I would like to know how great a health risk it is to me to take Vitamin C since I have Hemochromatosis (my body stores and does not rid itself of Iron) which I am told Binds Iron to my bodies tissues. I really have need of Linus Pauling's Vit C heart disease therapy. Do you have any information or advice for me? I'm also a diabetic type 2.
Desperate for help.
Timothy H.
I know we have discussed this, but it is gone (and will stimulate me to work on the archives).
Basically, we have our doctors who have found that IV sodium ascorbate lowers, rather than raises, serum iron levels - See the FAQS for doctors. http://www.vitamincfoundation.org/faqdocs.html
There is probably a risk in taking vitamin C with foods that contain iron because more iron will be absorbed.
So take the vitamin away from meals.
As far as the Type 2 Diabetes, the following article contains links to the Thomas Smith web site on the causes of, and means to reverse, Type 2. http://www.thecureforheartdisease.com/owen/gaa.html