According to the US scientists, a high dose vitamin C injection may help to hold the advance of cancers back. The scientists believe that the vitamin may initiate a critical chain reaction in the cancerous cell.
When that injection was given to mice, it halved the size of pancreatic, ovarian and brain tumors. The report has been presented in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
But the scientists from Cancer Research UK believe that high doses of vitamin C may interfere with cancer treatment as it has been suggested by many studies.
The researchers are suggesting that the treatment can be considered for human use in the same levels after its successful testing in mice.
The researchers employed dose of up to four grams per kg of body weight and it was considered far greater than the amount achieved using vitamin pills or diet as our digestive system can’t absorb more than a fixed amount of Vitamin C taken orally.
The mice that with broken immune systems were bred by the researchers and then human cancer cells injected in them. Soon these cells grew into large tumors and then vitamin C injected into the abdominal cavity of these mice.
The mice that were injected with vitamin C had 41% to 53% lower tumor growth while in untreated mice, the cancer spread rapidly and involved other parts of the body.
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Hey, yes I have read about the benefits of Vitamin C intake before. I’m glad that another study has supported the use of higher Vitamin C dosages as have read such differences of opinion on the matter.
The idea of using vitamin C as a cancer treatment sounds more appealing than the current treatment that we have now. It makes cancer looks less ’scary’ and it might give some emotional support to the patient.
The scientists used to come up with such amazing new findings which mostly surprises the common man like me, but it is a pity that they only research on this and then implementing it depends on the doctor who practices it. vitamin c rates may go up with this finding!
oh ,iam safe from cancer since i take more diet which have c vitamin.i prefer to drink 2-3 glasses of lemonwater which contains c vitamin.
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