From wikipedia: Ascorbic acid is found in plants, animals, and single cell
organisms.[4] All living animals either make it, eat it, or die from scurvy.
Reptiles and older orders of birds make ascorbic acid in their kidneys.
Recent orders of birds and most mammals make ascorbic acid in their livers
where the enzyme L-gulonolactone oxidase is required to convert glucose to
ascorbic acid.[5] Humans, guinea pigs, and some other primates are not able
to make L-gulonolactone oxidase because of a genetic defect and are
therefore unable to make ascorbic acid in their livers. This genetic
mutation occurred about 63 million years ago [6] This would have had lethal
consequences for the mutated primate were it not for the fact that it
occurred to an arboreal animal living in a tropical environment where plenty
of foodstuffs containing ascorbic acid were available throughout the year.
Although ascorbic acid is a vital food nutrient for humans and is therefore
termed a vitamin, it is a natural liver metabolite in most other animals.
Faith
----- Original Message -----
From: "S-Max" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2007 11:45 AM
Subject: Re: CS>Cs: > Vit.C and cancer
Thanks, Jodi for pointing to a difference between Vit C (Ascorbic Acid
which
is Synthetic) and Vit C (Natural as in Rose Hips or Acerola Cherry).
Anybody using and enjoying the benefits of a Natural Vit C? I am looking
for
a good one - supplement that is?
S-Max
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The type of Vitamin C therapy Pauling recommended wasn't on the same
level as supplementing minimal doses with a synthetic, poor quality
vitamin C. I think supplementation that is (if not natural), as
close-to-natural as possible and high quality, should surely be touted
as the next best thing.
Jodi
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