Vitamin C May Reduce CRP Levels

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Vitamin C May Reduce CRP Levels

Post Number:#1  Post by Seymore Spectacles » Mon Nov 03, 2008 8:09 pm

This has been established before but this further supports the case:

Supplementation with Vitamin C May Reduce Plasma C-reactive protein

"Vitamin C treatment reduces elevated C-reactive protein," Block G, Jensen CD, et al, Free Radic Biol Med, 2008 Oct 10; [Epub ahead of print]. (Address: University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA. E-mail: Gladys Block, gblock@berkeley.edu ).

Summary:
In a study involving 396 healthy nonsmokers, supplementation with vitamin C (1000 mg/d) for a period of two months was found to reduce plasma levels of C-reactive protein (CRP) - an inflammatory biomarker of cardiovascular disease risk - in subjects with elevated CRP levels at baseline (1.0 mg/L or greater). Compared to placebo, vitamin C was associated with a 25.3% reduction in CRP levels - an effect similar to that found with statin drugs.

Supplementation with 800 IU/d vitamin E was not associated with significant reductions in CRP. An additional finding of the study was that among obese subjects, 75% had elevated CRP levels (1.0 mg/L or greater). The authors state, "Research is needed to determine whether reducing this inflammatory biomarker with vitamin C could reduce diseases associated with obesity."

The results of this study suggest that supplementation with 1000 mg/d vitamin C may have significant beneficial effects on reducing risk of cardiovascular disease in patients with elevated CRP levels.


http://www.vitasearch.com/get-clp-summary/37842

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Re: Vitamin C May Reduce CRP Levels

Post Number:#2  Post by ofonorow » Fri Nov 07, 2008 9:29 am

Why "may"? I'll bet the discussion of the same effect of the statin drugs did not use this word:lol:
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Re: Vitamin C May Reduce CRP Levels

Post Number:#3  Post by Seymore Spectacles » Wed Nov 12, 2008 4:29 pm

A nice summary, with a comparison to the recent Jupiter study.

http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/rele ... minc.shtml

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Re: Vitamin C May Reduce CRP Levels

Post Number:#4  Post by ofonorow » Fri Nov 14, 2008 3:39 am

Yes, thank you. In my conspiracy theory world, this "real" CRP study is the one the other study was released to blunt. It seems to happen every time...

And it would mean that someone is able to monitor papers in peer review and plan "corrective action" (if they can't stop the paper from being published.).
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