THE VITAMIN C FOUNDATION
MISSION STATEMENT:
The Foundation is a consortium of physicians and other practitioners, healthcare
activists, and other concerned Individuals, as well as of health and nutrition oriented
organizations and nutrient suppliers--all of whom are dedicated to promoting the
extraordinary therapeutic value of vitamin C. The Foundation has been established to
collect, preserve, and widely disseminate scientific research findings, clinical results,
and valid anecdotal evidence, both recent and archival, relating to the health benefits
of using vitamin C (ascorbic acid), In its different forms: natural foods, oral
supplements, topical applications, and intravenous injection. It also intends to raise
funds to enable it to financially support worthy new or ongoing research projects
pertaining to vitamin C and its health-conferring or -protecting mechanisms within the
body.
THE MAIN ACTIVITIES AND GOALS INTENDED FOR THE VITAMIN C
FOUNDATION ARE THE FOLLOWING:
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To address both the prevention and treatment of a wide variety of health conditions,
including acute and chronic Illnesses caused by Infectious or toxic agents,
degenerative diseases (such as atherosclerosis and cancer), aging, and nutritional
deficiency states.
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To educate the public and healthcare professionals about a means of achieving optimal
health and longevity, through the advocacy of higher-than-RDA ascorbate intake,
along with that of other complimentary and synergistic micronutrients or dietary
substances (such as phytochemicals, notably the bloflavonoids). It will at the same
time supply Cautionary warnings regarding situations in which megadose vitamin C
intake could be contraindicated, as potentially harmful to particular individuals due to
genetic and biochemical anomalies or certain health conditions (such as
hemochromatosis).
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To provide information about the many uses of vitamin C, including resources for
supply and appropriate dosages, to health providers, the media, and the public. The
principal means of doing this will be through producing print and electronic (on-line)
publications, such as journals with special focuses that are aimed at several levels of
readership, both professional and lay persons. Additionally, multimedia materials,
such as videotapes, audio tapes, and CD-ROMS, will be developed for informational
purposes. As time and funds permit, special conferences may also be undertaken.
The foundation may also market approved vitamin C products and books, both as a
convenience to practitioners and the public and a means of earning modest profits to
cover operating costs.
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To facilitate professional information exchange of research plans and results (as
through abstracts), via an electronic bulletin board and periodic published bulletins,
that acquaint or connect biomedical researchers with ongoing or prospective projects
and studies that relate to their own areas of interest in vitamin C, whether in laboratory
or clinical Settings, and epidemiological or theoretical work.
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To create the world's first Vitamin C Research Information Center by electronic means,
through methodically building a complex database that will record, track, and provide
swift and convenient access to the entire range of ascorbic acid-utilizing research,
which will also include commentaries and cross-referencing on subsequent
verification, variance, or refutation of the original findings.
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To function as a centralized fund-collecting and fund-disbursing entity serving the
financial needs of laboratory researchers, clinicians, and epidemiologists engaged in
studies of vitamin C that have important implications for human health, When its
assets and contributions are sufficient to permit giving awards, the foundation will
invite grant proposals from researchers and clinicians, or their research institutions or
clinical facilities.
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To establish an administrative center that will receive and respond to inquiries and
requests for resource information, including vitamin C-using practitioners and
ascorbate supply sources, via telephone, fax, e-mail , and mail services, from
physicians and other healthcare providers, as well as from researchers and members of
the public.
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To serve as the primary proponent of vitamin C in health maintenance and medical
therapy, through a network of affiliated professionals--advocates and spokespersons,
highly experienced and knowledgeable about vitamin C, who can actively and
effectively Present both new and well-established information to the media, to the
public, and to practitioners.
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To cover administrative and other operating costs, and also to further its grant-giving,
fund allocating role, the foundation will solicit financial support in the form of
memberships, subscriptions, donations, and grants from different entities, private
foundations, government agencies, medical Societies, for-profit corporations (such as
life insurance companies, health maintenance organizations, vitamin C manufacturers,
nutrient distributors and retailers), and charitable individuals.
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The Vitamin C Foundation survives from memberships and revenues largely derived from MEGASCORBATE THERAPIES. All electronic reproduction of these pages including the MEGASCORBATE THERAPIES journal
is strictly prohibited without express written permission from THE VITAMIN C FOUNDATION.
Members of The Vitamin C Foundation are permitted to make and distribute up to five (5) printed copies of these pages including the MEGASCORBATE THERAPIES journal.