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Menopause Symptoms Natural Treatments, Women Become Rejuvenated!

January 30, 2013

Menopause Symptoms Natural Treatments, Women Become Rejuvenated!

Dr. Dalal Akoury focuses on Menopause Symptoms Natural Treatments. Do you suffer from any or all of the following Symptoms?

•Night sweats
•Vaginal dryness
•Anxiety
•Mood swings
•Irritability
•Insomnia
•Depression
•Loss of sexual interest
•Hair growth on face
•Painful intercourse
•Panic attacks
•Weird dreams
•Urinary tract infections
•Vaginal itching
•Lower back pain
•Bloating
These are some of the symptoms of Menopause says Dr. Dalal Akoury who will offer you Menopause Symptoms Natural Treatments. 

Women Become Rejuvenated, you deserve it stresses Dr. Dalal Akoury!
Beside adequate Bio-identical hormone therapy BHRT, Dr. Dalal Akoury recommends lifestyle changes to her patients for Menopause Symptoms Natural Treatments. Dr. Dalal Akoury advocates fitness as part of her  Menopause Symptoms Natural Treatments.  Dr. Dalal Akoury states that the word fitness is commonly and we assume that we all understand what it really means.  Fitness means health, vigor, strength, energy, suitability, capability, capability, qualifications, and aptness to name a few. Inactivity leads to loss of muscle, obesity and reduced functional ability. Low physical fitness makes menopausal symptoms worse, and increases the risk for cardiovascular disease, diabetes and some types of cancer. Individuals who are physically fit can do more things, have better endurance for activities and tasks, and are healthier than persons who have low fitness. Dr. Dalal Akoury recommends incorporating small changes into your daily activities is a form of Menopause Symptoms Natural Treatments that leads to better health.
Menopause Symptoms Natural Treatments

Menopause Symptoms Natural Treatments

The five components of physical fitness include cardiorespiratory (heart and lungs) endurance, muscular strength, muscular endurance, body composition and flexibility.

By definition, cardio/aerobic exercise is brisk physical activity that requires the heart and lungs to work harder to meet the body’s increased oxygen demand. Aerobic exercise promotes the circulation of oxygen through the blood. Proper exercise with optimal Bio-identical Hormone Replacement serves as Menopause Symptoms Natural Treatments. Symptoms of  low testosterone during menopause are:

•Muscle wasting
•Weight gain
•Fatigue
•Low self-esteem
•Decreased HDL
•Dry, thin skin, with poor elasticity
•Thinning and dry hair
•Droopy eyelids
•Sagging cheeks
•Thin lips
•Anxiety

Dr. Akoury states that proper testosterone replacement in women will accomplish the following:

  • Improve heart and lung function
  • Lower heart rate and blood pressure
  • Increase blood supply to muscles and  improved ability to use oxygen
  • Increase HDL cholesterol (the good cholesterol)
  • Reduced body fat and improved weight control
  • Improve  glucose tolerance and reduced insulin resistance
  • Enhance immune function, which means
    • Increased resistance to viral and bacterial infection
    • Increased resistance to cancer
  • Lower blood sugar levels and reduced risk of diabetes
  • Increase life expectancy

Healthy Nutrition and proper Bio-identical hormone replacement is the mainstay of Menopause Symptoms Natural Treatments

Dr. Dalal Akoury recommend stress relief and meditation to her patients as a Menopause Symptoms Natural Treatments. Dr. Dalal Akoury recommends meditation, stress relief along with natural progesterone Bio-identical hormone replacement in order to achieve the following symptoms:

•Helps balance estrogen
•Leaves the body quickly
•Improves sleep
•Natural calming effect
•Lowers high blood pressure
•Helps the body use and eliminate fats
•Lowers cholesterol
•May protect against breast cancer
•Increases scalp hair
•Helps balance fluids in the cells
•Increases the beneficial effects of estrogen on BV
•Increases metabolic rate
•Natural diuretic
•Natural antidepressant
Menopause Symptoms Natural Treatments

Menopause Symptoms Natural Treatments

 

Dr. Dalal Akoury explains to women that Menopause Symptoms Natural Treatments can only be achieved if a careful evaluation of their hormone level is done followed by proper optimization of all hormonal imbalances.

The functions of Estrogen are the following states Dr. Dalal Akoury:

•Stimulates the production of choline acetyltransferase, an enzyme which prevents Alzheimer’s disease
•Increases metabolic rate
•Improves insulin sensitivity
•Regulates body temperature
•Helps prevent muscle damage
•Helps maintain muscle
•Improves sleep
•Reduces risk of cataracts
•Helps maintain the elasticity of arteries
•Dilates small arteries
•Increases blood flow
•Inhibits platelet stickiness
•Decreases the accumulation of plaque on  arteries
•Enhances magnesium uptake and utilization
•Maintains the amount of collagen in the skin
•Decreases blood pressure
•Decreases LDL and prevents its oxidation
•Helps maintain memory
•Increases reasoning and new ideas
•Helps with fine motor skills
•Increases the water content of skin and is responsible for its thickness and softness
•Enhances the production of nerve-growth factor
•Increases HDL by 10 to 15%
•Reduces the overall risk of heart disease by 40 to 50%
•Acts as a natural calcium channel blocker to keep arteries open
•Enhances energy
•Improves  mood
•Increases concentration
•Maintains bone density

Dr. Dalal Akoury recommends to Women to incorporate proper breathing techniques along with Bio-identical hormone replacement with estrogen if indicated as a natural Menopause Symptoms Natural Treatments.

Menopause Symptoms Natural Treatments

Menopause Symptoms Natural Treatments

However Dr. Dalal Akoury warns that improper hormone replacement even if bio-identical hormones are used could be very dangerous. As an example excess Estrogen can cause:

•Cervical cancer
•Depression with anxiety or agitation
•Increased risk of uterine cancer
•Weight gain (abdomen, hips, thighs)
•Water retention
•Headaches
•Poor sleep
•Panic attacks
•Swollen breasts
•Heavy periods
•Increased risk of breast cancer
•Increased risk of auto-immune diseases
•Hypothyroidism
•Fatigue
•Irritability/mood swings
•Uterine fibroids
•Bloating
Dr. Dalal Akoury also warns that prolonged use of progesterone without adequate estrogen can cause the following:
•Increases weight gain
•Increases total cholesterol
•Decreases HDL
•Increases LDL
•Increase triglycerides
•Causes depression
•Causes fatigue
•Decreases libido
•Increases insulin resistance

AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center and its founder Dr. Dalal Akoury conclude the following:

•All of the hormones in the body are designed to work together.
•If one is altered, or deficient, it will affect the actions of all of the other hormones.
•Consequently, bio-identical, compounded, customized hormone replacement is the only way to achieve this balance.
•One size does not fit all.

Exercise is as important to good health as proper nutrition, proper hormonal optimization, sleep, and stress relief.  The one area that you gain nutritionally is natural detoxification. Exercise is its own form of detoxification. It removes waste from the lymph. It stimulates peristalsis to remove waste from the colon. And it accelerates the removal of waste through sweat and urine. Learn how to:

•Improve your energy level
•Improve your mood
•Increase your concentration
•Increase your sexual interest
•Reduce your wrinkles
•Prevent your teeth loss
•Decreases your depression, irritability, anxiety, and pain by calling 843-213-1480 AWAREmed Health and Wellness Center and make an appointment to see Dr. Dalal Akoury, You deserve it

Menopause Symptoms Natural Treatments, Women Become Rejuvenated!

 

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Reduce Your Stress and Live a Long Healthy Life!

December 6, 2012

Reduce Your Stress and Live a Long Healthy Life!

Stress and anxiety are common feelings experienced around the holidays.  The holidays can be a time of joy and celebration, but are also a potential source of stress. You may feel there is too much to do in too little time. Overspending or not being able to spend what you would like will also cause stress. Stress and anxiety can affect your health by causing you to overeat. The AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center team recommend that you avoid constant stress by meditating and avoid excess caffeine to help hold back anxiety. Do a little planning and have a positive mindset. Learn to cope and manage your stressors and live a longer, healthy life.

Dr. Dalal Akoury suggests some ways to reduce your stress is through meditation, exercise and diet. Learn to meditate through yoga. Take a deep breath and listen to soothing music. Exercise and take a walk. Stretch your muscles and help them relax. Watch your diet. Don’t over eat those high-fat and high-

Reduce Your Stress and Live a Long Healthy Life!

Reduce Your Stress and Live a Long Healthy Life!

sugar foods. Eat a heart-healthy diet to help you to manage your stress.

 

Reduce Your Stress and Live a Long Healthy Life! Stress is normal. It is a person’s physiological and psychological response to events when threatened. Your body reacts with a rapid, automatic process known as the stress response or “fight or flight”. “This is the way your body reacts to protect itself by helping you to be focused and alert” Dr. Dalal Akoury explains from AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center. In everyday life or emergencies, the stress response helps you to meet challenges or can save your life. Your body’s stress-response system is self-regulating and allows your body to return to normal once the perceived threat has passed.

However, stress can cause major damage to your health if it is constant. Chronic stress is caused by excessive worry, poor decisions and procrastination affecting stress hormone adrenaline and cortisol production. It can cause affect your mood, your productivity, your relationships and your overall health. It can cause addictions, depression, obesity, diabetes, hypertension,

heart disease, pain and sleep disorders. You need to be able to reduce your stress to save your health.

Reduce Your Stress and Live a Long Healthy Life! Your body releases a flood of adrenaline, cortisone and other stress hormones that induce physiologic changes. Your blood races to your brain and heart and causes your heart to pound faster and your blood pressure to rise, which can cause hypertension when in excess. You start to breathe more rapidly and your blood sugar level rises.  Since your blood races to your brain and heart, it moves away from your kidneys, liver, stomach and skin and decreases the production of white blood cells which is needed to fight virus-infected cells, foreign cells and cancer cells if it remains constant. As your blood sugar rises, so do the amounts of fats and bad cholesterol, which can cause diabetes and heart disease if it remains high. Stress causes system-wide changes in your body and will alter your immune system if it is not under control explains Dr. Dalal Akoury .

 Reduce Your Stress and Live a Long Healthy Life! Take control. As adrenaline and cortisol levels drop, so does your heart rate and blood pressure. Your body returns to its normal state and all your body’s systems resume their regular activities.

Stress is not meant to be continuous. It has to be minimal. But if stressors in your life are always present and you are constantly feeling stressed, your body will not be able to function as it should, therefore, causing health issues.

You can reverse the stress cycle through relaxation. This positive reaction will lower your blood pressure, heart rate, breathing rate and blood sugar levels. There are a number of stress reduction techniques like taking a bubble bath, a walk or meditation. It is important to learn healthy ways to cope with the stressors in your life.

Reduce Your Stress and Live a Long Healthy Life!

Reduce Your Stress and Live a Long Healthy Life!

 

Reduce Your Stress 

and Live a Long Healthy Life by the team of AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center!

Exercise is an excellent way to deal with stress. It can be walking, meditation, yoga stretching, etc. Exercise at least three to four times a week for at least 30 minutes.  Any activity that raises your heart rate and makes your sweat will improve your mood, increase your energy, improve your focus and relax your mind and body.

Dr. Dalal Akoury  explains that Yoga and meditation not only increases your flexibility and improves your muscle tone, it also increases your concentration and lessens stress. Meditation helps you to focus your mind and feel relaxed. Deep breathing increases your blood flood throughout your body with extra oxygen and an improved sense of well-being.

Learn to cope with the stressors in your life in a positive way and have self-control. Find time for yourself.  Continue to exercise and make good choices about other important health related behaviors such as sleep and nutrition.

Eat a healthy diet to maintain an even level of blood sugar so you won’t over eat. Low blood sugar can make you feel anxious and irritable and cause you to eat the first thing you see. High blood sugar will make you feel tired and lazy and less focused. This swing in blood sugar will affect your mood and cause your stress. Eat small and frequent healthy foods throughout the day to maintain an even level of blood sugar and avoid those swings in your mood.

Eat plenty of fruits and vegetables and the Omega-3’s, fish oils. Fish oil helps stabilize your mood and reduces your stress.

Dr. Dalal Akoury  recommends that you get plenty of rest to Reduce Your Stress. Having uncontrollable stress in your life can cause insomnia and lower your immune system leaving you vulnerable to illnesses. When you are well rested, your mind is alert, you have more control and your body’s immune system is stronger to cope with stress.

Managing stress is a peace of mind and a longer, healthier life at AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center

Reduce Your Stress and Live a Long Healthy Life!

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AWAREmed: Lifestyle and Simplicity Holistic Heal, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

June 15, 2012

AWAREmed: Lifestyle and Simplicity Holistic Heal, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

Simplicity cultivates a superior and a healthier lifestyle that creates positive change in spirituality, health, stress reduction and promotes ‘quality time’ for family and friends, and reduces our personal ecological footprint.

Voluntary simplicity is consciously sorting out those things in our life that are important to us and to our family… intentionally eliminating or minimizing those things that cause us stress… and intentionally maximizing those things that bring balance and joy to our lives. It’s extremely empowering not to just let events or society dictate how we live.

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AWAREmed: Depression Affects Daily Life, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

May 16, 2012

AWAREmed: Depression Affects Daily Life, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

Depression is described by most as feeling sad or blue.  Some say they are unhappy or “down in the dumps.”  Most of us feel this way at one time or another, for short periods of time.
True clinical depression is a mood disorder in which feelings of sadness, loss, anger, or frustration interfere with everyday life for weeks or longer.

AWAREmed: Causes, Incidence, and Risk Factors

Mental disorders are common in the United States and internationally. An estimated 26.2 percent of Americans ages 18 and older — about one in four adults — suffer from a diagnosable mental disorder in a given year. Staggering recent statistics reveal that 57.7 million Americans suffer from a variety of mental disorders. In addition, mental disorders are the leading cause of disability in the U.S. and Canada. Many people suffer from more than one mental disorder at a given time. Nearly half (45 percent) of those with any mental disorder meet criteria for 2 or more disorders.
Most people cannot pinpoint the exact cause of depression.  There are those who blame it on a breakup, alcohol or drug abuse, or a death of a loved one.  Many researchers believe it is caused by chemical changes in the brain. This may be due to a problem with your genes, or triggered by certain stressful events. More likely, it’s a combination of both.
Some types of depression run in families. But depression can also occur if you have no family history of the illness. Anyone can develop depression, even kids.
The following may play a role in depression:
* Alcohol or drug abuse
* Certain medical conditions, including underactive thyroid, cancer, or long-term pain
* Certain medications such as steroids
* Sleeping problems
* Stressful life events, such as:
o Breaking up with a boyfriend or girlfriend
o Failing a class
o Death or illness of someone close to you
o Divorce
o Childhood abuse or neglect
o Job loss
o Social isolation (common in the elderly)

AWAREmed: Symptoms of Depression

Depression can change or distort the way you see yourself, your life, and those around you.
People who have depression usually see everything with a more negative attitude, unable to imagine that any problem or situation can be solved in a positive way.
Symptoms of depression can include:
* Agitation, restlessness, and irritability
* Dramatic change in appetite, often with weight gain or loss
* Very difficult to concentrate
* Fatigue and lack of energy
* Feelings of hopelessness and helplessness
* Feelings of worthlessness, self-hate, and guilt
* Becoming withdrawn or isolated
* Loss of interest or pleasure in activities that were once enjoyed
* Thoughts of death or suicide
* Trouble sleeping or excessive sleeping
Depression can appear as anger and discouragement, rather than feelings of sadness.
If depression is very severe, there may also be psychotic symptoms, such as hallucinations and delusions.
The good news is that experts in health, lifestyle, and medicine at AWAREmed can teach you how to avoid becoming one of these statistics as you reclaim your health and vitality.

AWAREmed: Depression Affects Daily Life, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

First, we will help you to understand Mental disorders, whether your interest lies in its prevention or treatment. Much is known about mental disorders prevention, and our Four Pillars program will give you the tools to build a healthy lifestyle and prevent all types of disease.
If you or someone you love has been diagnosed with mental disorders, it is important to understand both the diagnosis and your treatment options – and there are many. Knowledge leads to empowerment, and our health and medicine professionals will help you advocate for yourself and find the best options for you and your life.

AWAREmed: Treatment Comes In Many Forms

A number of treatments, both alternative and complementary, are available for Mental Disorders, Some of these include:
* Therapeutic nutrition
* IV therapies
* Mind-Body-Spirit counseling
* Psycho-neuro-immunology
* Constitutional hydrotherapy
* Homeopathy
Turn your life around with the help of our experts, in a medically supervised program tailored just for you.
Anxiety and depressive disorders are major public health problems, and desirable changes in lifestyle, such as exercise and proper nutrition, can be of great potential for prevention and treatment. There is growing evidence that physically active people are at a reduced risk of developing depression and that exercise interventions are associated with significant benefits for patients with mild to moderate forms of depression as well as in reducing anxiety. These findings have led to the proposal that exercise may serve as an alternative or a supplement to traditional forms of therapy. The prevalence of depression is lower in countries where the consumption of seafood is high, and omega-3 fatty acids seem to be beneficial in the management of mood disorders. Stimulants are often used as forms of self-medication in patients with anxiety or depressive disorders. Although providing short-term relief, they may have long-term adverse effects.
To learn more about the benefits of our health programs, call 843-213-1480.

AWAREmed: Depression Affects Daily Life, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

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High dose Vitamin C is an Alternative cancer treatment

May 12, 2012

High dose Vitamin C is an Alternative cancer treatment

Now, finally in Myrtle Beach – Intravenous Vitamin C offers a Treatment for Cancer: Part II Abstracts and Commentary from the Scientific Literature

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This study found that ascorbic acid administered in drinking water (0.3%) inhibited the promoting effect of estradiol dipropionate on the 1,2-dimethylhydrazine-induced uterine sarcogenesis in CBA mice.

-L.S. Trukhanova [Modifying Effect of Ascorbic Acid and Sodium Ascorbate on Uterine Carcomogenesis Induced by 1,2 dimethylhydrazine in CBA Mice] Eksp Onkol, 10(5), 1988, p. 65-66

This study found that ascorbic acid intake affects in vivo N-ethyl-N-nitrosourea (ENU) mutagenicity in rats. The authors suggest that previously reported antioxidant inhibitory effects on carcinogenesis could be partially mediated by its effects on mutagenesis.

A- Aidoo, et. al. Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C) Modulates the Mutagenic Effects Produced by an Alkylating Agent in VivoEnviron Mol Mutagen, 24(3), 1994, p. 220-228

This case-control, population-based study found Vitamin C intake, attenuated by age, level of education, and lifetime cigarette use, offers protective effects against developing cervical cancer.

M.L. Slattery, et. al. Dietary Vitamins A, C, and E and Selenium as Risk Factors for Cervical Cancer Epidemiology, 1(1), January 1990, p. 8-15

This paper reports the discovery of a new malignant human T-cell line-labeled PFI-285 in a boy with malignant lymphoma. One of the striking characteristics of this new T-cell line was its sensitivity to ascorbic acid, evidenced by the fact that concentrations as low as 50 mumuol/l resulted in cell death within hours.J. Helgestad, et. al. Characterization of a New Malignant Human T-cell Line (PFI-285) Sensitive to Ascorbic Acid European Journal of Haematology, 44(l), January 1990, p. 9-17

This study found that oral administration of vitamin C can retard the onset of N- nitrosodiethylamine-induced liver cancer in rats.

H. Kessler, et. al. Potential Protective Effect of Vitamin C on Carcinogenesis Caused by Nitrosamine in Drinking Water: An Experimental Study on Wistar Rats European Journal of Surgery and Oncology, 18(3), June 1992, p. 275-281

The survival rate of mice bearing P388 leukemia and Ehrlich carcinoma was increased after treatment with a mixture of vitamins C and B12. All the mice receiving the vitamins outlived the control group. At the termination of the experiment 30 days later, 50% of the treated mice appeared normal and healthy, whereas the remainder showed signs of tumor distention.

M.E. Poydock, et. al. Influence of Vitamins C and B12 on the Survival Rate of Mice Bearing Ascites Tumor Exp Cell Biol, 50(2), 1982, p. 88-91

This study found that a daily dose of 50 mg/kg of vitamin C in combination with methylcholanthrene (MCA) over 9 months significantly reduced MCA-induced squamous cell carcinomas in mice and basal cell carcinomas in rats over a period of nine months. The authors conclude that vitamin C’s antineoplastic effects are the result of increasing autophagic and cytolytic activity, increased collagen synthesis, and cell membrane disruption.

High dose Vitamin C IV – Meditation and IV therapy only offered at AWAREmed in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

A- Lupulescu Ultrastructure and Cell Surface Studies of Cancer Cells Following Vitamin C Administration Exp Toxicol Pathol, 44(l), March 1992, p. 3-9

This study found that vitamin C reduced the incidence of DMBA-induced epithelial tumor in the hamster cheek pouch.

P.D. Potdar, et. al. Modulation by Vitamin C of Tumor Incidence and Inhibition in Oral Carcinogenesis Funct Dev Morphol, 2(3), 1992, p. 167-172

Previous studies have found that nitrosation can be decreased by the administration of ascorbic acid in vivo and that vitamin C-rich foods are inversely related to gastric cancer. This study treated 62 high risk patients for gastric cancer with 1 gr of ascorbic acid taken

4 times a day for four weeks. Results found that ascorbic acid given in high doses can reduce the intragastric formation of nitrite and N-nitroso compounds.

P.I. Reed, et. al. Effect of Ascorbic Acid on the Intragastric Environment in Patients at Increased Risk of Developing Gastric Cancer LARC Sci Publ, (105), 1991, p. 139-142

1000 mg/kg of ascorbic acid in combination with mitomycin and 5-fluorouracil significantly inhibited tumor growth in mice implanted with Lewis lung carcinoma cells relative to mice treated with mitomycin and 5-fluorouracil in the absence of ascorbic acid or animal that received only ascorbic acid alone.

K Nakano, et. al. Antitumor Activity of Ascorbic Acid in Combination with Antitumor Agents Against Lewis Lung Carcinoma In Vivo, 2(3-4), May-August 1988, p. 247-252

This study found that 1 or 5 g/liter of ascorbic acid in the drinking water significantly inhibited the growth of human mammary tumor fragments implanted beneath the renal capsule of immunocompetent mice. Mice fed a diet including 50 g/kg ascorbic acid and 18 or 90 mg/liter of cupric sulfate in the drinking water also experienced inhibited tumor growth. The authors conclude ascorbic acid contains specific oxidation and degradation products that serve as antineoplastic agents for human mammary carcinoma.

C.S. Tsao, et. al. In Vivo Antineoplastic Activity of Ascorbic Acid for Human Mammary Tumor In Vivo, 2(2), March-April 1988, p. 147-150

Intravenous High dose Vitamin C is a valid additional Treatment of Cancer in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

This study found that administration of 500 mg/kg of L-ascorbic acid to athymic nude mice bearing human mammary carcinoma inhibited tumor cell growth. Treatment with L- ascorbic acid was also found to induce cellular DNA strand breaks and DNA crosslinks. When L-ascorbic acid was removed from cell cultures, researchers witnessed an immediate onset of spontaneous repair of single or double stranded DNA breaks. Reintroduction of L-ascorbic acid reversed this process.

K. Pavelic, et. al. Antimetabolic Activity of L-ascorbic Acid in Human and Animal tumors International Journal of Biochemistry, 21(8), 1989, p. 931-935

This population-based dietary study found inverse relationship between vitamin-C consumption in women and the risk of developing cancer in the lower urinary tract.

A.M. Nomura, et. al. Dietary Factors in Cancer of the Lower Urinary Tract International Journal of Cancer, 48(2), May 10, 1991, p. 199-205

An inverse relationship was found in this population-based case-control study between the intake of vitamin C and invasive cervical cancer.

X Varreault, et. al. A Case-Control Study of Diet and Invasive Cervical Cancer International Journal of Cancer, 43(6), June 15,1989, p. 1050-1054

This study found that guinea pigs fed high vitamin C diets experienced a significantly less mutagenic effect after being injected with K2Cr2O7 than those fed a vitamin C- deficient diet. Vitamin C-deficient animals also suffered greater mutagenic and toxic effects from hexavalent chromium. High vitamin C-guinea pigs experienced no mutagenic effects in the bone marrow or changes in microsomal enzymes in the liver following exposure to bichromate. In interpreting their results, the authors suggest that vitamin C’s protective effects likely consist in the enhanced extracellular and intracellular reduction of hexavalent chromium in the less toxic and less mutagenic trivalent chromium.

E. Ginter, et. al. Vitamin C Lowers Mutagenic and Toxic Effect of Hexavalent Chromium in Guinea Pigs International Journal of Vitamin and Nutritional Research, 59(2),1989, p. 161-166

Intravenous High dose Vitamin C in Treatment of Cancer in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

In this study, ascorbic acid deficiencies in guinea pig were found to change leukocyte morphology and significantly interfere with the bactericidal effectiveness of circulating leukocytes against ingested, cell-associated, and extracellular bacterial cells of Actinomyces viscosus. Adding vitamin C can reverse this activity.

M-C. Goldschmidt, at. al. The Effect of Ascorbic Acid Deficiency on Leukocyte Phagocytosis and Killing of Actinomyces Viscosus International Journal of Vitamin and Nutrition Research, 58(3), 1988, p. 326-334

This review article points out the importance of vitamin C, as well as vitamins A and E, as regulators of cancer cell differentiation, cell regression, membrane biogenesis, DNA, RNA, protein, and collagen synthesis, as well as transformation of precancer cells into cancer cells. Vitamins C, A, and E can reverse the cancer cell to the normal phenotype and possess cytotoxic and cytostatic effects.

A. Lupulescu The Role of Vitamins A, Beta-carotene, E and C in Cancer Cell Biology International Journal of Vitamin and Nutrition Research, 64(1),1994, p. 3-14

This study found that mice consuming distilled water suffered from tumor growth after being injected with Ehrlich ascites tumor cells at a rate significantly faster than those consuming 0.1% ascorbic acid in distilled water.

F.A. Towfik et. al. The Influence of Ascorbic Acid on the Growth of Solid Tumors in.Mice and on Tumor Control by X-Irradiation International Journal of Vitamin and Nutrition Research Suppl.,23, 1982, p. 257-263

This comprehenesive review article cites numerous studies supporting ascorbic acid’s protective effects against cancer and recommend that it be used in treatment. Clinical trials over the last ten years are summarized, with the majority of them supporting this view. The authors predict that supplemental ascorbate will soon secure an established place in all full-scale therapeutic programs for cancer.

E. Cameron Vitamin C and Cancer, An Overview International Journal of Vitamin and Nutrition Research Suppl., 23, 1982, p. 115-127

This study reported on two sets of Japanese clinical trials involving the use of supplemental ascorbate to treat terminal cancer patients. The first trial found average survival time of high ascorbate patients was 246 compared to 43 days for low ascorbate patients. Results of the second trial were similar, with high ascorbate patients surviving an average of 115 days compared to 48 days for those in the low ascorbate group.

A. Murata, et. al. Prolongation of Survival Times of Terminal Cancer Patients by Administration of Large Doses of Ascorbate International Journal of Vitamin and Nutrition Research Suppl., 23,1982, p. 103-113

This study demonstrated the effectiveness of ascorbic acid as a blocking agent in vivo and in vitro to N-Nitroso compounds, which can lead to cancer of the stomach.

S.R. Tannenbaum Preventive Action of Vitamin C on Nitrosamine Formation International Journal of Vitamin and Nutrition Research Suppl, 30, 1989, p. 109-113

Intravenous High dose Vitamin C could be an additional Treatment of Cancer in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

Ascorbic acid and dehydroascorbic acid have both been shown to favor ATP C+ cell multiplication in vitro at low doses and inhibit it at high doses. Ascorbic acid was found to be more effective in determining both sets of effects than dehydroascorbic acid. Fractioned rather than single administration of both substances proved to the most efficient method for inhibiting cell multiplication.

F.S. Liotti, et. al. Effects of Ascorbic and Dehydroascorbic Acid on the Multiplication of Tumor Ascites Cells in Vitro Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology, 108(2),1984, p. 230-232

In this study, the oral administration of 525 mg/day of vitamin C greatly inhibited benzo(a)pyrene-induced local malignant tumors in rats relative to controls.

G. Kallistratos and E. Fasske Inhibition of Benzo(a)pyrene Carcinogenesis in Rats with Vitamin C Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology, 97(l),1980, p. 91-96

This study found that catecholamine-positive neuroblastoma cell line SK-N-SH was inhibited by high doses of ascorbic acid as were LS cells and catecholamine-negative SK- N-LO, albeit to a smaller extent.

S.L. Baader, et. al. Ascorbic-acid-mediated Iron Release from Cellular Ferritin and its Relation to the Formation of DNA Strand Breaks in Neuroblastoma Cells Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology, 120(7), 1994, p. 415-421

This study examined the effects of vitamin C on the efficacy and adverse effects of drug 864T in Ehrlich ascites carcinoma (EAC) cells in vivo. Results demonstrated that vitamin C both potentiates the anticancer effect of 864T as well as helps to counteract the drug’s adverse effects.

M.M. el-Merzabani MM, et. al. Potentiation of therapeutic Effect of Methanesulphonate and Protection Against its Organ Cytotoxicity by Vitamin C in Ehrlich Ascites Carcinoma Bearing Mice Journal of Pharm Belg, 44(2), March-April 1989, p. 109-116

This study documents the case of one patient given large doses of ascorbic acid with indomethacin who consequently experienced a slow tumor resolution that has continued for 14 months. Similar effects were seen in a second patient receiving the same treatment.

W.R. Waddell and R.E. Gerner Indomethacin and Ascorbate Inhibit Desmoid Tumors Journal of Surg Oncol, 15(l), 1980, p. 85-90

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This comparative study of normal and malignant conditions in humans and in mice found that serum levels of vitamin C were lower in all human malignant cases relative to controls. With respect to mice, results showed that vitamin C and vitamin A supplementation administered at the start of tumor development reduced both tumor take and rate of growth and prolonged host survival relative to controls.

J. Ghosh and S. Das Evaluation of Vitamin A and C Status in Normal and Malignant Conditions and Their Possible Role in Cancer Prevention Japanese Journal of Cancer Research, 76(12), December 1995, p. 1174-1178

This study compared 294 incurable patients treated with supplemental ascorbate with 1,532 untreated patients who served as controls over a 4.5 year period. The median survival time of the ascorbate group was 343 days compared to 180 days for the controls.

E. Cameron and A. Campbell Innovation vs. Quality Control: An ‘Unpublishable’ Clinical Trial on Supplemental Ascorbate in Incurable Cancer Medical Hypotheses, 36(3), November 1991, p. 185-189

Noting that previous studies have found ascorbic acid and its salts to be toxic to tumor cells in vitro and in vivo, this study presents data showing that ascorbic acid plasma levels can be sustained above levels toxic to tumor cells in vitro. The authors argue that ascorbic acid’s cytotoxic properties should qualify it for consideration as a chemotherapeutic agent.

N.H. Riordan, et. al. Intravenous Ascorbate as a Tumor Cytotoxic Chemotherapeutic Agent Medical Hypotheses, 44(3), March 1995, p. 207-213

This article examined the results and methodology of a controversial case-control study involving the treatment of 100 incurable patients with 10g a day of vitamin C. The study has received criticism for not being conducted on a randomized, double-blind basis (out of ethical considerations). Instead, test cases were studied against historical controls. Results found that patients receiving vitamin C outlived controls by an average of 255 days (671%). This author considers the various criticisms the study has received, yet concludes that vitamin C is likely to have increased survival time, an average of 100% in cancer patients who had failed to respond to previous treatments.

M. Jaffey Vitamin C and Cancer: Examination of the Value of Leven Trial Results Using Broad Inductive Reasoning Medical Hypotheses, 8(l), 1982, p. 49-84

This paper reports on the case of a 42 year-old man suffering from reticulum cell sarcoma who experienced two complete spontaneous regressions following the intravenous administration of high doses of ascorbate in 1975.

A. Campbell, et. al. Reticulum Cell Sarcoma: Two Complete Spontaneous Regressions, in Response to High-Dose Ascorbic Acid Therapy. A Report on Subsequent Progress Oncology (1991) 48(6), 1991, p. 495-497

This study looked at vitamin C’s effects on methylcholanthrene-induced local malignant sarcomas in mice. Results found that doses of 6, 25 and 35 mg/day of vitamin C five times weekly for 20 weeks offered significant prevention against the induction of sarcomas relative to controls.

M. Abdel-Galil Preventive Effect of Vitamin C (L-ascorbic acid) on Methylcholanthrene-induced Soft

Tissue Sarcomas in Mice Oncology, 43(5), 1986, p. 335-337

This 12-year mortality follow-up study reports that vitamin C is inversely associated with overall mortality from cancer and cadiovascular disease.

M. Eichholzer, et. al. Inverse Correlation Between Essential Antioxidants in Plasma and Subsequent Risk to Develop Cancer, Ischemic Heart Disease and Stroke Respectively: 12-Year Follow-up of the Prospective Basel Study EX3, 62, 1992, p. 398-410

This double-blind, randomized, crossover study found that ascorbic acid significantly reduced muscle soreness in subjects following strenuous use of posterior calf muscles relative to subjects taking a lactose placebo.

M. Kaminski and R. Boal An Effect of Ascorbic Acid on Delayed-onset Muscle Soreness Pain, 50(3), September 1992, p. 317-321

This review article cites immunological studies documenting ascorbic acid’s ability to induce immunity in mice against certain types of cancer. The authors argue that ascorbate works as an effective thiolprive in oxygenated cancer tissues which is primarily responsible for its immunological effects.

F.E. Knock, et. al. Ascorbic Acid as a Thiolprive: Ability to Induce Immunity Against Some Cancers in Mice Physiol Chem Phys, 13(4), 1981, p. 325-333

This study found that combinations of vitamin C and cisplatin lead to the regression of Dalton’s lymphoma tumor activity in mice, which resulted in significantly increased host survival.

S.B. Prasad, et. al. Use of Subtherapeutical Dose of Cisplatin and Vitamin C Against Murine Dalton’s Lymphoma Pol J Pharmacol Pharm, 44(4), July-August 1992, p. 383-391.

This study found that the administration of 8g/day over 810 days before starting chemotherapy with cytostatics decreased p-hydroxyphenyl lactic acid (pHPLA) excretion in leukemia patients. Mice given 5 mg, 2x1wk, sc, 5wk of pHPLA with 250 mg/100 ml of ascorbic acid were also found to experience a reduction in the incidences of hepatoma, leukemia and bladder cancer. Based on those results, the authors argue that pHPLA carcinogenesis is inhibited by ascorbic acid.

M.O. Raushenbakh, et. al. [Effect of Ascorbic Acid on Formation and Leukemogenic Activity of P- Hydroxyphenyllactic Acid] Probl Gematol Pereliv Krovi, 27(7), 1982, p.3-6

This study showed that treatment with vitamin C and chlorophyllin significantly reduced cytotoxicity and the rate of 6-sulfooxymethyl benzo[a]pyrene (SMBP) induced mutagenicity in animal and bacterial cell cultures.

A.S. Chung and Y.S. Cho Antimutagenicity of Vitamin C and Chlorophyllin on 6-sulfooxymethyl benzolalpyrene in Salmonella Typhimurium and V79 Cell Line Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Cancer Researchers, 36, 1995, A755

Rat liver carcinogenesis was found to be inhibited by vitamin C and vitamin E derivatives in this study when administered at concentrations of 0.01, 0.05 or 0.10% for 12 weeks. Among the four vitamin derivatives administered, 20-octadecylascorbic acid (CV3611) proved to be the most effective.

D. Nakae, et. al. Inhibitory Effects of Vitamin C and E Derivatives on Rat Liver Carcinogenesis Induced by a Choline-Deficient L-Amino Acid (CDAA)-Defined Diet Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Cancer Researchers, 34, 1993, A729

In this study, Metha tumor cell proliferation was found to be inhibited in vitro after simultaneous exposure to diethyldithiocarbamate (DDC (1 to approx 2×10(-7) and ascorbic acid (1 to approx 5xl0(-5)M). The two substances were able to inhibit tumor proliferation at slightly lower doses when cells were pretreated at 370C for one hour. In a mouse injected with 2 million tumor cells, 25 mg or 50 mg of ascorbic acid and 10 mg of DDC was also observed to inhibit tumor growth.

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H. Mashiba and K Matsunaga Inhibition of Metha Tumor Cell Proliferation in Vitro and Tumor Inhibiton of Metha Tumor Cell Proliferation in Vitro and Tumor Growth in Combined Use of Diethyldithiocarbamate with Ascorbic Acid Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Cancer Researchers, 33, 1992, A2649

This study of ultraviolet light-induced malignant skin tumors and other lesions in hairless mice found that animals fed a standard diet including L-ascorbic acid experienced significantly less malignant lesions as well as significant delays in those that did develop relevant to controls.

W.B. Dunham, et. al. Effects of Intake of L-ascorbic Acid on the Incidence of Dermal Neoplasms Induced in Mice by Ultraviolet Light Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 79(23), December 1982, p. 7532-7536

This study found that vitamin C prevented cigarette smoke-induced leukocyte adhesion to micro and macrovascular endothelium and leukocyte-platelet aggregate formation in mice.

H.A. Lehr, et. al. Vitamin C Prevents Cigarette Smoke-Induced Leukocyte Aggregation and Adhesion to Endothelium in Vivo Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 91(16), August 2, 1994, p. 7688-7692

Percentages of L-ascorbic acid contained in food ranging from 0.076% to 8.3% were studied for their effects on spontaneous mammary tumors in mice. Results showed that as ascorbic acid dosages were increased, significant decreases occurred in the first-order appearance tumors after lag time detection by palpation when compared to controls.

L. Pauling, et. al. Effect of Dietary Ascorbic Acid on the Incidence of Spontaneous Mammary Tumors in RIII Mice Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 82(15), August 1985, p. 5185-5189

In this study, 6-deoxy-6-bromo-ascorbic acid (6-Br-AA) in concentrations 10(-1) to 10(- 8)M and incubated for periods of 2, 18, 24 and 72 hours was found to greatly inhibit the growth and DNA synthesis of melanoma cells in mice and was confirmed by in vivo experiments. Mice given 9 mg of 6-Br-AA three times daily for 16 days experienced tumor-suppressing effects on solid melanoma.

M. Osmak, et. al. 6-Deoxy-6-bromo-ascorbic Acid Inhibits Growth of Mouse Melanoma Cells Res Exp Med (Berl), 190(6), 1990, p. 443-449

In this seven year follow-up study of 2,974 men, average vitamin C levels were found to be lower in stomach cancer death cases relative to controls.

H.B. Stahelin [Vitamins and Cancer: results of a Basel Study] Soz Praventivmed, 34(2), 1989, p. 75-77

This study found that ascorbic acid incubation in cultured stomach cancer surgery specimens resulted in a 50-90% increase in the rate of 5-fluorouracil incorproation into RNA of 5-fluorouracil-sensitive stomach tumors and in an approximately 50% increase of the rate of 5-fluorouracil resistant tumors.

M.P. Shlemkevich [Effect of Ascorbic Acid on In Vitro (6-3H)-5-Fluorouracil Incorporation into RNA of Stomach Cancer Tissue, Normal Gastric Mucosa, and Normal Small Intestine Mucosal] Vopr Med Khim, 29(l), 1983, p. 17-19

This study demonstrated that a 3% solution of ascorbic acid in drinking water added to estradiol propionate (carcinogen) decreased the incidence of uterine sarcoma tumors in mice by 35%.

L.S. Trukhanova, et. al. [The Inhibitory Effect of Ascorbic Acid on the Estrogen-Stimulated Promotion of Uterine Sarcoma Development in Mice] Vopr Onkol, 36(5), 1990, p. 563-567

This study showed that injections of ascorbic acid before onset and at the start of tumor development decreased blood and urine 3-oxyanthranilic acid-antigen levels down to its eventual elimination from the body in rats and mice. Such activity was found to prevent the subsequent development of hepatoma.

T.A. Korosteleva, et. al. [Effects of the Administration of Ascorbic Acid on 3-OAA-antigen Levels Formed During Chemical epatocarcinogenesis] Vopr Onkol, 35(12), 1989, p. 1455-1461

In this randomized study, postoperative treatment of 95 stomach cancer patients with vitamins C, E and A following, resulted in a decreased rate of postoperative complications from 30.9% to 1.9%.

V.N. Sukolinskii and T.S. Morozkina [Prevention of Postoperative Complications in Patients with Stomach Cancer Using an Antioxidant Complex] Vopr Onkol, 35(10), 1989, p. 1242-1245

This study found that cancer patients suffered from a decreased level of ascorbic acid relative to non-cancer patients in addition to showing that such decreases correlated with an increase in blood concentrations of malonic and pyruvic acids. When cancer patients were given 1.5 g of ascorbic acid daily over a period of 7 days, blood levels of ascorbic acid returned to almost normal and lactate and pyruvate levels exhibited a decrease. In addition to these changes, ascorbic acid deficiencies were found to result in an increased risk of postoperative complications. This risk was decreased by increasing the levels of ascorbic acid in the blood of deficient patients.

E.G. Gorozhanskaia, et. al. [The Role of Ascorbic Acid in the Combined Preoperative Preparation of Cancer

Patients] Vopr Onkol, 35(4), 1989, p. 436-441

This study showed that mice treated with doses of 1.5, 0.25, and 0.025% of ascorbic acid in drinking water all experienced decreases in the frequency of N-nitroso compound induced tumors.

N.L. Vlasenko, et. al. [Effect of Different Doses of Ascorbic Acid on the Induction of Tumors with N-Nitroso Compound Precursors in Mice] Vopr Onkol, 34(7), 1988, p. 839-843

Doses of 0.3, 0.75 or 1.5% of ascorbic acid administered in drinking water inhibited the growth of 1,2 dimethylhydrazine and estradiol-dipropionate induced uterine sarcomas in mice.

L.S. Trukhanova [Effect of Ascorbic Acid on the Induction of Uterine Sarcomas in Mice] Vopr Onkol, 33(11), 1987, p. 53-57

The effect of high doses of ascorbic acid (100 mg/kg daily) on tyrosine metabolism and clinical course of acute lymphoblastic leukemia was studied in nine children. Ascorbic acid administration was shown to prevent or to considerably lower the excretion of a blastogenic metabolite of tyrosine-phydroxyphenylpyruvic acid. The treatment improved clinical blood count indexes, prevented hemorrhage and was followed by an earlier onset of complete remission after chemotherapy. Although chemotherapy suppressed p- hydroxyphenylpyruvic acid excretion, its level was inordinately high as late as on day 12. It is concluded that although the effects of ascorbic acid and cytostatic drugs on p- hydroxyphenylpyruvate hydroxylase level are similar, that of ascorbic acid is more specific and is followed by a complete recovery of tyrosine metabolism.

V.N. Baikova, et. al. [The Effect of Large Doses of Ascorbic Acid on Tyrosine Metabolism and Hemoblastosis Course in Children] Vopr Onkol, 28(9), 1982, p. 28-34

This case-control study of diet and breast cancer in 2 Chinese populations found a strong inverse association between breast cancer and the intake of vitamin C, carotene, and crude fiber.

J.M. Yuan, et. al. Diet and Breast Cancer in Shanghai and Tianjin, China British Journal of Cancer, 71, 1995, p. 1353-1358

This review article looked at 12 case-control studies on the relationship between breast cancer and diet. The most consistently significant inverse association found was between vitamin C and breast cancer risk.

G.R. Howe, et. al. Dietary Factors and the Risk of Breast Cancer: Combined Analysis of 12 Case-Controlled Studies Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 82, 1992, p. 561-569

This review article cites results from several studies documenting the protective effects of vitamin C in reducing the risk of cervical cancer. One, in particular, found that women with the highest levels of dietary vitamin C decreased their chances of developing cervical cancer by 4-5 times compared to those with the lowest levels.

J. VanEenwyk The Role of Vitamins in the Development of Cervical Cancer The Nutrition Report, 11(l), January 1993, p. 1-8

Dietary vitamin C was found to be protective against cervical intraiepithehal neoplasia in this case-control study.

C.F. Amburgey, et. al. Undernutrition as a Risk Factor for Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia: A Case-control Analysis Nutrition and Cancer, 20(l), 1993, p. 51-60

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