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But before you resign yourself to accepting painful and otherwise + problematic herpes lesions as your lot for life, consider this: +<o:p></o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial"> +<o:p> </o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial">The + greatest natural enemy of herpes, and HPV, is vitamin C. It is effective + taken orally in very high doses, or applied directly (topically) as a paste, + or both. +<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial"> +<o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial">If you do not agree with this, it is because you + have yet to try it. +<o:p></o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial"> +<o:p> </o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial">Topically:<span> </span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial">Make a paste with vitamin C + powder and a few drops of water. Apply the paste directly to external herpes + lesions. You will likely experience a significant reduction in both + discomfort and in size overnight. +<o:p></o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial"> +<o:p> </o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial">Ascorbic acid powder works best, in my opinion, + but may smart a bit</span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial"> + if there is a break in the skin. <span>Sodium + ascorbate and calcium ascorbate are non-acidic forms of vitamin C, and both + are “ouchless.” If you cannot easily find those forms, j</span>ust + mix in some sodium bicarbonate (“Arm and Hammer Baking Soda”) to + make ascorbic acid pH neutral. (It will fizz when you do.) <span> +<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial"> +<o:p> </o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial">If the lesions were fluid-filled (that liquid is loaded + with viruses), you will soon notice that the lesions are drier. For lesions + that have broken and fluid leaked out, apply the paste not only on, but + liberally AROUND the whole area. Sure, when the vitamin C paste dries, you + will see a slight white “frost” of left-over C crystals. But no + big deal. It sure looks better than a herpes sore. Repeat this process twice + daily until the skin is completely healed. +<o:p></o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial"> +<o:p> </o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial">I have + knowledge of cases where such treatment has gotten rid of the problem in two + or three days. <em>What is even more + important is that there was no reoccurrence, even over many years. +<o:p></o:p></em></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><em><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial"> +<o:p> </o:p></span></em></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial">Antiviral + properties of vitamin C are especially noticeable at the highest + concentrations. <strong><em>There is no way to get a higher concentration than pure vitamin C + powder applied directly to herpes lesions or human papilloma virus + “warts.”</em></strong> +<o:p></o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial"> +<o:p> </o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial">Common sense caution: Is herpes contagious? Yes. + You never know for sure if you’ve killed every single virus. Use all + cautions that you have learned to avoid spreading herpes or HPV. If you + don’t know them, read up on the subject. That is what Google searches + and public libraries are there for. +<o:p></o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial"> +<o:p> </o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial">Orally: </span></strong><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial">Lowered resistance can trigger an + outbreak of latent herpes viruses. Marta, age 30, was in her sixth month of a + long-desired pregnancy.<span> </span>She came to + see me specifically because of genital herpes. Her obstetrician had correctly + told her that she could not deliver vaginally as long as there were active + lesions. Exposure to herpes constitutes a real danger to a newborn. The + doctor had said that if the lesions were inactive, and preferably gone, for a + period of so many weeks, he'd OK a natural delivery. Otherwise, it would be a + Cesarean for her. +<o:p></o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial"> +<o:p> </o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial"><span> </span>Her question was expected. +<o:p></o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial"> +<o:p> </o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial"><span> </span>"Is there any way to get rid the + lesions with nutrition?" Marta asked. +<o:p></o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial"> +<o:p> </o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial"><span> </span>Conformist, party-line dietitians will + vigorously deny such a possibility, but then, they don't read their own + journals, and certainly not Linus Pauling's books or the <em>Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine</em>. +<o:p></o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial"> +<o:p> </o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial"><span> </span>So the truthful answer, the one I'd have to + give if under oath, is: Yes, there probably is: very large doses of vitamin + C. +<o:p></o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial"> +<o:p> </o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial"><span> </span>I ran this past Marta, and her concern was, + once again, entirely predictable. +<o:p></o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial"> +<o:p> </o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial"><span> </span>"Are megadoses of vitamin C safe for + the baby?" +<o:p></o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial"> +<o:p> </o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial"><span> </span>I knew that Frederick R. Klenner, M.D. (the + trailblazer of vitamin C docs) gave large doses to over 300 pregnant women + and reported virtually no complications in any of the pregnancies or + deliveries (Irwin Stone, <em>The Healing + Factor</em>, chapter 28, <a href="http://www.whale.to/v/c/index.html" target=_blank">http://www.whale.to/v/c/index.html</a> + ).<span> </span>Indeed, hospital nurses around +<st1:place w:st="on"> +<st1:city w:st="on">Reidsville</st1:city>, +<st1:state w:st="on">North + Carolina</st1:state></st1:place>, the region where Dr. Klenner practiced, + noted that the infants who were healthiest and happiest were in Klenner's + care. The hospital staff dubbed them the "Vitamin C Babies." +<o:p></o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial"> +<o:p> </o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial"><span> </span>Specifically, Klenner gave: 4,000 milligrams + during the first trimester, 6,000 mg during the second, and 10,000 milligrams + of vitamin C a day - or even 15,000 mg - throughout their third trimester. + This was his routine prescription for healthy women. He would respond to any + sickness with daily vitamin C injections totaling many times that. +<o:p></o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial"> +<o:p> </o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial"><span> </span>Over a nearly 40 year practice, Klenner (and + previous animal studies) rigorously ascertained the safety and effectiveness + of vitamin C during pregnancy.<span> </span>Specifically, there were no miscarriages in this entire group of 300 + women. There were no postpartum hemorrhages at all.<span> </span>There was no cardiac distress and there + were no toxic manifestations (Stone, p. 191).<span> </span>Among Klenner's patients were the Fultz quintuplets, who, at the time, + were the only quints in the southeastern +<st1:country-region w:st="on"> +<st1:place w:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region> to survive. Upon admission + to the hospital for childbirth, Klenner gave all mothers-to-be + "booster" injections of vitamin C. +<o:p></o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial"> +<o:p> </o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial"><span> </span>So my answer to Marta's question of safety + was an unfettered "yes." +<o:p></o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial"> +<o:p> </o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial"><span> </span>Additionally," I added, "For the ladies + who had all the vitamin C, labor was both shorter and less painful." +<o:p></o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial"> +<o:p> </o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial"><span> </span>Soon to be facing her first delivery, Marta + had a vested interest in that little side benefit. +<o:p></o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial"> +<o:p> </o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial"><span> </span>"I've never given birth myself," I + went on, "But my wife's two deliveries confirmed what Klenner said.<span> </span>Her first labor was two hours and + forty-five minutes total, and her second labor was one hour and forty-five + minutes from the very onset to "it's a girl." +<o:p></o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial"> +<o:p> </o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial"><span> </span>“Wow!" Marta said, happier than + ever. +<o:p></o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial"> +<o:p> </o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial"><span> </span>"I hesitate to keep this going, but there's + still more. The obstetrical nurses at Klenner's hospital repeatedly verified + that stretch marks were seldom seen on Klenner's post-partum patients. I can + personally vouch for this being true with my spouse. After two kids, the + second with a birthweight of 10 pounds, two ounces..." +<o:p></o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial"> +<o:p> </o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial"><span> </span>Marta's eyes grew large at the very idea. +<o:p></o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial"> +<o:p> </o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial"><span> </span>"... My wife had a single, half-inch + stretch mark.<span> </span>Pretty neat, eh?" +<o:p></o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial"> +<o:p> </o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial"><span> </span>Marta nodded several times. +<o:p></o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial"> +<o:p> </o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial"><span> </span>"Well, I really want to get rid of this + herpes thing so I can have a natural childbirth," Marta said. “I + know that herpes is most certainly not safe for the baby. And from what I've + read, Cesarean delivery, like all operations, carries risk, too. It seemed + that my balance sheet favors trying the vitamin." +<o:p></o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial"> +<o:p> </o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial"><span> </span>"Well," I said, "If you are + going to do it, Marta, you might as well do it right. This means building up + your C level to saturation. That's bowel tolerance, remember?" +<o:p></o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial"> +<o:p> </o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial"><span> </span>She did. +<o:p></o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial"> +<o:p> </o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial"><span> </span>"And you mean that I might have to take + much more than I'd expect to, right?" Marta added. +<o:p></o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial"> +<o:p> </o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial"><span> </span>"Yes," I said. "You do not + take the amount of vitamin C you think you should take; rather, you take the + amount of vitamin C that the body responds to. When your symptoms leave, + that's the right level for you at that time. As you get better, you will not + be able to hold as much of the vitamin. The dose is self-adjusting, and you + need no equipment to monitor it. Just take as much as you can comfortably + hold, just enough to be symptom-free, but not so much as causes loose + bowels." +<o:p></o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial"> +<o:p> </o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial"><span> </span>Marta said, "How long will it be before + I see any progress?" +<o:p></o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial"> +<o:p> </o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial"><span> </span>"It depends on how much vitamin C you + take, and how much vitamin C you need. A dry sponge holds a lot of + water.<span> </span>The body seems to have an + enormous capacity for vitamin C when infected with a virus. We'll all find out + how much you need when we see how much you can comfortably hold.<span> </span>It is not a contest; just do what gets the + healing. But it will take time to get to your saturation level." +<o:p></o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial"> +<o:p> </o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial"><span> </span>"What can I expect along the way?" + she asked. +<o:p></o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial"> +<o:p> </o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial"><span> </span>"The first thing you will notice is: + nothing. There is a latency period, a lag-time, while you load the body with + the vitamin.<span> </span>It's a bit like waiting + for your computer to load a new program." +<o:p></o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial"> +<o:p> </o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial"><span> </span>"Can you try another analogy?" + Marta said. +<o:p></o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial"> +<o:p> </o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial"><span> </span>"Look at it this way," I + responded.<span> </span>"Let's say you were in + a plane taking off from +<st1:place w:st="on"> +<st1:placename w:st="on">Buffalo</st1:placename> +<st1:placename w:st="on">International</st1:placename> +<st1:placetype w:st="on">Airport</st1:placetype></st1:place> + in the middle of winter.<span> </span>It is + snowing, dark, gray, stormy and windy. Your jet takes off, and begins to + climb.<span> </span>The wind rocks the plane, the + snow and sleet and hail come down, and it's all dismally gray outside. The + plane keeps climbing.<span> </span>All you can see + out the window is snow, darkness and the wings shaking from the wind. The + person next to you is turning a bit green.<span> </span>Up you go, still in the winter storm.<span> </span>Then, all of the sudden, the airplane breaks out on top of the clouds, + and like magic, there's bright sunlight and blue sky everywhere.<span> </span>Look down: Far below you is the storm.<span> </span>It's like it never happened, like you were + never in it. +<o:p></o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial"> +<o:p> </o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial"><span> </span>"That is exactly what it is like when + you reach saturation of vitamin C. At a certain altitude, higher than you + expected, your symptoms go away. This characteristically occurs with such + ease that it is hard to believe it until you experience it for yourself.<span> </span>Precious few medical professionals have + learned this. The medical-dietetic industry has a real fear of flying if + vitamin C is the aircraft. Too bad, when it is the safest and fastest plane + in the air. +<o:p></o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial"> +<o:p> </o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial"><span> </span>Marta was nobody's fool, and worked closely + with her obstetrician. She had heard about something termed "rebound + scurvy," and now asked me about it. +<o:p></o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial"> +<o:p> </o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial"><span> </span>"Rebound scurvy, or the rebound effect, + is when a person takes a lot of vitamin C, usually with great success, and + then abruptly stops taking it.<span> </span>At that + instance, symptoms come back, sometimes including a few classic vitamin C + deficiency signs.<span> </span>Research shows that + such an effect does not occur in the vast majority of situations. +<o:p></o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial"> +<o:p> </o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial"><span> </span>"However, pregnancy is a special + case.<span> </span>If the mother takes a lot of C + while pregnant, Klenner and others confirmed that her labor and delivery will + be shorter, easier and free of complications. If the vitamin helped while + Mommy was pregnant, it should most certainly be given to the baby. During + gestation, the baby got all the C he needed.<span> </span>But now, baby is on his own: no more C through the placenta and + umbilical cord.<span> </span>If the baby is used + to, and benefiting from, abundant vitamin C, it obviously should be provided + for him individually after birth.<span> </span>Klenner + gave newborns about 50 milligrams a day.<span> </span>Not doing that results in a scorbutic baby." +<o:p></o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial"> +<o:p> </o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial"><span> </span>"But doesn't that just mean that the + baby is dependent on vitamin C?" Marta said. I told you she was nobody's + fool. +<o:p></o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial"> +<o:p> </o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial"><span> </span>"No," I answered. "No more + than the baby is dependent on oxygen, or water, or food. Consider this: If + you have a really high paying job, and expenses to fit it, and you are + suddenly fired, you have a problem. Your problem is not money. Your problem + is a lack of money." +<o:p></o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial"> +<o:p> </o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial"><span> </span>Marta smiled comfortably. +<o:p></o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial"> +<o:p> </o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial"><span> </span>"So don't stop a good thing, + then," she said. +<o:p></o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial"> +<o:p> </o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial"><span> </span>"That's it," I agreed. "If + vitamin C is important enough for the woman to take before giving birth, then + it is important enough for the baby to get after it has been born." +<o:p></o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial"> +<o:p> </o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial"><span> </span>"I can see that," she said. + "But I'm going to breast feed my baby.<span> </span>Is there vitamin C in breast milk?" +<o:p></o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial"> +<o:p> </o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial"><span> </span>"There is some, but we do not know how + much at any given feeding. Keep in mind that the nursing woman is healing up + and stressed out.<span> </span>Along with + recovering from childbirth, she is adapting to really momentous changes in + her lifestyle and sleeping schedule, and everybody knows that taking care of + a baby is a tremendous demand on a person. Mom needs a lot of vitamin C + herself. So her amount of available surplus C is small.<span> </span>For this reason, breast milk is an + unreliable source of vitamin C for babies. However, mother's milk otherwise + is the perfect food for infants. You absolutely, positively are making the + right decision when you breast feed. Just slip the child a little C each day + as you do it.<span> </span>Even a newborn can gum down + a tiny bit of a finely-powdered chewable children's C tablet. You can put a + little right on the baby's tongue. Vitamin C drops are also available.<span> </span>My own kids got supplemental C from the + very first days of their lives." +<o:p></o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial"> +<o:p> </o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial"><span> </span>"What if a baby was formula-fed?" + Marta asked. +<o:p></o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial"> +<o:p> </o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial"><span> </span>"Then supplemental C is ever more + essential," I said. "Very little of the vitamin is found in + formula, especially after it is manufactured, packaged, opened, heated, + poured, and oxidized during bottle feeding." +<o:p></o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial"> +<o:p> </o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial"><span> </span>"OK," said Marta. "I guess I + should get started." +<o:p></o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial"> +<o:p> </o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial"><span> </span>She did. +<o:p></o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial"> +<o:p> </o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial"><span> </span>It was not that long afterward that I had a + follow-up conversation with her. +<o:p></o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial"> +<o:p> </o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial"><span> </span>"The delivery is on," Marta said. + "The herpes lesions are all gone, and have been gone since I got to + saturation with the C. Do you want to know how much it took?" +<o:p></o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial"> +<o:p> </o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial"><span> </span>"You bet I do." +<o:p></o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial"> +<o:p> </o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial"><span> </span>"44,000 milligrams a day!" she + hooted. "Can you believe that? And at that much I hardly had any bowel + signs at all. So I dropped it to about 35 to 40 thousand and stayed there. + That's it!" +<o:p></o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial"> +<o:p> </o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial"><span> </span>Not quite. A couple of months later, Marta + had one of the most adorable baby girls I've ever seen. That Dr. Klenner + fellow. I'd have liked to have met him. +<o:p></o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial"> +<o:p> </o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial"><span> </span>Right now there are a whole lot of + researchers searching for a good new anti-viral drug. They are the blind + leading the blind. They already have one. The pharmaceutical industry's + mercenary scientists and their medical doctor clones will, in fact, try + everything but megadoses of vitamin C. I think of them as birds that are + willing to land on any branch except one. Too bad, because that one branch is + the best in the tree. +<o:p></o:p></span></p> +<p><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial">[The above case history is excerpted from Andrew Saul’s book <em>DOCTOR YOURSELF: Natural Healing that Works</em> (reviewed at <a href="../../saulbooks.html" target=_blank">http://www.doctoryourself.com/saulbooks.html</a> + ). For ordering information, <a href="../../order.html" target=_blank">Click Here</a>. ] +<o:p></o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial">For more + information about high-dose vitamin C treatment: +<o:p></o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial"> +<o:p> </o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial">Dr. + Klenner's <strong><em>Clinical Guide to the Use of Vitamin C</em></strong> is now posted in its + entirety at +<o:p></o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial"><a href="http://www.whale.to/v/c/index.html" target=_blank">http://www.whale.to/v/c/index.html</a> +<o:p></o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial"> +<o:p> </o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial">The + complete text of Irwin Stone's book <strong><em>The Healing Factor</em></strong> is now posted + for free reading at <a href="http://vitamincfoundation.org/stone" target=_blank">http://vitamincfoundation.org/stone</a> +<o:p></o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial"> +<o:p> </o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial">L-LYSINE +<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial"> +<o:p> </o:p></span></p> +<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial">The + amino acid L-lysine also helps fight herpes.</span></strong><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial"> Keep your wallet in your + pocket: you can get lots of lysine by eating lots of beans. An effective + dose is about 3 to 4 grams (3,000 to 4,000 milligrams) of lysine daily. + That is about a can and a half of beans a day. Wait! Before you go off + singing the “Musical Fruit” song, hear me out: Beans, and all the + other legumes, are literally loaded with lysine. Peas are very high in + lysine. So are lentils, refried beans, pinto beans, kidney beans, + three-bean salad, bean soup, bean burritos, veggie bean-burgers, and even + chickpeas (garbanzos). Lima beans are relatively low; soybeans (and anything + made from soy) are unusually high in lysine. So be a has-bean! Eat your + beans at every meal.</span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt"> +<o:p></o:p></span></p> +<p><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial">All right, I know you are + going to ask, so </span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt"> <br /> +</span><em><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial">SUGGESTIONS FOR REDUCING SOCIAL EMBARRASSMENT AFTER FOLLOWING + SAUL’S BEAN PROGRAM</span></em><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: + Arial"> shall now follow.</span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt"> +<o:p></o:p></span></p> +<p><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial">First, drain ‘em! + Do NOT use the liquid that canned beans are packed in, nor the water that you + soak or cook beans in. Such processing liquid is high in raffinose + sugars, which are gas-producing par excellence. Why? Because bacteria love + them so, that’s why. </span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt"> +<o:p></o:p></span></p> +<p><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial">Odor also partly results + from amines, which are formed by colon bacteria from amino acids (from + protein). Eating less protein in general, and less flesh protein in + particular has an olfactory benefit. The stool of a cow is a lot less + unpleasant than the stool of a dog. This is related to overconsumption of + protein in the meateater. Since the average American eats fully TWO TO THREE + TIMES more protein a day than s/he needs, you need not worry about wasting + away.</span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt"> +<o:p></o:p></span></p> +<p><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial">You will doubtless be + pleased to know that most intestinal gas is odorless methane, odorless + hydrogen, and odorless carbon dioxide. But then there’s hydrogen + sulfide (again, from protein) which the human nose can detect this at just + ONE PART PER TWO BILLION.</span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt"> +<o:p></o:p></span></p> +<p><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial">Odorific gas is produced + by bowel bacteria, given the chance, as they munch on nondigested, + over-consumed, poorly-chewed food. Yes, it can be HOW you eat, not just what.</span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt"> +<o:p></o:p></span></p> +<p><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial">DID YOU KNOW that the + average person forms 1 to 3 PINTS of bowel gas each day, with about 14 + emissions?</span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt"> <br /> +</span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial"> </span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt"> <br /> +</span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial">DID YOU KNOW that this + was one of the most quoted facts students lifted from my Clinical Nutrition + lectures?</span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt"> +<o:p></o:p></span></p> +<p><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial">Okay, now for the + “bottom” line:</span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt"> +<o:p></o:p></span></p> +<p><strong><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial">GAS Rx:</span></strong><span style="font-size: 11.0pt"> +<o:p></o:p></span></p> +<p><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial">ONE: slow down and chew + your food very well. Undigested starches are another major culprit. If + you must gobble your dinner, eat lots of rice, which is easy to digest.</span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt"> +<o:p></o:p></span></p> +<p><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial">TWO: sprout your beans, + and/or cook them thoroughly. Remember: drain off that canning or cooking + water! </span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt"> +<o:p></o:p></span></p> +<p><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial">THREE: allow time for + colon bacteria to adapt to dietary changes. Most new vegetarians have a + not-new body, full of stuff from the old days of revelry. Transition can take + a while, but I think you will FEEL better right away.</span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt"> +<o:p></o:p></span></p> +<p><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial">FOUR: cut down on sweets + excess simple carbohydrates are good culture medium for bacteria, so starve + the little beggars.</span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt"> +<o:p></o:p></span></p> +<p><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial">(Liebman, B. "Out of + Gas?" Center for Science in the Public Interest’s <em>Nutrition + Action Healthletter</em>, March 1991 is a rather funny and very informative + little article on this happy topic, and was used as a reference for this + article, as was the standard dietetics textbook <em>Nutrition and Diet Therapy</em>, + by S. R. Williams, St. Louis: Mosby, 1993.)</span><span style="font-size: + 11.0pt"> <br /> + +<o:p></o:p></span></p> +<p><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial">Copyright 2007 and + previous years by Andrew W. Saul. 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