Swine Flu

[Metathresh]

What do you guys think of ascorbate megadosing your way through the new swine flu? Do you think it would work? I've read somewhere that vitamin C can prevent death from West Nile Virus, I wonder if this is true and if the same applies to this deadly H1N1 strain of the swine virus.

[ofonorow]

Well if you can't find someone to administer IV, maybe it is time to stock up on LYpo-C.

[ofonorow]

[ofonorow]

In addition to high dose vitamins C, D and A, don't forget to add zinc and selenium. Both have been shown to help the immune system.

[Metathresh]

Interesting, I didn't know about Vitamin A's immune enhancing capabilities. I hope the swine flu doesn't turn into a pandemic-type infection. I don't have it (thank God), but I feel comfortable in knowing that if by some bad turn of luck, I somehow got infected, I could turn to the trusty Vitamin C (as well as A, D, Selenium, etc.).

[dave7000]

When you try it yourself (at the first symptoms), at as low of a dose as "2 to 3 gm every 20
minutes" and see all the symptoms vanish you will be amazed.

You might even start thinking that the one account in Irwin Stone's book about Vitamin C curing
snake bite must be true too. Except that may have been IV, but I can't recollect right now.

It has to be the least riskiest, most powerful cure ever discovered.

--Dave Martin

[dave7000]

On that last post, I should have made it clear I was talking about normal
flu symptoms yielding to the mighty Vitamin C from my own experience.
I have never had the swine flu.

But something that works that effectively should surely work on any other
strain of flu.

--Dave Martin

[Metathresh]

On that last post, I should have made it clear I was talking about normal
flu symptoms yielding to the mighty Vitamin C from my own experience.
I have never had the swine flu.

But something that works that effectively should surely work on any other
strain of flu.

--Dave Martin

Yeah, I've tried the vitamin C "Cold Cure" of dosing every 20 minutes when I had a flu; it worked, but I did it on the second or third day and didn't get the full benefit because of that. The thing is, a regular flu is not like the swine or avian flu. I remember seeing a list of bowel tolerance of different diseases and I think the regular flu was somewhere like 30 g bowel tolerance and the avian flu was somewhere around 100-120 g bowel tolerance. In other words, you'd need a lot more vitamin C.

[chimp]

How can swine and other types of animals that produce their own vitamin C catch the flu in the first place?

[Cis4me]

How can swine and other types of animals that produce their own vitamin C catch the flu in the first place?

Because most animals can't produce the ascorbate at a fast enough rate. i.e. the disease/immune system are burning up the C at a much higher rate than the liver can produce it so extra ascorbate has to be provided from some other source during the worse phases of the disease.

The last time I had the flu (and the only time I've had it since supplementing vitamin c in sufficient amounts) it took me about 25-30 grams *per hour* for nearly 2 days while I was awake (nearly 3/4 of a pound in total).... a heck of a lot better than waiting around for a week for it to go away on its own....

[aariel]

Interesting, I didn't know about Vitamin A's immune enhancing capabilities. I hope the swine flu doesn't turn into a pandemic-type infection. I don't have it (thank God), but I feel comfortable in knowing that if by some bad turn of luck, I somehow got infected, I could turn to the trusty Vitamin C (as well as A, D, Selenium, etc.).

Vitamin A is a much misunderstood vitamin. One of the best sources of information on vitamin A is:

http://www.westonaprice.org/basicnutrition/index.html.

Numerous deficiency studies have shown that vitamin A is essential to immune function.

Also, try searching pubmed for "influenza vitamin A", you'll be amazed.

-Paul