet means a clean detox pathway, unless yours is near or perfect... than you are much stronger in constitution than the average person. Only 3% of humanity has a perfect detox genome...
I’m a Veterinarian so I understand a few things. My 3 year old daughter would get sick every 2 or 3 months, sore throat, cough then bronchitis and fever. Her doctor would give antibiotics and other medicines and a week latter she would be ok until the next episode, and the next etc etc. I tried homeopathic treatment, did not work, then herbal treatments, did not work. Last resort was 125 mg a day of vitamin C divided in 2 doses. SHE NEVER GOT SICK AGAIN. When she was 5 years old I doubled the dose, and at 10 years of age she was taking 1 gram. She’s now 20, still takes a gram a day and never got sick again. I have recommended this protocol to many parents that had the same or similar problems with their kids with the same results. We all use vitamin C in my home. The secret is to take it every day. Never miss a dose.
I started taking large doses of vit C many years ago..I am 71..NO vaccines live in a city environment and have not had a cold in15 years..Yes I am a health nut but was not when I started with the C..and C serum and tretinoin..have my skin almost no lines and little sag..I did go to school for holistic health and I love your channel it makes me think..But I will never give up my C..
Vitamin C isn't the problem, but isolating ascorbic acid from an entire vitamin c complex is the problem. If you want vitamin C, eat foods that have the entire complex because taking ascorbic acid in a supplement is just shortening your life and isn't 'true vitamin C'
No it isn't. Taking a gram of vitamin C per day, I have not had a cold nor flu since 2004. At 73, I am not plagued by age-related maladies. Vitamin C is a structural component of collagen, so the optimal daily dose is much greater than the recommended 90 mg.
Some of his coverage is misleading. Resveratrol, for example, has a whole host of health benefits. All he did was explain that it isn’t a sirtuin activator for specifically longevity. But it has many anti-inflammatory and protective evidence from countless other studies.
hopefully you are saving a lot of money :-) Diet, exercise, sleep, life purpose, meditation, socializing are the crucial aspects of health. Supplements such as creatine, collagen peptides, hyaluronic acid offer further benefits
I have taken V. C more than 6g every day last 7years. The following symtoms gone gratefully. 1. Gum ulcers and bleeding 2. Tiredness 3. Cold and flu 4. Frackles on the face I am often told that I have a healthy complexion. So why not?
Funny thing, started taking Vitamin C back in 1985 or so, figuring that if it worked against colds for Linus Pauling (‘member him), maybe it’d work for me. It did. I’ve never had a side effect from it, nor a COLD, since. Used to have two or three nasty ones every winter; so think I’ll keep “waistline my money,” whatever your “science”, Doc.
@@johnbowden3537 No, nothing whatever. But then, four years ago we rushed off to NL for a funeral without my Vits. There we all embraced an old family friend who, unknown to us, had caught COVID at the local Tilburg Carnival. Ja, we got it too, a mild cold in my case (first in many, many years). So, then back home and to Vit C, and no more sickness of any kind. No, it proves nothing, but think I’ll keep taking my Vitamin C, plus D3.
Ascorbic acid reversed gastric metalpasias in 4 Chinese studies. I took it for 2 months and it eliminated all my metaplasias. Gastric cancer runs on one side of my family, I will keep taking it. The metaplasias never came back on further EGD testing over 12 years so far. That is cheap prevention of an awful disease.
I started taking high levels (2000mg x4 per day= 8000mg total) to prevent C19. This was listening to docs in China and India before C19 lockdowns started in the UK (March 2020). At the same time, I had major issues with my knees. My right knee was the worst. I couldn't run, instead of a straight line I would curve to the right, my knee would buckle, and I would collapse on the floor in pain. If I knock the inside of my leg a shooting pain would go up my leg and the pain would last awhile. $-6 weeks of taking vitamin C my knees got better. After 8-10 months my knees went back to normal. If I stop taking vitamin C for awhile the pain starts to come back. I also noticed an improvement with backpain. I am now a firm believer in vitamin C. Currently, take 4000mg x 2-4 per day. Every 4-6 hours. Noticed a slight improvement with the cold, but not a lot. Vitamin D seemed to have a major impact on that though.
Amazing! The dosage in the trial mentioned in the video in a measly 120 mg of Vit C in the form of ascorbic acid. This dosage is way too low to have any significant effects.
For bones one of the best things you could do is to be on K2-MK7 and D3 as K2 puts calcium in your bones and teeth not mention pulling calcium out of the soft tissues. My dental health is unbelievable as well. Another interesting thing is how K2-MK7 kills about 95% of the bad bacteria in your mouth a source of heart disease which I'm fighting and winning. I'm on a high dose of K2-MK7 a good read on K2-MK7 is the book "The Calcium Paradox"
You should be on vitamin K2-MK7 and D3 their the real workhorse of bones and joints. I would suggest 6-1200 mcg of K2-MK7 from Nutrizing. K2-MK7 pulls out calcium from the joints and soft tissues.
@@HiepPhuong_ca I'm not buying Brad here on this. Check out Dr. Thomas Levy's book "Curing the Incurable " Dr Levy is one of the world's leading authorities on Vitamin C. As he points out there are many sources of oxalate.
The first thing that is depleted in the body after a heart attack Is ? Wait for it ? Vitamin C Why ? The body sends all the Vitamin C to help with repair
Look at the studies what happens on animals with injuries. When they’re injured they produces more vitamin C than before they got injured. So why should not we eat some more vitamin c if we have an injury..?
Would love to see you respond specifically to Rhonda Patrick's Vitamin C review. I think there were some important takeaways that were not addressed in this video. Athletic performance and mitochondrial health being one of them.
Unfortunately, Vitamin C supplements likely worsens athletic performance: "Research findings: Do not directly improve performance; appear to hinder some physiological and physical exercise-induced adaptations" ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/ExerciseAndAthleticPerformance-HealthProfessional/ When you exercise, you cause an inflammatory and oxidative state which is a good thing in the short term. It signals to the body that it needs to adapt and become more efficient. If you can anti-oxidants such as vitamin C supplements during or after a workout, you interfere with that response and blunt it, thereby blunting the positive effects of exercise...
@@DrBradStanfield Thank you very much for your reply. I apologize, please let me clarify - I was specifically talking about increased fatty acid oxidation to produce ATP (as can only happen in the mitochondria). Vitamin C is essential for the synthesis of carnitine which is required to shuttle most fatty acids into the mitochondria for beta oxidation. Further evidence for increased fatty acid oxidation comes from mouse models wherein supplemented mice also exhibited increased levels of PPAR-alpha, a protein that regulates fat metabolism by increasing uptake and utilization. In my attempts to maximize my mitochondrial number, size, and efficiency, I want to give my body its best chance for positive adaptation in addition to lots of zone 2 exercise. Patrick also addresses the studies reporting blunted effects from exercise. I greatly appreciate all you do for scientific communication. I am not trying to be confrontational, but just want to ensure we're all considering all the evidence.
Absolutely John, I enjoy these types of conversations. The concern I have is that for basically every supplement, one can do some mechanistic reasoning based on cell or mice data that sounds convincing. In my view, what matters is the human clinical studies that investigate firm endpoints. So far when looking at cancer, diabetes, weight loss, cardiovascular disease, liver, etc there are no benefits from Vitamin C supplements. We also have concerning data as outlined above about blunting the positive effects of exercise. My overall point is that there's no strong evidence of benefit, we get plenty from out diet, so why use money to buy vitamin C supplements?
@@DrBradStanfield Lowest all cause mortality was found around 80 micromolars circulating blood level of vitamin c based upon a meta analysis of 8 studies according to Dr. Lustgarten. Dr. Lustgarten further stated that at least one study suggested that 1000mg of vitamin c per day was typically needed to reach 80 micromolar. That's way higher than the RDA. That's achievable through food, but it's not all that easy to get there. Now it could be that people that have high circulating vit c are doing other things that are causing them to live longer and it may not be the vitamin c itself. th-cam.com/video/MNcfDzhXuRw/w-d-xo.html
With all my respect… I started doing the exact opposite to what dr. Brad is saying. Because all what he is doing is reading through literature that are biased most of the time and are funded by big pharma. I’m sure he cannot talk about VAX adverse reactions that are already known and documented. I’m sure he cannot talk about CDS “chlorine dioxide solution” regardless of the research done on the effectiveness of CDS on many diseases and longevity. I’ll continue talking high does of vit. C because it helped me a lot.
Sorry, doctor, it's impossible to believe that I've just imagined the effect of vitamin C for so many years. I live in Northern New England in the US, pretty bad winters, colds and flu everywhere you look. I megadose vitamin C at the first sign of sickness and literally 99% of the time it kills the budding illness. For many years I've done this. Before I started megadosing C, I was about average in getting sick, now I go for a year or two between colds.
I also watch a BBC documentary that suggests that the antioxidant effect simply does not exist and there's no reason to take antioxidants. There is still reason to take multiple vitamins, vitamin C vitamin E, etc for the particular benefit that they provide, but do not take it because they have an antioxidant effect, it doesn't work.
@Random Guy nope, just got it for a friend and me, took 4500g a day for a week, some amazing things happened, we were field workers st the time, we weren't as tired, we could extend our work time for an hour or 2 and didn't feel like slowing down, but we weren't feeling amazing. Just normal, and didn't realize we were still going.
@@andredias7103 you mean BBC not bcc lol, actually they were interviewing a guy doing his own research, he came pretty good showing anti oxidants do not protect against oxidative stress. He dealt directly with antioxidant researchers, who were shocked by their own results., Then they pulled the video from the net, citing it will affect the antioxidant industry.
The number one rule of vitamin C is if it didn't make a difference you're not using enough. Using too little Vitamin C in a trail is the dumbest mistake people make.
Dr Thomas E Levy has a great book called Curing The Incurable: Vitamin C, Infectious Diseases and Toxins. It contains 1,200 scientific references on how vitamin c can help many diseases. It is an awesome book, the information in it is so valuable.
I love my Vitamin C serum. It is really expensive but helps my skin look firmer and clearer. I have also been taking a vitamin c supplement twice a day (1000 mgs 2x) for years. I thinks it helps with overall immunity.
@Random Guy it can and that is why I log all my colds when taking C for 5 years now and my colds are 41% less and last 1 to 2 days less when I do get one. I doubt a placebo effect explains that.
I could not agree with you more! I left a comment that reflects your experience. i have been using a 20% serum (which also has Hyaluronic Acid) for over 6 years and the results have been amazing! I call it my 'facelift in a bottle'.
I don't take vitamin C supplements, but I do use a vitamin C serum daily, which has helped get rid of my hyperpigmentation, giving my skin a more even and glowing complexion. It's also reported that a stabilised vitamin C serum can help to fight against oxidative stress in the skin caused by free radicals in pollution, and boost the effectiveness of sunscreen. There are plenty of affordable / reasonably priced stable vitamin C serums, which are effective. So I will continue to use my vitamin C serum in conjunction with my healthy diet 😊
I use powdered Vit C....3 heaping teaspoons in a litre or so of water....pour a little bit in every cup of water I drink....has markedly improved my BPH symptoms. In short, taking Vit. C in a more constant, titrated manner *does* appear to work, at least for this condition.
VitC has been found to help blood flow which is why before ops we are told to stop taking it.Warfarin rat poison is preferred to stop clotting How is that so ?
I'm not wasting my money on vitamin c, I'm wasting my time listening to you. I am unsubscribing right now. If your study references come from the Fda, OHW or other completely corrupted publications, indeed rather run away from your channel.
If you don’t eat much fruit or vegetables, like a lot of people, then supplementing vitamin c is absolutely necessary for collagen formation. Supplementing collagen won’t help very much at all if your vitamin c levels are low since vitamin c is necessary for collagen formation. It’s assists with healing tendons and ligaments, since those are collagen based. Also if your vitamin c stays low for long enough your you’ll eventually develop gum disease and your teeth will fall out.
I've read that Vitamin C gets used up more rapidly from periods of stress (like B vitamins) so wouldn't you say that these lower doses aren't enough for various conditions especially people who have high levels of inflammation etc??
That’s true, as well as the fact that humans are the only mammals that don’t produce their own vitamin C. Magnesium and certain B vitamins and vitamin D get depleted with stress as well
Of course if you do no remove the offending substance, Vitamin C is not going to help much, but in my experience, 2 grams of vitamin C a day can accelerate wound healing by a factor of 3x.
Nonsense! When my dear wife was nearing death because of kidney failure and antibiotic resistance she was infused with 50 - 60 grams of vitamin C for 30 days. She bounced back to normalcy. After 11 years her kidney is perfectly normal.
Hey Dr. Brad, I always enjoy your videos, and I just had to comment on your take on Vit. C serums. As a 63 year old male who is in good shape, I have been using a 20% Vit. C Serum that also contains Hyaluronic Acid every morning for over 6 years, and can only go by my own experience, which is; it has worked wonders for my skin. In fact, I call it my 'facelift in a bottle'. As you mentioned in the video, the effectiveness of Vit. C Serum is 'inconclusive', which means they are not sure one way or the other. Well, for me it is quite conclusive, and I will happily continue to use it every morning until something 'conclusive' comes along that changes my mind.
Just out of curiosity which one do you use I need a good one I usually use one from the vitamin shop but I would love to try other brands for experience wise it wouldn't hurt ty
I used vitamin C to help my dog recover from injuries. Retriever’s have notorious hip and leg problems. He was the only lab in our family to not need surgery.
if clinical trials are disappointing it’s enough to think and observe what happen with high dosage (look what happen when you use 25 to 50g in cancer patients) and with 1g x hour even in covid disease, for common cold (Hemilian and chalker 2013) or in pulmonary patology (Pitt 1979, kimbarowski 1967, asfora 1977) and do you think big pharma will finance a study where vitamin C is more, as effective or even little effective for cancer when you make enormous amounts of money from immune therapy or chemio? Cmon open your eyes please.
On top of that, diabetics have lower levels of Vitamin C, people who have viral infection/bacterial infection have lower levels of Vitamin C, you should debate Dr.Tom Levy. I'll wait.
Like any nutrient, everyone has different needs based on a multitude of factors, the rda is a good indicator of how much the average Joe should get to avoid a deficiency, but it's as vague as saying the average men's height is 5'9. Ascorbate is one of the nutrients that gets most easily depleted and the quantity That one gets from their diet varies tremendously from freshness of food, where it grew etc etc
Sir I would suggest you read the book, Vitamin C the real story by Dr Steve Hickey and another book by Thomas Levy MD JD , Curing the Incurable, and I would go with Linus Pauling a two time Nobel Prize winner, I believe you are totally misguided on this video.
Vitamin C's role as antioxidant also helps to maintain Vitamin E levels and other good molecules by restoring them through reduction. I take 2-3 grams a day for the past few years and definitely less susceptible to cold and flu than people in my household. To prevent scurvy you don't need much which is what RDA is based on but it doesn't mean you can't benefit from higher doses as antioxidant. More studies at mega-doses are needed in my opinion.
Are you 40yrs old or older? If so have you had a CAC Score done and if so do you have calcium deposits in your arteries? If you do guess what? According to Dr. Thomas Levy Cardiologist you have arterial scurvy. And if your dental health isn't great as Dr. Levy puts it you could have a river of C and it wouldn't be enough. Of course he just laughs at the RDA requirement. Read his book "Curing the Incurable" It opened my eyes...I'm fighting heart disease and winning 6 grams 3x/day. Thx to Dr Linus Pauling and Dr Levy...
These studies are paid by big pharma so guess who has a say in what the results are? I have been taking liposomal vit c for a few months and bleeding gums have stopped after having a vit c deficiency for years
From a personal experience my skin condition deteriorated after I stopped supplementing with Vitamin C! Furthermore, when I had bad flu I normally stay in bed for 7-10 days, however, when I had last one I took around 20,000 milligrams within 24 hours, and I started recovering the following day. God heals!
I would suggest speak with a doctor and have your levels checked. If you felt better after 24hrs you may have just had fatigue or allergies and needed sleep. Also people I know who lay up for a day, then come into the work with a runny nose and just say "I'm not sick", and infect everyone.
I used to take 1g Vit C every day and never got covid or the common cold, until I ran out and didn't bother to restock. I got sick at least 5 times in the last year, including covid. I started taking it again. It's cheap and easy to source, so I strongly disagree that it's a waste of money!
Actually when combined with lysine (ascorbic acid by itself - not bound to a mineral) in the right amounts will clear clogged arteries by healing the damage to the cell walls and the lysine will remove the plaques. The combination forms "cross link' collagen to patch the damaged cell wall so the body doesn't need to patch it any longer with plaque. The plaque is there to keep you from dying but it is supposed to be temporary. When the nutrients are not available more plaque forms and this continues until something gets stuck in it.
I’m glad to see people in this comment section realising the insignificance of the studies he is citing. Numerous other doctors are saying that megadosing vitamin C has been proven to have astounding effects on multiple health outcomes. These reviews maybe the gold standard for forming conclusions on a given research topic, but if those studies poor in quality in the first place, are they even relevant? What on earth is supplementing 500 milligrams of vitamin C gonna do to someone who is ill? This is considered a micro-dose of vitamin C by the doctors that actually have treat patients with this vitamin.
How is the Cochrane review supposed to be legit if the Vitamin C studies that they are looking at, are using ridiculously low dosage of vitamin c? The frontiers of vitamin c usage for therapies says explicitly that you need to take high dosage many times a day, for effect, like 2 grams 4-5 times a day, because vitamin c peak in your blood plasma after 2½ hours and then starts leaves your body again..
Since I was little kid I love taste of ascorbic acid, I alwalys chew my capsules to get that taste, and based on that I will stick to my 3-5g daily dose. My gut feeling and my great overall condition are more important indicators than those studies.
Im here because I have been taking vitamin C 1000mg for three days and noticed how good I feel. I prioritize sleep as you said but that does not matter when you get 7-8 hours starting at 10pm on average but its completely stress filled and you wake up tired. Im just here because Im wondering whats going on. 3 days of great sleep so far. My resting heart rate has dropped several beats, even down to 54 the other night. Usually it is over 60 sometimes pushing mid 60s, which means bad sleep. My work is very stressful on my body and even though I keep up the routine of getting to sleep by 1030 it doesn't matter. I tried everything and finally I found vitamin C. So im just here wondering why you said its a waste. Seems like it is working no matter what the studies say about not catchinf a cold. Im just trying to catch some zzzs
@Ayo I would say my high dose Vitamin C has contributed to my well being! I do 18 grams/day in divided doses after finding my bowel tolerance for the Dr Linus Pauling Heart Protocol. It's working...CAC Score down 30% who wouldn't feel great with results like this and with no statins.....
There is some evidence to suggest that vitamin C may be beneficial in the healing of brain injuries. Studies have shown that vitamin C may help to reduce inflammation and oxidative stress, which are common after a brain injury. In addition, vitamin C has been shown to have neuroprotective effects, meaning that it can help to protect the brain from further damage. One study published in the Journal of Neurotrauma found that high-dose vitamin C therapy was associated with improved outcomes in patients with traumatic brain injury. The study found that patients who received high-dose vitamin C had lower levels of inflammation and oxidative stress, as well as improved cognitive function and physical recovery. While these findings are promising, more research is needed to fully understand the role that vitamin C plays in brain injury healing. If you have suffered a brain injury, it is important to work closely with your healthcare provider to determine the best course of treatment for your individual needs. Free Research Preview. ChatGPT may produce inaccurate information about people, places, or facts. ChatGPT Mar 23 Version
The Effectivity of Vitamin C in Brain Injury Healing: Vitamin C or ascorbic acid is a powerful antioxidant that plays a crucial role in several biological processes. It helps to protect the body against oxidative stress caused by free radicals, which can damage cells and tissues. In the context of brain injury, vitamin C has been found to have several benefits. Firstly, vitamin C helps to reduce inflammation in the brain. Inflammation is a natural response to injury, but when it becomes chronic, it can cause further damage to the brain tissue. Vitamin C can help to reduce inflammation by neutralizing the pro-inflammatory cytokines that are released after a brain injury. Secondly, vitamin C plays a role in the formation of collagen, a protein that is essential for the formation and repair of tissues, including brain tissue. Collagen helps to strengthen the blood vessels in the brain, reducing the risk of further damage from trauma or stroke. Thirdly, vitamin C has been shown to improve cognitive function in TBI patients. A study published in the Journal of Neurotrauma found that high-dose vitamin C supplementation improved cognitive function in TBI patients. The researchers concluded that vitamin C could be an effective adjunct therapy in the management of TBI. Recommended Dosages of Vitamin C for Brain Injury Healing: The recommended dosage of vitamin C for brain injury healing depends on several factors, including the severity of the injury, the patient's age, weight, and overall health. In general, a dosage of 1000mg to 2000mg per day is recommended for TBI patients. However, it is important to note that high doses of vitamin C can cause side effects such as diarrhea, nausea, and stomach cramps. Patients should consult with their healthcare provider before starting vitamin C supplementation.
As for Keto diet - vitamin c has the same receptors as sugar . When cancer grows it uses glycolysis aka glucose . Your body competes with glucose which is why KETO works . Ketosis starves the cancer .
Remember there's a difference between artificial ascorbic acid and natural vitamin C complex in conjunction with bioflavonoids phytonutrients and other co-factors that do make vitamin C (natural vitamin C) an important dietary supplement that we all need. But you are correct about synthetic ascorbic acid (synthetic Vitamin C without all the co-factors involved)
I've used Vitamin C for years. I smoked when I was in my early 30's (I'm 55 now) for about 5 years, a pack per day. At some point, I had mucous buildup and was congested and coughing. Prior to that, there were no issues. I quite for a bit and was fine. Resumed smoking and was also fine. When I evaluated the situation, I found that during the time with the mucous issue, I had stopped taking Vitamin C. I was suprised. I then again stopped taking the Vitamin C while smoking as a test and, sure enough, the mucous issue came back. Vitamin C must have some quality that protects the lungs. Can you explain?
As an experiment, Iv been taking between 14-20 gms of ascorbic powder and vit c tablets combo everyday for 4 days . The results are astounding 😮 2018 I was diagnosed with arthritis of spine and pelvis and it got progressively worse , the past few years iv drastically changed my diet cut out ALL the nasties you can think of , and regularity take supplements. And am on hrt too . The pain , especially in the mornings and at night in bed ante unbearable. I don’t take any pharmaceutical medication. Despite this protocol, my joint pain and acute stiffness of spine and pelvis , elbows and hands persisted. High dosing with vitamin C , and just day 1 , I’d say my pain reduced by 70% .
Intravenous vitamin C could be a potential treatment for certain cancers, but we still know very little in this regard. You need to have a high level of it in your bloodstream to become potentially toxic toward certain cancer cells. Sadly, studies have been inconclusive. However, I've read that liposomal vitamin C could also offer similar benefits. It's just that you need to drink it every few hours to saturate your body.
It all depends on whether and how depleted your vitamin c is. Mine was almost entirely gone and severely impaired collagen integrity across the whole body(bioresonance test), so I strongly disagree with this video. Started taking 5-10g per day and got well within a month.
what form of vit C do you take, the whole complex food based supplement or just ascorbic acid? i wish he had specified what was used in these studies, I'm sure it would make a difference. thank you.
@@DrBradStanfield Life style, bodybuilding, stress at work, pushing the mental and physical limits of the body, depletion of resources plus bacterial infections, bacteria feeds on you, scoops up all vitamins from your body, b3 d,k , magnesium minerals everything was down.
@@dawn1913 Just 1 kg of ascorbic acid taken over the course of several months , would have gone natural vitamin c but did not know better back then. This might not be applicable to most , i just wanted to get back to normal state asap.
Nothing wrong wit the keto diet. The Inuit living in the arctic for thousands of years did fine. First explorers reported that these natives who had never eaten any carbs had no disease.
This was written by the author of the 2013 Cochrane review in vitamin C and infections. Hemilä, H.; Chalker, E. Bias against Vitamin C in Mainstream Medicine: Examples from Trials of Vitamin C for Infections. Life 2022, 12, 62.
There are multiple studies showing it has a significant effect on opiate withdrawl, but only with massive doses. We may not yet understand the mechanism but we do know low doses have no effect.
I used to get sick every year and then I started taking Vit C and D daily, went 4+ years without getting sick once, only got sick again when I slipped up and wasn’t dosing for a few weeks or sporadically.
From my personal experience when I get flu coriza and nose running like a waterfall these were the worst symptoms because I work in computer a In a shared office and I always had these symptoms they were so bad it hurted my nose besides it probably bothered coworkers. These symptoms lasted several days it was really a bother, my eyes swollen and got all red... Last time, when my nose was starting bothering I started to take double Vitamin C by morning (empty stomach) and before sleeping with vitamin D3 together and I had no coriza, no nose running. I have no clue about others but it worked wonders for me.
Your take on high dose vitamin C IV....we do specific blood panel screening q6 to 12 weeks when on IV C with bicarb along with prior baseline. VS q 20 min during. As well as urine screen pre IV to ensure safety. Our ca pts have thus far, positive outcomes.
Cellex-C serum removed my crow's feet. It just did. Eight years I've been using it and no wrinkles returned. I agree some topical formulas might not work, but the Cellex-C patented formula is the gold standard (same formula as SkinCeuticals because the same scientist created it).
I have HPA Axis dysfunction, vitamin C has massively improved my health from fatigue to mental clarity and stopped constant heart pounding, prescribed by a function medical doctor. Many of the commenters seem to have also had improvement with vitamin C, this defiantly makes me more keen on giving things a try rather than depending on 1 doctor's opinion.
For me personally, Vit C works for the common cold, yes, it rarely prevents a symptomatic disease, but definitely reduces symptoms and the rate of bacterial complication. And I think you should research this topic more, even the Cochrane review which you mentioned states that Vit C helps against cold in specific circumstances such as severe physical exercises.
when I got a severe pain in my tooth, my dentist checked it and said it is the gum imflammation so she gave me antibiotics. When i asked for an alterntaive she said unfortuanetely there is none. So i came home, took the vitamin c jar and a pitcher of water. I started to drink 1 gr of vit c in a glass of water every 10-20 mins, for about 2 hours or so. So that night my pain was close to zero, and never used the antibiotics. when these videos represent some of the studies like this it sounds like vit c supplements are totally useless, but it saved me how many times. Probably medical publications are so all over the place. You can find a proof of whatever result you would like to see.
Hy could you pl tell me what do you mean by vitamin c.i mean do you have L ascorbic acid powder or vitamin c which is present with other things too.. Need help
@@anonymous25800 hey. I am using just plain man made ascorbic acid. The real stuff is expensive here in my country. Just ascorbic acid works wonders. Listen to Dr Thomas Levy. But be cautious. Use megadose only for emergencies Long time big dose usage depletes cupper.
I did come across, some years ago, an article by a Duke University researcher who administered vitamin C in large doses to mice afflicted with cancer. He got some beneficial effects that he attributed to the oxidant aspect of the vitamin inhibiting hypoxia inducible factor (HIV) which responds to low oxygen levels in tissues by stimulating angiogenesis. Preventing angiogenesis in tumors reduced their size.
This studies is ment to fail. Vitamin C leavs the body in 4h. The maximum absorbasion is 3-4g each time. C vitamin needs to be taken regulary every 4-6h. If you are sick the body use up more C vitamin. When I am sick I can take 2g every h. Then fine I got lose stol at this dosage. So a person thats completely fine 100-200mg might be the max usage dosage. When sick the same person can use up 3000mg. But the medical establishment do only test this on person's without illnes and get the results they want.
I was pretty sick at 1 point inused ascorbic acid in high doses for months like 10-30 grams(orally) I never felt better also my sense of SMELL came back in full force.
I've been taking Vitamin C to speed up recovery from colds for 40 years now. I take it as soon as possible after the cold begins, while it's still weak or mild. Vitamin C seems to work incredibly well. It seems to cut recovery time by 50 - 80% or more. So so many doctors and scientists say it doesn't work for that, but my own experience seems to be radically different. Odd!
You're old enough to have a Coronary Artery Calcium score if you're zero. That would be great 👍 but if you're like me, high, like 400. You can reverse it as I am using the Linus Pauling Heart Therapy, which uses high dose vitamin C with Lysine and Proline. I have reversed my 660 to 458. Said to be impossible. The CAC is a great predictor of risk for strokes and heart attacks.
@beaudeep Thanks, I take Asorbic Acid powder to bowel tolerance 4 times per day. I take 5 grams morning, noon,afternoon, and 15 grams early evening. The 15-gram dose is well tolerated because of reduced physical activity. Your tolerance may vary. It's just not about vitamin C, which is the workhorse, but Lysine and Proline. They are Lp-a binding inhibitors. Lp-a wants to bind to the damaged exposed Lysine and Proline strands the girders of the artery wall 🧱. The Lysine and Proline are in powder form as well from BulkSupplemets off of Amazon. I buy in 1kg resealable bags. This is a substantial savings over buying in smaller quantities. I just refill my small containers. Another supplement to be on is magnesium glycinate when magnesium is up. Calcium is down. Lysine and Proline I take 8 grams per day. Magnesium glycinate 800mg. If you're really interested in this, I follow Dr. Thomas Levy, cardiologist. Author of "Stop America's # 1 Killer " Proof that the Origin of All Coronary Heart Disease is Clearly Reversible Arterial Scurvy.
Back in the early 60s a large research hospital wanted to debunk the use of vitamin B17 or laetrile for the treatment of cancer. They hired a Japanese, world renowned scientist, to do the research. The results confirmed that B17 had a very high cure rate for all forms of cancer. The head of the hospital said they needed to redo the study because there were errors. (Keep in mind that they hired the best scientist they could find.) They did another study with the original scientist on the team. The findings concluded that B17 doesn't cure but in fact does more harm than good. At the end of the news conference announcing the results, a reporter called out to the original scientist asking if he still stands on the original findings. He stated: "I still stand." Many scientific research studies are performed by allopathic research schools and are done to dispute previous findings. It's a well known fact that research can be done to make whatever results that are desired to be true or false. So, you can cite all the studies that you want but I think that you are a spokesperson for big pharma and want to convince us that the only treatment for diseases are prescription drugs. WE THE PEOPLE WILL NOT BE DECEIVED!
This is a great video. My hunch is that one of the reasons vitamin C became associated with cardiovascular health might have as much to do with problems that can be caused by a lack of vitamin C as with a supposition that health can be improved by an overabundance of it. Everyone learns about scurvy in grammar school, but my respect for vitamin C increased further some years later when I read about studies done on guinea pigs. When the guinea pigs were deprived of vitamin C, in addition to normal outward symptoms of scurvy, the guinea pigs showed horrific cardiovascular degradation. I try to maintain a good diet with lots of vegetables, but it does have ups and downs, so since reading those studies some 30 or so years ago, I have always taken a modest vitamin C supplement (250mg) to ensure that I at least maintain a baseline.
I really doubt the recommendation that a good diet of fruits and vegetables will meet anywhere near an ideal level of Vit C commercially grown products varies so much
Well I disagree, this is such an sensational claim. Btw oral supplementation of hyrulonic acid you advocate so much is complete bs, no benefit whatsoever.
the information in this video completely contradicts my extremely positive experience with relatively high doses of different forms of vitamin c. to say that 100mg of vitamin c saturates the cells with this vitamin is obviously not true at all.
Dr Brad Stanfield is an honest guy. He is reporting studies with his own interpretation and experience. Linus Pauling is father of vitamin c therapies. I expect anti-vitamin C studies to take centre stage because vitamin C has no money to be made. As far as personal experience goes, vitamin C in high doses, over 4 grams a day provided miraculous benefits to me, it cleared my skin of hyperpigmentation after few weeks, it fights constipation which is root cause for huge number of diseases, provided energy boost and better diet control. I have seen very weak patients get huge boost of energy almost immediately after infusion of 32 grams of vitamin c. Vitamin C also helps recycling of glutathione, another master antioxidant. For prevention of heart diseases, you need to have adequate levels of other vitamins like D and E also alongwith C. For flu recovery, C along with zinc is necessary. Also vitamin C cannot carry the entire load, it has huge synergistic impact. One part where i agree with the good doctor is that diet of fruits and vegetables can fulfill your requirements of vitamin C.
There's a massive difference between ascorbics (which are not the complete story) and the natural form extract - and by using it in very high amounts 6-12 grams/day (split in 3 equal portions throughout the day) along with the same dose of MSM with which is synergistic, can have massive healing/detoxing benefits. P.S. ascorbic acid in that high amount, will greatly acidify your body
@@Sobchak2 Even the inventor/discoverer of vitamin c, said that he could not heal one of his friend with the synthetic ascorbic form, which he could easily heal him with a high-vit. C paprika extract
@Random Guy ChatGPT4 has certainly ingested all the online studies, so I better let him take the mic - if you need more, just do your own research, but really do it, don't just remain a random mediocre ignorant and arrogant Guy: Q: Ascorbic acid vs. full-spectrum vitamin C A: Ascorbic acid and full-spectrum vitamin C are different forms of vitamin C. While ascorbic acid refers to the isolated, synthetic form of vitamin C, full-spectrum vitamin C is derived from natural sources and contains additional components that are believed to enhance its effectiveness. Here is a comparison of the two: Ascorbic Acid - Ascorbic acid is the most common and well-studied form of vitamin C. It is a synthetic, isolated form of the vitamin, which means it consists solely of L-ascorbic acid and does not contain any bioflavonoids or other components. - It is a water-soluble antioxidant that plays a crucial role in various biological processes, including collagen synthesis, wound healing, and the immune system's function. - Ascorbic acid is often used in supplements and fortified foods due to its stability and low cost. - It is rapidly absorbed and utilized by the body, but excess amounts are excreted, so it is important to consume it regularly. Full-Spectrum Vitamin C - Full-spectrum vitamin C is derived from natural sources like fruits and vegetables, which contain not only ascorbic acid but also other beneficial components such as bioflavonoids, enzymes, and phytonutrients. - Bioflavonoids are compounds that occur naturally in plants and are believed to enhance the absorption and effectiveness of ascorbic acid. They also provide additional health benefits, such as anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects. - Full-spectrum vitamin C is thought to be more bioavailable and better utilized by the body due to the synergistic effects of its various components. - Supplements containing full-spectrum vitamin C are often more expensive than those containing just ascorbic acid, but they may provide a more comprehensive range of benefits. In summary, ascorbic acid and full-spectrum vitamin C both provide essential vitamin C, but full-spectrum vitamin C might offer additional benefits due to its bioflavonoids and other components. While ascorbic acid is more affordable and widely available, full-spectrum vitamin C may be more bioavailable and effective. To ensure you're getting a well-rounded intake of vitamin C, it is best to consume a diet rich in fruits and vegetables and consider supplementation if necessary.
@Random Guy Also, I warmly suggest that you take a deep scientific dive into the "synergy between Vit.C & MSM" maybe ask ChatGPT / Poe/Sage/Claude+ about it, to have a potentially properly stimulating starting foundation ;)
The basic problem of these studies is the amount of Vitamin C and intake, The basic Vitamin C demand is best calculated by the body weight (25 to 50 mg per kg body weight) and that vitamin c shouldn't taken at once. The intake shoud strech over the whole day in 10 or more small portions of 200 mg. And if you as somebody with an academic degree should produce better review then recite stufies which are based on false assumptions.
So I think we all know that vitamin c isn’t a panacea, but in certain circumstances the benefits of vitamin c shows benefits for mast cell stabilization and is used as a treatment for blood clotting disorders… used in mega doses. Also, keto is a strong dietary lifestyle for health. It sounds like this channel seems to be stuck in a mantra, instead of looking at all of the science.
@White Ninja Nice try White Ninja..... I'm very real. I'm a hard core medical researcher....with more degrees than you could ever dream of...in Bio-Chemistry Medical Physiology...Mathematics...and Genetics research in mutations genetics. Of agriculture chemicals used on human food sources. Most notablly Aldrin and Dieldren. In addition to degrees in Oceanography, and another PhD Canidacy in Environmental Science. And I'm also a JD Degree in law. And of course....you may not have even completed High School. Let alone one college degree. And clearly if you were even smart enough to even know how A.I. even works, and writes responses.... You'd know that... AI doesn't write like I'm writing you. Furthermore....Vit. C while is does have antioxidant qualities. It also functions as a regulatory switch. To activate cells response systems. That if your short of Vit. C....your repair systems of cell damaged stresses....can't be turned on!!! Furthermore....you can't take high bonluses of Vitamin C. Like neophyte researchers try to do in experiments. Because the body can't store Vitamin C. And since it's water soluble....the body just pees it out!! Nor, even to know how AI works....to know when you read it. That an AI machine didn't write it.... I did!! Jeffery....⚘️
Yes, Linus Pauline was a genius and this is a typical ignorant Doctor Who knows nothing about nutrition and probably is paid for by the pharmaceutical mafia
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DR brad keep doing you and giving outside perspective around all these, because god knows this is all confusing. and well you are doctor , but even then even if you are a doctor medicine is soooooooooooooo complex and now even more.
The mammals that produce Vitamin C from simple glucose produce Vitamin C in their tissues at the rate of 8,000-10,000mgs./day (adjusted equivalent for humans) I believe do so and Not to go beyond tissue saturation. So how to explain humans achieving tissue saturation at so much lower levels ?? Something doesn't quite compute. Something doesn't quite jive. No matter. Dr. Stanfield comfortably accepts the results.
Is food and Vegetable we cook have same level of various Vitamin or it will degrade after cooking?
Yes, Dr, those Keto gurus are snake-oil salesmen
@Ernesto Mieses It doesn't have to be confusing. Read the book by Dr. Thomas Levy "Curing the Incurable" That should open your eyes, it may even put tears in them as Dr. Levy's and mine.
Linus Pauling died at the age of 93 of prostate cancer. He attributes his long life to the consumption of
Large Doses of vitamin Vit. C Not the amount of Vit. C that is mentioned in this blog. I am
77 years old and I've been taking at least 3 gms of Vitamin C daily. 1 gm of ester C at lunch and at supper
and 1 gm of liposomal Vit.C before going to bed. Linus Pauling has been a Nobel Laureate for chemistry
and was almost close to being successful in discovering the DNA structure. So I am sticking to his advice.
I think for most of us, trying to reach the age of 90 is not smooth sailing, a fatal illness
or a fatal accident is a possibility for everyone. From what I've read so far those those who lived past 100
never thought or even planed to live past 100. Genes and luck are probably as important as exercise,
good diet and a healthy lifestyle.
Is it ascorbic acid vitamin c?
@@DirtyDemon917 Yes, it is Vitamin C. Linus Pauling only took ascorbic acid. He explained why in his 1986 book "How to Live Longer and Feel Better". In that book he explained his reasoning behind taking the various supplements he did. Some of the important Vitamin C research that has come after Pauling died has been from the Linus Pauling Institute (at the University of Oregon State). Some of it contradicts his findings, they make a case for why large doses are not beneficial.
In experiments with mice vutamin C also prolonged their lives quiet significantly. The earlier treatment started the better was the effect. And it seems that vit C is less potent to promote cancer growth than many other antioxidants in high doses (vit. E, NAC, and others)
My father lived to the ripe old age of 91 on what most people would consider a terrible diet: lots of sugar with every meal, a diet of bread and jam, lots of high carbohydrate processed foods, and he never took vitamin C or any other vitamins. So should we praise sugar and all the other junk he ate as promoting longevity? Yet that is what you are doing with vitamin C.
nutrients are not drugs. Just giving vitamin c is dumb and worthless. People in these studies should be given every single vitamin, mineral, amino acid and essential fatty acid known to man then be observed. Doing one single nutrient is wothless and these studies will always be bad due to this. They always just do a single , synthetic low dose vitamin in studies. then say it doesnt work , then push big pharma drugs. It's obvious. Dumb on purpose. Deceptive destruction of truth vitatlity. My life was saved by God with natural medicine and nutrition. Multivitamin, fish oil, extra zinc , copper , B1 BENFOTIAMINE FOR STRESS, b3 niacinamide, collagen, electrolytes, vitamin c, etc... My entire life is changing. Almost died last year. Mold, gut infections, lyme, Sibo, Candida, Severe nutrient deficiencies, and skin and bones. Now I am healing. Thank you God.
Vitamin C helped me get off opiates. Mega dosing Vit C reduced withdrawal pain by more than half. I don't think I could have done it without Vit C. Perhaps I was deficient, but there is no denying that it was a major factor in my recovery.
Instead, you could have taken a teaspoon of all purpose white flour. LOL 🤣
@@ml3141 eh placebo can't get rid of saggy skin and reduce wrinkles. Vitamin C helped me with those
@@factionguy did it though ? how can you be so sure? there were thousand other variables at play
Glad to hear that you are in a better place in life. Well done
@@Rockster1989 There are no other variables. That's the only thing i changed in my routine. I am 35 years old and was really starting to lose elasticity in my skin. I take 1000 mg of vitamin c everyday and apply vitamin c serum on my face every night
Pauline's tests were done with 5000mgs, yet you are saying 500mgs was tested and proven not to work?????
In all of these studies very little amount of vitamin C was used. I do not care what they have found out. When I have a fever, I take about 10-15 grams of vitamin C and thereafter I keep taking more vitamin C until I reach my bowl tolerance. Whithin few hours I feel far better. My bowl tolerance of vitamin C is considerably lower when I am not sick. If I do not take vitamin C when I have a fever, it lasts much longer. I take about 3 grams of vitamin C before I sleep, it makes me sleep much less and when I wake up, I am very energetic and well rested. I have tried many times not taking vitamin C before bed and everytime I have done so, I have slept at least 2 hours longer and do not feel as rested and energetic when I wake up. The amounts of vitamin C used in these studies is very insignificant and the results are not statistically significant. I encourage people to experiment with hight doses of vitamin C and see for themselves how effective HIGH DOSES of vitamin C really is. It is a water soluble vitamin, therefore, you will not harm yourself when take hight does.
I just looked him up you can too,, he is not a real doctor he has is actually at the level of nurse practitioner in New Zealand. so I'm not sure why he calls him self Dr. bc he doesn't have a PhD either lol.
I suspect that some studies are designed to fail.
@@MsKalaskul bingo.
@@Kfjebfu65 Look up Linus Pauling if you really want to talk about achievements
Studies can also be false. Look at current events. I agree individual tolerances matter bigly. And so does your detox genome. If dirty, it must be cleaned or disease takes hold based on your genome vulnerability. (Dirty Genes book) A clean diet means a clean detox pathway, unless yours is near or perfect... than you are much stronger in constitution than the average person. Only 3% of humanity has a perfect detox genome...
I’m a Veterinarian so I understand a few things. My 3 year old daughter would get sick every 2 or 3 months, sore throat, cough then bronchitis and fever. Her doctor would give antibiotics and other medicines and a week latter she would be ok until the next episode, and the next etc etc. I tried homeopathic treatment, did not work, then herbal treatments, did not work. Last resort was 125 mg a day of vitamin C divided in 2 doses. SHE NEVER GOT SICK AGAIN. When she was 5 years old I doubled the dose, and at 10 years of age she was taking 1 gram. She’s now 20, still takes a gram a day and never got sick again.
I have recommended this protocol to many parents that had the same or similar problems with their kids with the same results.
We all use vitamin C in my home. The secret is to take it every day. Never miss a dose.
I would watch out on how your taking vitamin c as it is an acid and might affect your teeth. Make sure everyone is brushing there teeth.
as a vet
you should know 99% mammals make vit c g/kg daily but not humans
so why not
@@edoc431wait how much? 1g/kg?
Vitamin c as in ascorbic acid? Or whole food vitamin c?
@@NoName-bt6xd ascorbic acid. I used ester C for several years, and latter switched to Doctors best vitamin C. Both work fine.
I started taking large doses of vit C many years ago..I am 71..NO vaccines live in a city environment and have not had a cold in15 years..Yes I am a health nut but was not when I started with the C..and C serum and tretinoin..have my skin almost no lines and little sag..I did go to school for holistic health and I love your channel it makes me think..But I will never give up my C..
Neither will I
What is the c serum for and tretinon?
@@DBCooper3 Anti-aging.
@@DBCooper3 Topicals
Vitamin C isn't the problem, but isolating ascorbic acid from an entire vitamin c complex is the problem. If you want vitamin C, eat foods that have the entire complex because taking ascorbic acid in a supplement is just shortening your life and isn't 'true vitamin C'
No it isn't. Taking a gram of vitamin C per day, I have not had a cold nor flu since 2004. At 73, I am not plagued by age-related maladies. Vitamin C is a structural component of collagen, so the optimal daily dose is much greater than the recommended 90 mg.
So: NR not good, intermittent fasting not good, resveratrol not good, tocotrienols not good, vitamin C not good. Now I wonder if water can hurt me.
Some of his coverage is misleading. Resveratrol, for example, has a whole host of health benefits. All he did was explain that it isn’t a sirtuin activator for specifically longevity. But it has many anti-inflammatory and protective evidence from countless other studies.
@@glycoboy Not only. You missed the most important part when he said that resveratrol increases blood cholesterol massively .
@Ahmed N nicotinamide riboside
hopefully you are saving a lot of money :-)
Diet, exercise, sleep, life purpose, meditation, socializing are the crucial aspects of health.
Supplements such as creatine, collagen peptides, hyaluronic acid offer further benefits
this channel has become garbage, shame since Dr. Brad had/has a lot of potential
I have taken V. C more than 6g every day last 7years. The following symtoms gone gratefully.
1. Gum ulcers and bleeding
2. Tiredness
3. Cold and flu
4. Frackles on the face
I am often told that I have a healthy complexion.
So why not?
I take 25 grams per day fighting heart disease, but my skin is the best it has been in 50yrs.
Which brand @@SET12DSP
I'm being censored.
@@maevehk9014 utube is not allowing me to post it for you!
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Funny thing, started taking Vitamin C back in 1985 or so, figuring that if it worked against colds for Linus Pauling (‘member him), maybe it’d work for me. It did. I’ve never had a side effect from it, nor a COLD, since. Used to have two or three nasty ones every winter; so think I’ll keep “waistline my money,” whatever your “science”, Doc.
Pauling came out in the 50s
Not 70s with vitamin C
I stopped taking vitamin C about 20 years ago and haven't had a cold since. So does that prove anything?
@@johnbowden3537 No, nothing whatever. But then, four years ago we rushed off to NL for a funeral without my Vits. There we all embraced an old family friend who, unknown to us, had caught COVID at the local Tilburg Carnival. Ja, we got it too, a mild cold in my case (first in many, many years). So, then back home and to Vit C, and no more sickness of any kind. No, it proves nothing, but think I’ll keep taking my Vitamin C, plus D3.
@@kathleenking47 Bob said he started taking Vitamin C back in 1985 😖😣
Ascorbic acid reversed gastric metalpasias in 4 Chinese studies. I took it for 2 months and it eliminated all my metaplasias. Gastric cancer runs on one side of my family, I will keep taking it. The metaplasias never came back on further EGD testing over 12 years so far. That is cheap prevention of an awful disease.
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I started taking high levels (2000mg x4 per day= 8000mg total) to prevent C19. This was listening to docs in China and India before C19 lockdowns started in the UK (March 2020). At the same time, I had major issues with my knees. My right knee was the worst. I couldn't run, instead of a straight line I would curve to the right, my knee would buckle, and I would collapse on the floor in pain. If I knock the inside of my leg a shooting pain would go up my leg and the pain would last awhile. $-6 weeks of taking vitamin C my knees got better. After 8-10 months my knees went back to normal. If I stop taking vitamin C for awhile the pain starts to come back. I also noticed an improvement with backpain. I am now a firm believer in vitamin C. Currently, take 4000mg x 2-4 per day. Every 4-6 hours. Noticed a slight improvement with the cold, but not a lot. Vitamin D seemed to have a major impact on that though.
is there not an absorption problem when taking large doses of vitamin C ?
Amazing! The dosage in the trial mentioned in the video in a measly 120 mg of Vit C in the form of ascorbic acid. This dosage is way too low to have any significant effects.
For bones one of the best things you could do is to be on K2-MK7 and D3 as K2 puts calcium in your bones and teeth not mention pulling calcium out of the soft tissues. My dental health is unbelievable as well. Another interesting thing is how K2-MK7 kills about 95% of the bad bacteria in your mouth a source of heart disease which I'm fighting and winning. I'm on a high dose of K2-MK7 a good read on K2-MK7 is the book "The Calcium Paradox"
You should be on vitamin K2-MK7 and D3 their the real workhorse of bones and joints. I would suggest 6-1200 mcg of K2-MK7 from Nutrizing. K2-MK7 pulls out calcium from the joints and soft tissues.
@@HiepPhuong_ca I'm not buying Brad here on this. Check out Dr. Thomas Levy's book "Curing the Incurable " Dr Levy is one of the world's leading authorities on Vitamin C. As he points out there are many sources of oxalate.
Vitamin C is also a much needed electron donor. I think that is one of it's most beneficial attributes
Started taking 1000 mg a day tablet form here in the UK. I've never had such good skin and breathing is way easier. It works, simple as that.
The first thing that is depleted in the body after a heart attack
Is ?
Wait for it ?
Vitamin C
Why ?
The body sends all the Vitamin C to help with repair
Look at the studies what happens on animals with injuries. When they’re injured they produces more vitamin C than before they got injured. So why should not we eat some more vitamin c if we have an injury..?
Videos like this should be banned
Would love to see you respond specifically to Rhonda Patrick's Vitamin C review. I think there were some important takeaways that were not addressed in this video. Athletic performance and mitochondrial health being one of them.
Not to mention how it improves lipid profiles.
Unfortunately, Vitamin C supplements likely worsens athletic performance:
"Research findings: Do not directly improve performance; appear to hinder some physiological and physical exercise-induced adaptations"
ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/ExerciseAndAthleticPerformance-HealthProfessional/
When you exercise, you cause an inflammatory and oxidative state which is a good thing in the short term. It signals to the body that it needs to adapt and become more efficient.
If you can anti-oxidants such as vitamin C supplements during or after a workout, you interfere with that response and blunt it, thereby blunting the positive effects of exercise...
@@DrBradStanfield Thank you very much for your reply. I apologize, please let me clarify - I was specifically talking about increased fatty acid oxidation to produce ATP (as can only happen in the mitochondria). Vitamin C is essential for the synthesis of carnitine which is required to shuttle most fatty acids into the mitochondria for beta oxidation. Further evidence for increased fatty acid oxidation comes from mouse models wherein supplemented mice also exhibited increased levels of PPAR-alpha, a protein that regulates fat metabolism by increasing uptake and utilization. In my attempts to maximize my mitochondrial number, size, and efficiency, I want to give my body its best chance for positive adaptation in addition to lots of zone 2 exercise. Patrick also addresses the studies reporting blunted effects from exercise. I greatly appreciate all you do for scientific communication. I am not trying to be confrontational, but just want to ensure we're all considering all the evidence.
Absolutely John, I enjoy these types of conversations.
The concern I have is that for basically every supplement, one can do some mechanistic reasoning based on cell or mice data that sounds convincing. In my view, what matters is the human clinical studies that investigate firm endpoints. So far when looking at cancer, diabetes, weight loss, cardiovascular disease, liver, etc there are no benefits from Vitamin C supplements. We also have concerning data as outlined above about blunting the positive effects of exercise.
My overall point is that there's no strong evidence of benefit, we get plenty from out diet, so why use money to buy vitamin C supplements?
@@DrBradStanfield Lowest all cause mortality was found around 80 micromolars circulating blood level of vitamin c based upon a meta analysis of 8 studies according to Dr. Lustgarten. Dr. Lustgarten further stated that at least one study suggested that 1000mg of vitamin c per day was typically needed to reach 80 micromolar. That's way higher than the RDA. That's achievable through food, but it's not all that easy to get there. Now it could be that people that have high circulating vit c are doing other things that are causing them to live longer and it may not be the vitamin c itself.
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With all my respect… I started doing the exact opposite to what dr. Brad is saying. Because all what he is doing is reading through literature that are biased most of the time and are funded by big pharma. I’m sure he cannot talk about VAX adverse reactions that are already known and documented. I’m sure he cannot talk about CDS “chlorine dioxide solution” regardless of the research done on the effectiveness of CDS on many diseases and longevity. I’ll continue talking high does of vit. C because it helped me a lot.
I'm with you..
I love your comments, @@whiteninja9481 - you're absolutely right, this A.I. doctor really has no clue what he's talking about.
Sorry, doctor, it's impossible to believe that I've just imagined the effect of vitamin C for so many years. I live in Northern New England in the US, pretty bad winters, colds and flu everywhere you look. I megadose vitamin C at the first sign of sickness and literally 99% of the time it kills the budding illness. For many years I've done this. Before I started megadosing C, I was about average in getting sick, now I go for a year or two between colds.
MDs are not known for their expertises on vitamins. they are skillfull in man made drugs.
Sad but the "experts" are so wrong on this. It makes me wonder if there is an agenda involved.
@@ff144k YES they are Big arm shills legal drug dealers and their drug's side effects are worse than the illegal ones
@@ff144k skillful and giving drugs and making peoples more sick
I did some experiments with vitamin C at 2 to 3 g a day for a week, And I had some amazing results.
I also watch a BBC documentary that suggests that the antioxidant effect simply does not exist and there's no reason to take antioxidants. There is still reason to take multiple vitamins, vitamin C vitamin E, etc for the particular benefit that they provide, but do not take it because they have an antioxidant effect, it doesn't work.
@Random Guy nope, just got it for a friend and me, took 4500g a day for a week, some amazing things happened, we were field workers st the time, we weren't as tired, we could extend our work time for an hour or 2 and didn't feel like slowing down, but we weren't feeling amazing. Just normal, and didn't realize we were still going.
@@colinmaharaj bcc??? mainstream media ????? big phrama ??? oh man, do you really still believe in them?????
@@andredias7103 you mean BBC not bcc lol, actually they were interviewing a guy doing his own research, he came pretty good showing anti oxidants do not protect against oxidative stress. He dealt directly with antioxidant researchers, who were shocked by their own results., Then they pulled the video from the net, citing it will affect the antioxidant industry.
The last study that you reference does state that topical vitamin C is effective IF it's formulated well!
The is no formulation to vitamin C. It's a simple molecule.
Fake study sponsored by big Pharma
Routine vitamin c supplementation is absolutely necessary. He lies saying all you need is 100 milligrams
Don't even need that
The number one rule of vitamin C is if it didn't make a difference you're not using enough. Using too little Vitamin C in a trail is the dumbest mistake people make.
happens far too often because of videos like this. smh
in these studies, something tells me that it wasn't a mistake that they used such low dosages.. it was designed to fail.. accidentally on purpose.
Dr Thomas E Levy has a great book called Curing The Incurable: Vitamin C, Infectious Diseases and Toxins. It contains 1,200 scientific references on how vitamin c can help many diseases. It is an awesome book, the information in it is so valuable.
I love my Vitamin C serum. It is really expensive but helps my skin look firmer and clearer. I have also been taking a vitamin c supplement twice a day (1000 mgs 2x) for years. I thinks it helps with overall immunity.
I love the C for my skin plus I take it orally. Both have been game changers for me.
@Random Guy it can and that is why I log all my colds when taking C for 5 years now and my colds are 41% less and last 1 to 2 days less when I do get one. I doubt a placebo effect explains that.
I could not agree with you more! I left a comment that reflects your experience. i have been using a 20% serum (which also has Hyaluronic Acid) for over 6 years and the results have been amazing! I call it my 'facelift in a bottle'.
I don't take vitamin C supplements, but I do use a vitamin C serum daily, which has helped get rid of my hyperpigmentation, giving my skin a more even and glowing complexion.
It's also reported that a stabilised vitamin C serum can help to fight against oxidative stress in the skin caused by free radicals in pollution, and boost the effectiveness of sunscreen. There are plenty of affordable / reasonably priced stable vitamin C serums, which are effective. So I will continue to use my vitamin C serum in conjunction with my healthy diet 😊
Which one do you use if I may ask?
Aloe vera serum is probably better than vitamin c serum
Theres a brand called Sheagoldco they use stabilised vitamin c in their face serum
you should do both. eat and apply topically
I completely agree with you! I've been using it for over 6 years and have had wonderful results with it. I call it my 'facelift in a bottle'!
I use powdered Vit C....3 heaping teaspoons in a litre or so of water....pour a little bit in every cup of water I drink....has markedly improved my BPH symptoms. In short, taking Vit. C in a more constant, titrated manner *does* appear to work, at least for this condition.
You're probably taking fake vitamin c(ascorbic acid)
VitC has been found to help blood flow which is why before ops we are told to stop taking it.Warfarin rat poison is preferred to stop clotting How is that so ?
I'm not wasting my money on vitamin c, I'm wasting my time listening to you. I am unsubscribing right now. If your study references come from the Fda, OHW or other completely corrupted publications, indeed rather run away from your channel.
If you don’t eat much fruit or vegetables, like a lot of people, then supplementing vitamin c is absolutely necessary for collagen formation. Supplementing collagen won’t help very much at all if your vitamin c levels are low since vitamin c is necessary for collagen formation. It’s assists with healing tendons and ligaments, since those are collagen based. Also if your vitamin c stays low for long enough your you’ll eventually develop gum disease and your teeth will fall out.
I've read that Vitamin C gets used up more rapidly from periods of stress (like B vitamins) so wouldn't you say that these lower doses aren't enough for various conditions especially people who have high levels of inflammation etc??
That’s true, as well as the fact that humans are the only mammals that don’t produce their own vitamin C. Magnesium and certain B vitamins and vitamin D get depleted with stress as well
@@stevet5549 keep it simple, get quality sleep, get sunlight on skin, deep breathing, eat healthy, exercise
dr fauci wont allow high dose studies.
Everytime I get a sore throat I gargle vitamin c,it's gone the next day.I haven't had a cold in 30 years.
Watch out for your teeth though . The acidity can hurt them over time.
if that's true you could get compensation for your hypothesis in the case it was verified
@@thomasmuller1850 sodium ascorbate
Of course if you do no remove the offending substance, Vitamin C is not going to help much, but in my experience, 2 grams of vitamin C a day can accelerate wound healing by a factor of 3x.
Nonsense!
When my dear wife was nearing death because of kidney failure and antibiotic resistance she was infused with 50 - 60 grams of vitamin C for 30 days. She bounced back to normalcy.
After 11 years her kidney is perfectly normal.
Hey Dr. Brad, I always enjoy your videos, and I just had to comment on your take on Vit. C serums. As a 63 year old male who is in good shape, I have been using a 20% Vit. C Serum that also contains Hyaluronic Acid every morning for over 6 years, and can only go by my own experience, which is; it has worked wonders for my skin. In fact, I call it my 'facelift in a bottle'. As you mentioned in the video, the effectiveness of Vit. C Serum is 'inconclusive', which means they are not sure one way or the other. Well, for me it is quite conclusive, and I will happily continue to use it every morning until something 'conclusive' comes along that changes my mind.
Just out of curiosity which one do you use I need a good one I usually use one from the vitamin shop but I would love to try other brands for experience wise it wouldn't hurt ty
I used vitamin C to help my dog recover from injuries. Retriever’s have notorious hip and leg problems. He was the only lab in our family to not need surgery.
One lucky dog to have you as an owner.
if clinical trials are disappointing it’s enough to think and observe what happen with high dosage (look what happen when you use 25 to 50g in cancer patients) and with 1g x hour even in covid disease, for common cold (Hemilian and chalker 2013) or in pulmonary patology (Pitt 1979, kimbarowski 1967, asfora 1977) and do you think big pharma will finance a study where vitamin C is more, as effective or even little effective for cancer when you make enormous amounts of money from immune therapy or chemio? Cmon open your eyes please.
As someone with a chronic inflammatory disease i disagree. Helps me a lot.
On top of that, diabetics have lower levels of Vitamin C, people who have viral infection/bacterial infection have lower levels of Vitamin C, you should debate Dr.Tom Levy. I'll wait.
Wonder Who funds these less than favourable studies on vitamins?
Like any nutrient, everyone has different needs based on a multitude of factors, the rda is a good indicator of how much the average Joe should get to avoid a deficiency, but it's as vague as saying the average men's height is 5'9. Ascorbate is one of the nutrients that gets most easily depleted and the quantity That one gets from their diet varies tremendously from freshness of food, where it grew etc etc
Agreed
Sir I would suggest you read the book, Vitamin C the real story by Dr Steve Hickey and another book by
Thomas Levy MD JD , Curing the Incurable, and I would go with Linus Pauling a two time Nobel Prize winner, I believe you are totally misguided on this video.
I would not call him, sir. I don’t believe he deserves the respect. Big Pharma rules.
Vitamin C's role as antioxidant also helps to maintain Vitamin E levels and other good molecules by restoring them through reduction. I take 2-3 grams a day for the past few years and definitely less susceptible to cold and flu than people in my household. To prevent scurvy you don't need much which is what RDA is based on but it doesn't mean you can't benefit from higher doses as antioxidant. More studies at mega-doses are needed in my opinion.
Zinc + Andrographis + Odorless Garlic is so much more effective.
Exactly
Are you 40yrs old or older? If so have you had a CAC Score done and if so do you have calcium deposits in your arteries? If you do guess what? According to Dr. Thomas Levy Cardiologist you have arterial scurvy. And if your dental health isn't great as Dr. Levy puts it you could have a river of C and it wouldn't be enough. Of course he just laughs at the RDA requirement. Read his book "Curing the Incurable" It opened my eyes...I'm fighting heart disease and winning 6 grams 3x/day. Thx to Dr Linus Pauling and Dr Levy...
@@lolerie I also take zinc and eat garlic often so that may also contribute!
@@lolerie no it is not. vitamin c is far superior. vitamin c redox other antioxidants and we need it for collagen synthesis.
These studies are paid by big pharma so guess who has a say in what the results are? I have been taking liposomal vit c for a few months and bleeding gums have stopped after having a vit c deficiency for years
From a personal experience my skin condition deteriorated after I stopped supplementing with Vitamin C! Furthermore, when I had bad flu I normally stay in bed for 7-10 days, however, when I had last one I took around 20,000 milligrams within 24 hours, and I started recovering the following day. God heals!
What kind of skin condition did you have? And how much Vitamin C did you take every day?
I would suggest speak with a doctor and have your levels checked. If you felt better after 24hrs you may have just had fatigue or allergies and needed sleep. Also people I know who lay up for a day, then come into the work with a runny nose and just say "I'm not sick", and infect everyone.
I used to take 1g Vit C every day and never got covid or the common cold, until I ran out and didn't bother to restock. I got sick at least 5 times in the last year, including covid. I started taking it again. It's cheap and easy to source, so I strongly disagree that it's a waste of money!
Studies show that a little bit of vitamin C helps skin collagen synthesis
Actually when combined with lysine (ascorbic acid by itself - not bound to a mineral) in the right amounts will clear clogged arteries by healing the damage to the cell walls and the lysine will remove the plaques. The combination forms "cross link' collagen to patch the damaged cell wall so the body doesn't need to patch it any longer with plaque. The plaque is there to keep you from dying but it is supposed to be temporary. When the nutrients are not available more plaque forms and this continues until something gets stuck in it.
I’m glad to see people in this comment section realising the insignificance of the studies he is citing. Numerous other doctors are saying that megadosing vitamin C has been proven to have astounding effects on multiple health outcomes. These reviews maybe the gold standard for forming conclusions on a given research topic, but if those studies poor in quality in the first place, are they even relevant? What on earth is supplementing 500 milligrams of vitamin C gonna do to someone who is ill? This is considered a micro-dose of vitamin C by the doctors that actually have treat patients with this vitamin.
How is the Cochrane review supposed to be legit if the Vitamin C studies that they are looking at, are using ridiculously low dosage of vitamin c?
The frontiers of vitamin c usage for therapies says explicitly that you need to take high dosage many times a day, for effect, like 2 grams 4-5 times a day, because vitamin c peak in your blood plasma after 2½ hours and then starts leaves your body again..
Since I was little kid I love taste of ascorbic acid, I alwalys chew my capsules to get that taste, and based on that I will stick to my 3-5g daily dose. My gut feeling and my great overall condition are more important indicators than those studies.
Im here because I have been taking vitamin C 1000mg for three days and noticed how good I feel. I prioritize sleep as you said but that does not matter when you get 7-8 hours starting at 10pm on average but its completely stress filled and you wake up tired. Im just here because Im wondering whats going on. 3 days of great sleep so far. My resting heart rate has dropped several beats, even down to 54 the other night. Usually it is over 60 sometimes pushing mid 60s, which means bad sleep. My work is very stressful on my body and even though I keep up the routine of getting to sleep by 1030 it doesn't matter. I tried everything and finally I found vitamin C. So im just here wondering why you said its a waste. Seems like it is working no matter what the studies say about not catchinf a cold. Im just trying to catch some zzzs
I completely agree with you.
I hope that he open his mind and do his own research with the patients, not just a copy/paste job.
@Ayo I would say my high dose Vitamin C has contributed to my well being! I do 18 grams/day in divided doses after finding my bowel tolerance for the Dr Linus Pauling Heart Protocol. It's working...CAC Score down 30% who wouldn't feel great with results like this and with no statins.....
@Ayo well it does, there is evidence for it, Google for further info :)
Whats ur one month update?
There is some evidence to suggest that vitamin C may be beneficial in the healing of brain injuries. Studies have shown that vitamin C may help to reduce inflammation and oxidative stress, which are common after a brain injury. In addition, vitamin C has been shown to have neuroprotective effects, meaning that it can help to protect the brain from further damage.
One study published in the Journal of Neurotrauma found that high-dose vitamin C therapy was associated with improved outcomes in patients with traumatic brain injury. The study found that patients who received high-dose vitamin C had lower levels of inflammation and oxidative stress, as well as improved cognitive function and physical recovery.
While these findings are promising, more research is needed to fully understand the role that vitamin C plays in brain injury healing. If you have suffered a brain injury, it is important to work closely with your healthcare provider to determine the best course of treatment for your individual needs.
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The Effectivity of Vitamin C in Brain Injury Healing: Vitamin C or ascorbic acid is a powerful antioxidant that plays a crucial role in several biological processes. It helps to protect the body against oxidative stress caused by free radicals, which can damage cells and tissues. In the context of brain injury, vitamin C has been found to have several benefits. Firstly, vitamin C helps to reduce inflammation in the brain. Inflammation is a natural response to injury, but when it becomes chronic, it can cause further damage to the brain tissue. Vitamin C can help to reduce inflammation by neutralizing the pro-inflammatory cytokines that are released after a brain injury. Secondly, vitamin C plays a role in the formation of collagen, a protein that is essential for the formation and repair of tissues, including brain tissue. Collagen helps to strengthen the blood vessels in the brain, reducing the risk of further damage from trauma or stroke. Thirdly, vitamin C has been shown to improve cognitive function in TBI patients. A study published in the Journal of Neurotrauma found that high-dose vitamin C supplementation improved cognitive function in TBI patients. The researchers concluded that vitamin C could be an effective adjunct therapy in the management of TBI. Recommended Dosages of Vitamin C for Brain Injury Healing: The recommended dosage of vitamin C for brain injury healing depends on several factors, including the severity of the injury, the patient's age, weight, and overall health. In general, a dosage of 1000mg to 2000mg per day is recommended for TBI patients. However, it is important to note that high doses of vitamin C can cause side effects such as diarrhea, nausea, and stomach cramps. Patients should consult with their healthcare provider before starting vitamin C supplementation.
As for Keto diet - vitamin c has the same receptors as sugar . When cancer grows it uses glycolysis aka glucose . Your body competes with glucose which is why KETO works . Ketosis starves the cancer .
Remember there's a difference between artificial ascorbic acid and natural vitamin C complex in conjunction with bioflavonoids phytonutrients and other co-factors that do make vitamin C (natural vitamin C) an important dietary supplement that we all need. But you are correct about synthetic ascorbic acid (synthetic Vitamin C without all the co-factors involved)
I've used Vitamin C for years. I smoked when I was in my early 30's (I'm 55 now) for about 5 years, a pack per day. At some point, I had mucous buildup and was congested and coughing. Prior to that, there were no issues. I quite for a bit and was fine. Resumed smoking and was also fine. When I evaluated the situation, I found that during the time with the mucous issue, I had stopped taking Vitamin C. I was suprised. I then again stopped taking the Vitamin C while smoking as a test and, sure enough, the mucous issue came back. Vitamin C must have some quality that protects the lungs. Can you explain?
As an experiment, Iv been taking between 14-20 gms of ascorbic powder and vit c tablets combo everyday for 4 days . The results are astounding 😮
2018 I was diagnosed with arthritis of spine and pelvis and it got progressively worse , the past few years iv drastically changed my diet cut out ALL the nasties you can think of , and regularity take supplements.
And am on hrt too . The pain , especially in the mornings and at night in bed ante unbearable. I don’t take any pharmaceutical medication.
Despite this protocol, my joint pain and acute stiffness of spine and pelvis , elbows and hands persisted.
High dosing with vitamin C , and just day 1 , I’d say my pain reduced by 70% .
add MSM and more meat and cut out carbs.
u need animal protein and vitamin c to make collagen.
forgot to mention people who don't consume fruits and vegetables (average american basically) can benefit from vitamin c supplements
@Random Guy for sure. People that smoke should stop smoking too
@Random Guy I like bourbon
@Random Guy not possible if diabetic or low stomach acid or other digestive issues.
Intravenous vitamin C could be a potential treatment for certain cancers, but we still know very little in this regard. You need to have a high level of it in your bloodstream to become potentially toxic toward certain cancer cells. Sadly, studies have been inconclusive. However, I've read that liposomal vitamin C could also offer similar benefits. It's just that you need to drink it every few hours to saturate your body.
It all depends on whether and how depleted your vitamin c is. Mine was almost entirely gone and severely impaired collagen integrity across the whole body(bioresonance test), so I strongly disagree with this video. Started taking 5-10g per day and got well within a month.
what form of vit C do you take, the whole complex food based supplement or just ascorbic acid? i wish he had specified what was used in these studies, I'm sure it would make a difference. thank you.
why was your vitamin C depleted? Do you have a specific absorption issue? for example, have you needed operations on your bowel, etc?
@@DrBradStanfield Life style, bodybuilding, stress at work, pushing the mental and physical limits of the body, depletion of resources plus bacterial infections, bacteria feeds on you, scoops up all vitamins from your body, b3 d,k , magnesium minerals everything was down.
@@dawn1913 Just 1 kg of ascorbic acid taken over the course of several months , would have gone natural vitamin c but did not know better back then. This might not be applicable to most , i just wanted to get back to normal state asap.
@@winningtechnique1849 reminding me my bulk supplements brand purchase lol
If 100 mg is enough, why do animals produce way larger amounts?! Thanks Dr brad
Don’t thank him for being an ignorant liar
A dog that weighs 55 pounds will produce 990 milligrams of vitamin c per day. Humans are a lot bigger.
Ok, next one. After this he will pressure people to get the vax to avoid colds 🙄.
Big Pharma is this fake doctors boss that’s my guess
Nothing wrong wit the keto diet. The Inuit living in the arctic for thousands of years did fine. First explorers reported that these natives who had never eaten any carbs had no disease.
This was written by the author of the 2013 Cochrane review in vitamin C and infections. Hemilä, H.; Chalker, E. Bias against Vitamin C in Mainstream Medicine: Examples from Trials of Vitamin C for Infections. Life 2022, 12, 62.
There are multiple studies showing it has a significant effect on opiate withdrawl, but only with massive doses. We may not yet understand the mechanism but we do know low doses have no effect.
I used to get sick every year and then I started taking Vit C and D daily, went 4+ years without getting sick once, only got sick again when I slipped up and wasn’t dosing for a few weeks or sporadically.
What about the benefits to collagen production?
Ditto
And also vegetable iron absorption 😉
From my personal experience when I get flu coriza and nose running like a waterfall these were the worst symptoms because I work in computer a
In a shared office and I always had these symptoms they were so bad it hurted my nose besides it probably bothered coworkers. These symptoms lasted several days it was really a bother, my eyes swollen and got all red...
Last time, when my nose was starting bothering I started to take double Vitamin C by morning (empty stomach) and before sleeping with vitamin D3 together and I had no coriza, no nose running.
I have no clue about others but it worked wonders for me.
Your take on high dose vitamin C IV....we do specific blood panel screening q6 to 12 weeks when on IV C with bicarb along with prior baseline. VS q 20 min during. As well as urine screen pre IV to ensure safety. Our ca pts have thus far, positive outcomes.
Cellex-C serum removed my crow's feet. It just did. Eight years I've been using it and no wrinkles returned. I agree some topical formulas might not work, but the Cellex-C patented formula is the gold standard (same formula as SkinCeuticals because the same scientist created it).
Quite. He is saying it’s not effective based on the cost but if you are ok with having to pay for the right formula it does work. Misleading.
I have HPA Axis dysfunction, vitamin C has massively improved my health from fatigue to mental clarity and stopped constant heart pounding, prescribed by a function medical doctor. Many of the commenters seem to have also had improvement with vitamin C, this defiantly makes me more keen on giving things a try rather than depending on 1 doctor's opinion.
For me personally, Vit C works for the common cold, yes, it rarely prevents a symptomatic disease, but definitely reduces symptoms and the rate of bacterial complication. And I think you should research this topic more, even the Cochrane review which you mentioned states that Vit C helps against cold in specific circumstances such as severe physical exercises.
when I got a severe pain in my tooth, my dentist checked it and said it is the gum imflammation so she gave me antibiotics. When i asked for an alterntaive she said unfortuanetely there is none. So i came home, took the vitamin c jar and a pitcher of water. I started to drink 1 gr of vit c in a glass of water every 10-20 mins, for about 2 hours or so. So that night my pain was close to zero, and never used the antibiotics.
when these videos represent some of the studies like this it sounds like vit c supplements are totally useless, but it saved me how many times. Probably medical publications are so all over the place. You can find a proof of whatever result you would like to see.
Hy could you pl tell me what do you mean by vitamin c.i mean do you have L ascorbic acid powder or vitamin c which is present with other things too..
Need help
@@anonymous25800 hey. I am using just plain man made ascorbic acid. The real stuff is expensive here in my country. Just ascorbic acid works wonders. Listen to Dr Thomas Levy. But be cautious. Use megadose only for emergencies Long time big dose usage depletes cupper.
I did come across, some years ago, an article by a Duke University researcher who administered vitamin C in large doses to mice afflicted with cancer. He got some beneficial effects that he attributed to the oxidant aspect of the vitamin inhibiting hypoxia inducible factor (HIV) which responds to low oxygen levels in tissues by stimulating angiogenesis. Preventing angiogenesis in tumors reduced their size.
This studies is ment to fail. Vitamin C leavs the body in 4h. The maximum absorbasion is 3-4g each time. C vitamin needs to be taken regulary every 4-6h. If you are sick the body use up more C vitamin. When I am sick I can take 2g every h. Then fine I got lose stol at this dosage. So a person thats completely fine 100-200mg might be the max usage dosage. When sick the same person can use up 3000mg. But the medical establishment do only test this on person's without illnes and get the results they want.
Spot on! You are right 👍
This dude hating on vitamin C is plain weird
Very strange indeed, I belive this channel now no more!
I rarely write negative comments, but this is one of the most unscientific and uncharismatic channels out there.
I was pretty sick at 1 point inused ascorbic acid in high doses for months like 10-30 grams(orally) I never felt better also my sense of SMELL came back in full force.
I've been taking Vitamin C to speed up recovery from colds for 40 years now. I take it as soon as possible after the cold begins, while it's still weak or mild. Vitamin C seems to work incredibly well. It seems to cut recovery time by 50 - 80% or more. So so many doctors and scientists say it doesn't work for that, but my own experience seems to be radically different. Odd!
You're old enough to have a Coronary Artery Calcium score if you're zero. That would be great 👍 but if you're like me, high, like 400. You can reverse it as I am using the Linus Pauling Heart Therapy, which uses high dose vitamin C with Lysine and Proline. I have reversed my 660 to 458. Said to be impossible. The CAC is a great predictor of risk for strokes and heart attacks.
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Well done👍🏼
How much dosage of vitamin C did you take and what form?
@beaudeep Thanks, I take Asorbic Acid powder to bowel tolerance 4 times per day. I take 5 grams morning, noon,afternoon, and 15 grams early evening. The 15-gram dose is well tolerated because of reduced physical activity. Your tolerance may vary.
It's just not about vitamin C, which is the workhorse, but Lysine and Proline. They are Lp-a binding inhibitors. Lp-a wants to bind to the damaged exposed Lysine and Proline strands the girders of the artery wall 🧱. The Lysine and Proline are in powder form as well from BulkSupplemets off of Amazon. I buy in 1kg resealable bags. This is a substantial savings over buying in smaller quantities. I just refill my small containers.
Another supplement to be on is magnesium glycinate when magnesium is up. Calcium is down.
Lysine and Proline I take 8 grams per day. Magnesium glycinate 800mg.
If you're really interested in this, I follow Dr. Thomas Levy, cardiologist. Author of "Stop America's # 1 Killer " Proof that the Origin of All Coronary Heart Disease is Clearly Reversible Arterial Scurvy.
Vit C is meant to be oxidized and pissed out. This rids the body of oxidants.
big pharma
Back in the early 60s a large research hospital wanted to debunk the use of vitamin B17 or laetrile for the treatment of cancer. They hired a Japanese, world renowned scientist, to do the research. The results confirmed that B17 had a very high cure rate for all forms of cancer. The head of the hospital said they needed to redo the study because there were errors. (Keep in mind that they hired the best scientist they could find.) They did another study with the original scientist on the team. The findings concluded that B17 doesn't cure but in fact does more harm than good. At the end of the news conference announcing the results, a reporter called out to the original scientist asking if he still stands on the original findings. He stated: "I still stand." Many scientific research studies are performed by allopathic research schools and are done to dispute previous findings. It's a well known fact that research can be done to make whatever results that are desired to be true or false.
So, you can cite all the studies that you want but I think that you are a spokesperson for big pharma and want to convince us that the only treatment for diseases are prescription drugs.
WE THE PEOPLE WILL NOT BE DECEIVED!
Well said
I’m going to keep taking my Vit C
Good luck with your strategy 😂
This is a great video. My hunch is that one of the reasons vitamin C became associated with cardiovascular health might have as much to do with problems that can be caused by a lack of vitamin C as with a supposition that health can be improved by an overabundance of it. Everyone learns about scurvy in grammar school, but my respect for vitamin C increased further some years later when I read about studies done on guinea pigs. When the guinea pigs were deprived of vitamin C, in addition to normal outward symptoms of scurvy, the guinea pigs showed horrific cardiovascular degradation.
I try to maintain a good diet with lots of vegetables, but it does have ups and downs, so since reading those studies some 30 or so years ago, I have always taken a modest vitamin C supplement (250mg) to ensure that I at least maintain a baseline.
It stimulates collagen production. Better than bloody version
What about the findings of Frederick Klenner MD?
Virtual silence from the medical community even after he read a paper at a JAMA meeting about his successes.
The medical mafia didn't like that, not enough $ in it.
I really doubt the recommendation that a good diet of fruits and vegetables will meet anywhere near an ideal level of Vit C commercially grown products varies so much
Well I disagree, this is such an sensational claim. Btw oral supplementation of hyrulonic acid you advocate so much is complete bs, no benefit whatsoever.
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the information in this video completely contradicts my extremely positive experience with relatively high doses of different forms of vitamin c. to say that 100mg of vitamin c saturates the cells with this vitamin is obviously not true at all.
Dr Brad Stanfield is an honest guy. He is reporting studies with his own interpretation and experience.
Linus Pauling is father of vitamin c therapies. I expect anti-vitamin C studies to take centre stage because vitamin C has no money to be made.
As far as personal experience goes, vitamin C in high doses, over 4 grams a day provided miraculous benefits to me, it cleared my skin of hyperpigmentation after few weeks, it fights constipation which is root cause for huge number of diseases, provided energy boost and better diet control.
I have seen very weak patients get huge boost of energy almost immediately after infusion of 32 grams of vitamin c.
Vitamin C also helps recycling of glutathione, another master antioxidant.
For prevention of heart diseases, you need to have adequate levels of other vitamins like D and E also alongwith C.
For flu recovery, C along with zinc is necessary.
Also vitamin C cannot carry the entire load, it has huge synergistic impact.
One part where i agree with the good doctor is that diet of fruits and vegetables can fulfill your requirements of vitamin C.
Rajesh, great helpful comment, thanks
Vitamin C is dirt cheap. And could it be good for an acute infection?
There's a massive difference between ascorbics (which are not the complete story) and the natural form extract - and by using it in very high amounts 6-12 grams/day (split in 3 equal portions throughout the day) along with the same dose of MSM with which is synergistic, can have massive healing/detoxing benefits.
P.S. ascorbic acid in that high amount, will greatly acidify your body
Ascorbic acid is ascorbic acid.
Same as the one you find in fruits and vegetables.
@@Sobchak2 Even the inventor/discoverer of vitamin c, said that he could not heal one of his friend with the synthetic ascorbic form, which he could easily heal him with a high-vit. C paprika extract
What natural form extract do you use?
@Random Guy ChatGPT4 has certainly ingested all the online studies, so I better let him take the mic - if you need more, just do your own research, but really do it, don't just remain a random mediocre ignorant and arrogant Guy:
Q: Ascorbic acid vs. full-spectrum vitamin C
A: Ascorbic acid and full-spectrum vitamin C are different forms of vitamin C. While ascorbic acid refers to the isolated, synthetic form of vitamin C, full-spectrum vitamin C is derived from natural sources and contains additional components that are believed to enhance its effectiveness. Here is a comparison of the two:
Ascorbic Acid
- Ascorbic acid is the most common and well-studied form of vitamin C. It is a synthetic, isolated form of the vitamin, which means it consists solely of L-ascorbic acid and does not contain any bioflavonoids or other components.
- It is a water-soluble antioxidant that plays a crucial role in various biological processes, including collagen synthesis, wound healing, and the immune system's function.
- Ascorbic acid is often used in supplements and fortified foods due to its stability and low cost.
- It is rapidly absorbed and utilized by the body, but excess amounts are excreted, so it is important to consume it regularly.
Full-Spectrum Vitamin C
- Full-spectrum vitamin C is derived from natural sources like fruits and vegetables, which contain not only ascorbic acid but also other beneficial components such as bioflavonoids, enzymes, and phytonutrients.
- Bioflavonoids are compounds that occur naturally in plants and are believed to enhance the absorption and effectiveness of ascorbic acid. They also provide additional health benefits, such as anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects.
- Full-spectrum vitamin C is thought to be more bioavailable and better utilized by the body due to the synergistic effects of its various components.
- Supplements containing full-spectrum vitamin C are often more expensive than those containing just ascorbic acid, but they may provide a more comprehensive range of benefits.
In summary, ascorbic acid and full-spectrum vitamin C both provide essential vitamin C, but full-spectrum vitamin C might offer additional benefits due to its bioflavonoids and other components. While ascorbic acid is more affordable and widely available, full-spectrum vitamin C may be more bioavailable and effective. To ensure you're getting a well-rounded intake of vitamin C, it is best to consume a diet rich in fruits and vegetables and consider supplementation if necessary.
@Random Guy Also, I warmly suggest that you take a deep scientific dive into the "synergy between Vit.C & MSM" maybe ask ChatGPT / Poe/Sage/Claude+ about it, to have a potentially properly stimulating starting foundation ;)
The basic problem of these studies is the amount of Vitamin C and intake, The basic Vitamin C demand is best calculated by the body weight (25 to 50 mg per kg body weight) and that vitamin c shouldn't taken at once. The intake shoud strech over the whole day in 10 or more small portions of 200 mg.
And if you as somebody with an academic degree should produce better review then recite stufies which are based on false assumptions.
I wouldn’t believe a single word to come out of this guy’s mouth
This guy tells us everything is a scam. He always says supplements don’t work.
Creatine works
Brad, and about Colostrum?
Me that never took Vitamin C supplements, but just bought Vitamin C supplements yesterday. And this video comes today...
So I think we all know that vitamin c isn’t a panacea, but in certain circumstances the benefits of vitamin c shows benefits for mast cell stabilization and is used as a treatment for blood clotting disorders… used in mega doses.
Also, keto is a strong dietary lifestyle for health. It sounds like this channel seems to be stuck in a mantra, instead of looking at all of the science.
TOTALLY....WRONG!!!
This is an utter uninformed video. Completely....WRONG!!
biased
@White Ninja
Nice try White Ninja.....
I'm very real. I'm a hard core medical researcher....with more degrees than you could ever dream of...in Bio-Chemistry Medical Physiology...Mathematics...and Genetics research in mutations genetics. Of agriculture chemicals used on human food sources. Most notablly Aldrin and Dieldren.
In addition to degrees in Oceanography, and another PhD Canidacy in Environmental Science. And I'm also a JD Degree in law. And of course....you may not have even completed High School. Let alone one college degree.
And clearly if you were even smart enough to even know how A.I. even works, and writes responses....
You'd know that...
AI doesn't write like I'm writing you. Furthermore....Vit. C while is does have antioxidant qualities. It also functions as a regulatory switch. To activate cells response systems. That if your short of Vit. C....your repair systems of cell damaged stresses....can't be turned on!!!
Furthermore....you can't take high bonluses of Vitamin C. Like neophyte researchers try to do in experiments. Because the body can't store Vitamin C. And since it's water soluble....the body just pees it out!!
Nor, even to know how AI works....to know when you read it. That an AI machine didn't write it....
I did!!
Jeffery....⚘️
500 mg every day will fix all problems with your gums. In a week.
@@whiteninja9481 metal teeth do not make gums go away. Genius.
Last time I checked Linus pauling had two more Nobel Prizes than this guy. That's why I believe Linus Pauling
Yes, Linus Pauline was a genius and this is a typical ignorant Doctor Who knows nothing about nutrition and probably is paid for by the pharmaceutical mafia