| Okay, so you think you are doing pretty well | | | | something familiar. They are the very foods |
| with your diet. You prepare most of your | | | | that the majority of people now consume! By |
| meals at home, don't eat much junk food and | | | | eating these foods a person will restrict |
| aren't a fast food eater only rarely. You | | | | vitamin C intake to less than 5 mg per day. |
| think vitamins are pretty much | | | | The bare minimum RDA (Recommended Daily |
| nonsense-particularly since you are eating so | | | | Allowance) so far established for vitamin C |
| well-and besides, you feel pretty healthy. | | | | is 90 mg per day for men and 75 mg per day |
| Well let me rain on that parade a little. | | | | for women -- and this is highly contested as |
| Consider this. In order for nutritional | | | | being far too low. There is a huge body of |
| researchers to determine the required levels | | | | research now demonstrating that humans need |
| of nutrients, diets must be designed of known | | | | several hundred milligrams (some believe more |
| nutrient content with a specific deficiency | | | | than a thousand) per day to achieve optimal |
| in the nutrient being studied. Then varying | | | | health. Vitamin C is a critically important |
| doses of the nutrient can be added to the | | | | nutrient for humans since our bodies are |
| diet to determine at what level symptoms of | | | | unable to synthesize it. In the wild, fruits |
| deficiency disappear. In the American Journal | | | | and vegetables would be the main source. |
| of Clinical Nutrition, a vitamin C-depleted | | | | Vitamin C bolsters the immune system and is |
| real meal menu is described. The diet | | | | critical to connective tissue integrity and |
| consists of the following choices: Breakfast: | | | | health. In its absence, the nutritional |
| Apple Juice, Applesauce, Raisin Bran, | | | | disease scurvy occurs resulting in a sort of |
| Shredded Wheat, Unprocessed bran, Hominy | | | | meltdown of the basic structure of the body. |
| grits, Cream of Wheat, Eggs (scrambled or | | | | Teeth fall out, internal bleeding occurs and |
| hard poached), Cheddar cheese, French toast, | | | | it can cause a miserable death. In days gone |
| Syrup, Yogurt (plain or strawberry), Bran | | | | by, ancient mariners feared the disease more |
| muffin, Glazed doughnut, Mini bagel, Cream | | | | than capsizing. But left out to sea long |
| cheese, White toast or bread, Wheat toast, | | | | enough with only bread and salted meat they |
| Margarine, butter, Honey, Peanut butter, | | | | were almost sure to suffer it to one degree |
| Sugar substitutes, Low-fat cream cheese, | | | | or another. Heart disease is a leading killer |
| Coffee (regular or decaffeinated), Tea | | | | in modern society. Dental disease is |
| (regular or decaffeinated), Cream, White milk | | | | epidemic. Both of these conditions can be |
| (whole, 2%, or skim), Chocolate milk, | | | | initiated or fostered by vitamin C |
| Buttermilk. Lunch: Chicken noodle soup, Cream | | | | deficiency. There presence may in fact be the |
| of chicken soup, Croutons, Escalloped | | | | very marker that vitamin C deficiency is |
| chicken, Pork chops, Brown gravy, Garlic herb | | | | widespread. Coronary and cerebral vessels |
| pizza, Grilled cheese sandwich, Tuna chunks, | | | | lose their integrity leading to heart attacks |
| Yogurt (plain, vanilla or blueberry), Rice | | | | and strokes, and periodontitis (gum |
| royale, Black beans, Rice, Pretzels, | | | | recession, bleeding and oral infection) leads |
| Applesauce, Diet Jell-Oâ„¢, Cookies | | | | to loss of teeth, foul breath and seeding of |
| (chocolate chip or sugar), Ice cream (vanilla | | | | the body's organs with pathogens. Vitamin C |
| or chocolate), Bread (white or wheat), | | | | is not a silly nutrient to be ignored or |
| Saltines, Margarine, Butter, Sour cream, | | | | played with. Don't assume that because you |
| Peanut butter, Mustard, Mayonnaise, Sugar | | | | seem healthy at the moment that chronic |
| substitute, Relish, Coffee (regular or | | | | degenerative disease is not incubating |
| decaffeinated), Tea (regular, decaffeinated | | | | within. In fact, if you are eating |
| or iced), Cream Dinner: Chicken and rice | | | | exclusively processed modern fare, you can |
| soup, Cottage cheese, Croutons, Fried shrimp, | | | | count on it. Convert the diet to more fresh |
| Roast beef, Brown gravy, Macaroni and cheese, | | | | and raw foods (See authors The Thinking |
| Cheeseburger, Chicken salad, Yogurt (plain or | | | | Person's Master Key to Health (CD). Note that |
| peach), Pinto beans, Rice, Diet | | | | there were no fresh foods in the test diet. |
| Jell-Oâ„¢, Vanilla ice cream, Angel food | | | | And certainly taking daily vitamin C |
| cake, Bread (white or wheat), Margarine, | | | | supplements (500-1000 mg per day) is prudent |
| Butter, Peanut butter, Coffee (regular or | | | | insurance given that normal dietary fare is |
| decaffeinated), Cream, Tea (regular, | | | | clearly vitamin C deficient. Am J Clin Nutr, |
| decaffeinated or iced) Evening Snacks: Peanut | | | | 1997; 65(5):1434-40 For further reading, or |
| butter crackers, Graham crackers, Chocolate | | | | for more information about, Dr Wysong and the |
| chip cookie, Popcorn, Ginger ale, Diet cola | | | | Wysong Corporation please visit or write to |
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