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Posted on 03/21/2022 7:45:30 PM PDT by ConservativeMind
Cognitive impairment among older hospitalized Australians could be the result of low vitamin C levels, a study has found, paving the way for a potential treatment.
Common in older hospitalized patients, cognitive impairment can result in a person having trouble remembering things, concentrating or making decisions.
"Previous research has shown that vitamin C plays a significant role in the functioning of the brain, with studies finding that vitamin C deficiency may be associated with cognitive impairment, depression and confusion," says lead author Associate Professor Yogesh Sharma.
A total of 91 patients (56.9%) were found to have cognitive impairment, while 42 (26.3%) were found to be vitamin C deficient with a level below 11 micromol/L, below which point scurvy could develop.
"Our findings showed that cognitive function scores were significantly lower among patients who were vitamin C deficient, with further analysis suggesting vitamin C deficiency was almost three times more likely to be associated with cognitive impairment after adjustment for other factors," says Associate Professor Sharma.
The study also found that the symptoms associated with scurvy were likely to be present among patients with or without vitamin C deficiency. Many of these symptoms of vitamin C deficiency are common in older people, who may have bleeding, bruising and skin issues due to a number of other conditions.
"It may, therefore, be difficult to diagnose vitamin C deficiency solely on looking for these particular symptoms in older hospitalized patients," says Associate Professor Sharma.
"Given we know vitamin C deficiency is common among older hospitalized patients, medical professionals need to remain vigilant for this condition."
The authors say while the study doesn't prove that vitamin C is a direct cause of the cognitive impairment, it has demonstrated that vitamin C deficiency is common and is associated with cognitive impairment in older hospitalized patients.
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They already told us that HCQ and Ivermectin don’t work. Now they are bashing Vitamin C. Next will be Vitamin D.
Oysters. You’ll buy magnums in the prophylactic aisle. I always ask a female employee to unlock the cabinet.
Actually they are nit bashing vit c at all, Quite the opposite
They are calling attention to lack of vit c and saying Docs should be aware.
Okay, thanks.
What was this about again?
Thet already bashed vitamin d. They fear people qill take too much of it and talked about restricitng access to it.
Bkmk
Thank Goodness I am not Australian.
Unfortunately, big pharma has been running Vitamin C down for years. The Linus Pauling Foundation, started after LP first emphasized the importance of high dose Vitamin C in treating a number of illnesses, has been forced to be very careful about anything it says about the value of Vitamin C. Dr. Robert Cathcart has written in great detail about the uses of high Vitamin C in successfully treating a number of major illnesses. It seems that for both Vitamins C and D, there is a big difference between taking enough to prevent scurvy or bone loss, and enough to have an optimum level of that vitamin.
Dr. Cathcart recommends that everyone in normal health should take 4 grams of Vitamin C a day, in divided doses. I have taken from 4 to 7 grams a day for 50 years. At 83 years old, it has done me nothing but good for my several allergies (house dust, mold, and cigarette smoke). I once gave a woman stung by 3 yellow jackets in the neck 50 grams of C over 8 hours (she had forgotten her bee sting kit for this wilderness trip). The first 10 grams crushed and mixed in a glass of water opened her swollen throat, and eyes in 20 minutes.
With regard to Vitamin D, science is now coming to the conclusion the level of Vitamin D (above 20 ng/mL blood level) which is good for bone health, may not be enough for optimum immune health. In fact Kaiser Permanente gives the OPTIMUM RANGE for Vitamin D blood levels as 50 to 80 ng/mL. The link below is a Covid study which used over 200 people for a test of the original Dr. Zelenko 3 part Covid treatment protocol, plus Vitamin D, and either using or not using IV (intravenouse) Vitamin C. They were testing whether using the Vitamin C would improve hospitalization outcomes. While they did find the IV Vitamin C definitely shortened hospital stays, an even more exciting find concerned Vitamin D. They had done various blood tests before the experimental study began. After the experiment was over they went back to these preliminary tests and discovered NO test subject had an OPTIMUM Vitamin D level. This study used above 30 ng/mL as their OPTIMUM, far lower than the Kaiser Permanente 50 to 80 ng/ml level. My conclusion is that if you want to stay out of hospitals for illness, get tested, and find out how much Vitamin D3 you need to reach and maintain an OPTIMUM Vitamin D level. [NOTE: The foreign study below uses nmol/L (nanomols/liter) rather than the US ng/mL (nanograms/milliliter). You need to divide the foreign measures by 2.5 to determine the US figures. Thus 75 nmol/mL becomes 30 ng/mL when divided by 2.5.]
You may have difficulty finding a doctor who knows how much Vitamin D3 will bring you up to the OPTIMUM level. I am a 140 lb. woman, and after taking 2000IU to 5000IU of Vitamin D3 since summer 2020 tested at 66 ng/mL at KP this past Dec. I used less with ample sun exposure and in summer, and more when mostly indoors and in winter. A 235 lb. man I know was taking 5000IU, but this winter his doctor said to take 10,000IU a day. Dark skinned people have difficulty absorbing vitamin D formed in their skin by the sun. A large black woman I met said her doctor told her years ago to take 10,000IU daily. She is tested annually. [All 3 people live in the mid-Atlantic area.] So, good luck finding the ideal amount of Vitamin D3 to keep you out of hospitals.
Thank you
This is very important
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