Hi Owen
Am loving reading your book. It's fantastic. Am a fan of Linus Pauling and his colleagues from way back. Am getting my brother-in- law onto the cardio c. Have given him one of mine to try. Will hopefully sign him up to auto shipping.
I just have a question for you that I am hoping for some advice. A friend of mine has got giant cell artertis and is on huge doses of prednisone and is having awful side effects. My suggestion to her is vitamin c for artery integrity??
A bit of controversy re Liposomal versus Powdered C. Dr Levy seems to suggest liposomal is better in that it gets into the cells easier? Can you also take mega doses of the cardio C or would you be better to take the normal doses of cardio and up the powdered. Much appreciated. Thank you.
Chery
We created a topic at our forum about the liposomal C & heart disease issue:
http://www.vitamincfoundation.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=11648
From my experience, while the liposomal can be 10-times IV for fighting infection, you still require the same amount of vitamin C for heart disease, e.g. 10,000 mg - even in liposomal form, which is much more expensive than ordinary powder.
And the anti Lp(a) affects probably happen in the blood stream, outside of cells. It makes sense to start the regimen with ascorbic acid powder, in the same way it doesn't make sense to try to combat or prevent heart disease with intravenous vitamin C.
I am not familiar with the giant cell 'artertis' problem, do you have a link? But I would suggest that your friend read SAFE USES OF CORTISOL, 3rd Edition, by William Mck Jefferies, and then relay this information to his doctor. Because taking high does of prednisone for extended periods IS DANGEROUS. If the only reason is this arterial problem, he should also try vitamin C first. (The safe way to take cortisol (e.g. prednisone) is in low dosages at the book explains.
We know of people whohave megadosed on Pauling's formula (vitamin C/lysine and proline) but we feel the extra lysine is unnecessary above 6 grams daily. So we recommend 2 or 3 servings of Cardio-C, and then obtaining any extra vitamin C requirement with regular vitamin C powder - or with True liposomal vitamin C .