| 1) "Why do Eskimos and husky dogs do not | | | | Vitamin C before he died at 93. |
| eat polar bear liver?" | | | | |
| | | | The modern medical research could not prove |
| Because it contains huge amounts of Vitamin | | | | that Vitamin C protects against common cold |
| A. One gram of polar bear liver contains 12 | | | | or cancer. |
| times the daily required amount of Vitamin A | | | | |
| (1 mg). | | | | However, Vitamin C is of course essential for |
| | | | healthy gums, fighting gingivitis, healthy |
| And what happens if you overdose on Vitamin | | | | vision, among its many other benefits. |
| A? Here is a not-too-pleasant list: skin | | | | Vitamin C deficiency causes scurvy. |
| problems (itching, peeling off), drowsiness | | | | |
| and sleepiness, splitting headaches, spleen | | | | 3) "What does Vitamin Choline do?" |
| and liver enlargement, painful swelling of | | | | |
| tissues next to the bones, loss of appetite. | | | | Perhaps you've never heard of Vitamin |
| | | | Choline, which is a member of the Vitamin B |
| Vitamin A overdose during the first three | | | | family. It's other name is "Amanitine" and is |
| months of pregnancy can cause congenital | | | | found in Lecithin. |
| abnormalities. | | | | |
| | | | Some doctors recommend Choline for alcoholics |
| 2) "Why did Linus Pauling took 40,000 mg | | | | or diabetics. It is used to fight Alzheimer's |
| of Vitamin C a day?" | | | | disease, angina, atherosclerosis, fatty |
| | | | liver, senility, high blood pressure, |
| Linus Pauling, the only scientist who won 2 | | | | thrombosis, and strokes. |
| Nobel prizes in history (Chemistry 1954 and | | | | |
| Peace in 1962), was a big-time believer in | | | | Choline is found in bananas, green leafy |
| Vitamin C. | | | | vegetables, legumes, beef, nuts, wheat germ, |
| | | | shellfish, whole grain cereals. The |
| Pauling himself took massive amounts of it | | | | literature does not cite any serious side |
| daily to prevent common cold. He started | | | | effects. |
| taking 12,000 mg a day and took it all the | | | | |
| way up to 40,000 mg. He claimed he delayed | | | | (312 words, Copyright May 2006 Ugur Akinci)by |
| the onset of his prostate cancer by twenty | | | | Ugur Akinci, Ph.D. |
| years by taking such unheard of quantities of | | | | |