Vitamin C deficiency linked to pneumonia

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By Lori Alton, staff writer

(Naturalhealth365) For over 70 years, forward-thinking physicians have noted the association between vitamin C deficiency and pneumonia – a serious health condition that claims over 50,000 lives a year. For example, in medical literature written as early as 1936, physicians credited the vitamin with “favorably influencing” outcomes for pneumonia patients.

However, the attitude of Western medicine towards high-dose vitamins has deteriorated since the 1970’s – when poorly designed, low-dosage studies appeared to show a lack of vitamin C benefits for respiratory conditions. Fortunately, a surge of recent studies and …read more

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