Miracle Cures

Taking 1,000 milligrams of vitamin C daily has reversed infertility in some males.

Reports that a more expensive vitamin C called Ester-C is superior have not held up. In fact, one study found plain old vitamin C better.

Vitamin C does not cause kidney stones, as once believed, or other significant side effects. There is no long-term toxicity for either vitamin. Vitamin E can have a slight blood thinning effect; check with your doctor if you are taking other heart medications, especially anticoagulants. Generally authorities do not advise taking more than 1,000 IU of vitamin E daily, except on the advice of a doctor.

And what makes plaque more stable? Vitamin C, by spurring production and repair of collagen, a kind of cement that keeps plaque from fragmenting and creating hazardous blood clots.

Studies in animals and humans consistently show that a daily dose of 400 to 500 IU of vitamin E drastically inhibits the propensity of LDL to become toxic and damage arteries. Studies show that vitamin E also can slow down the proliferation of smooth muscle cells that pile up on artery walls, contributing to artery-clogging plaque.

Actually vitamin C is a miracle drug mainly because it activates or releases the chemical nitric oxide in artery walls

gram of vitamin C can also lower blood pressure, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture studies. Among people with high blood pressure a daily 1,000-milligram dose of vitamin C reduced both systolic (upper number) and diastolic (lower number) pressure about 7 percent

Taking vitamin C can also lower bad LDL cholesterol, according to a well-designed (double-blind randomized) study in Australia. Taking 1,000 milligrams of vitamin C depressed LDL cholesterol by 16 percent after four weeks.

Further, it reduced the need for repeat surgery by about 60 percent

the new Japanese study of 119 patients a daily dose of 500 milligrams of vitamin C was incredibly effective. Four months after the surgery only 24 percent of those who took vitamin C had reclosed arteries—or restenosis