Alternative Cancer Treatments - Amygdalin, Miso Soup, Vitamin C Megadosage, Hydrazine Sulfate, Hoxsey Therapy, Max Gerson, Coley's Toxins (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 31. Chapters: Amygdalin, Miso soup, Vitamin C megadosage, Hydrazine sulfate, Hoxsey Therapy, Max Gerson, Coley's Toxins, Royal Rife, Antineoplaston, Ernst T. Krebs, Luigi di Bella, Stanislaw Burzynski, Johanna Budwig, Cansema, Redox therapy, Essiac, Lorraine Day, Kanzius RF Therapy, Hamlin's Wizard Oil, 714-X, Cancell, Issels treatment, Cancer guided imagery. Excerpt: Vitamin C megadosage is the consumption (or injection) of vitamin C (ascorbate) in doses well beyond the current Dietary Reference Intake. Such doses are similar to the consumption of ascorbate in other primates which, like humans, cannot synthesize their own vitamin C. Nearly all other animals synthesize vitamin C internally. As such, their cellular vitamin C concentrations are considerably higher than those achieved with the Reference Daily Intake set for humans. Vitamin C is a recognized antioxidant, which has led to its endorsement by some researchers as a complementary therapy for improving quality of life. Vitamin C has been promoted in alternative medicine as a treatment for the common cold, cancer, polio and various other illnesses. The evidence for these claims is mixed, although vitamin C is generally regarded as a beneficial antioxidant. There is a strong advocacy movement for such doses of vitamin C, despite a prolonged lack of conclusive medical evidence or large scale, formal trials in the 10 to 200+ grams per day range. Vitamin C is needed in the diet to prevent scurvy; however, since the 1930s, when it first became available in pure form, some physicians have experimented with vitamin C as a treatment for diseases other than scurvy. Orthomolecular-based megadose recommendations for vitamin C are based mainly on theoretical speculation and observational studies. The speculation arises from the fact that most animals synthesize vitamin C and achieve mu...