Fat can turn vitamin C into cancer-promoting agent

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Fat can turn vitamin C into cancer-promoting agent

Posted Sep 4th 2007 11:40AM by Brian White
Filed under: All Cancers, Research, Diets

Although Vitamin C is a great thing to have in your system at regular daily intervals, it can be used to actually promote the formation of cancer-causing chemicals when there is too much fat in the stomach, according to a recent article in the journal Gut.

The interaction of vitamins and minerals in the body (synergy) can have a strong impact on the effectiveness of many of them, but this seems like an odd one to me. Nevertheless, lipid and ascorbic acid interaction was studied in terms of possible cancer contributions to the upper stomach area (which is sensitive to cancerous issues and tumor development).

The problems revolved around nitrites, which could be converted into cancer-causing compounds called nitrosamines if there was too much fat in the gut when ascorbic acid was present. The term "nitrite" may be familiar to you -- it's what makes processed meats look red when they're really "dead."

Tags: cancer, fat cells, FatCells, vitamin c, VitaminC

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Posted at 9:55PM on Aug 27th 2008 by vitamins

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Posted at 11:15PM on Oct 6th 2008 by Daryl Saari

3. Wow, is that true? Lately I have been using vitamins organic ginkgo biloba and I must say that I am feeling very very good. Anyway, I didn't know that fat in combination with vitamin C can start cancer.

Posted at 2:05PM on Feb 4th 2009 by joeAnne

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Posted at 6:40PM on Apr 24th 2009 by biik

5. Its interesting to how Vitamin C may be potential carcinogenic or cancer causing. I have read other sources that indicate that Vitamin C can minimize the effects of free radicals which can contribute to cancerous development. But, I guess it never illustrate the effect of fat on such a vitamin.

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Posted at 12:42AM on Sep 24th 2007 by Ben Shuntch

6. Last week a John Hopkins Univ. study showed in a laboratory that orally ingested Vitamin C in sufficient levels prevents cancer growth (http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/09/070910132848.htm), as well as the mechanism whereby this happens (vitamin C inhibits a protein utilized by the cancer cell in the absence of oxygen, which is needed to multiply).

Another study in 2005 by Levine (http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/512724) shows Vitamin C kills cancer, but most studies all indicate this occurs only in concentrations possible through IV (sodium ascorbate). The mechanism was shown to be a production of H2O2 in the cancer cell resulting in it's destruction. Selectivity was 100% - no healthy cells we're adversely affected. As shown by Steven Hickey, MD, the researchers wrongly concluded that the results could be obtained with a oral dose of Vitamin C. IV administration is necessary to obtain the needed concentrations, as evidenced by an enormous backlog of case studies, yet members of the AMA refuse to do official clinical studies involving IV based ascorbates, presumably in fear that the results will bankrupt the cancer treatment industry.

That's also where you get bogus "studies" like this that are based solely in theory - and they're supposed to mean something? Aids patients take as much as 300,000 mg/day (intravenously) - that's 2/3 pound dry weight, dissolved and put in your IV every day. None of them ended up with any cancer. This "study" is bad science all around intended to protect a $300 billion / day industry (cancer + heart disease) that is crippling the economy (costing 3X more annually than the iraqi conflict).

Posted at 1:49PM on Sep 25th 2007 by davea0511

7. Also discovered this: This research is in direct conflict with the findings of earlier research that indicates that Vitamin C detoxifies Fat:

http://lpi.oregonstate.edu/ss05/oxidizedfat.html

The Pharmaseutical companies are working overtime to spread their misinformation through funding scrupulous researchers like the ones behind this study.

Posted at 3:38PM on Sep 25th 2007 by davea0511

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