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