LINUS PAULING: Vindication

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AUGUST 19, 2000 is the sixth anniversary of the death of Linus Pauling, PhD. Pauling was one of the greatest scientists in history and is the only person to win two unshared Nobel prizes, the most prestigious international awards for achievement in science, medicine, and other fields. He devoted much of his time during the last twenty-five years of his life to vitamin C, the antioxidants, cancer, and natural medicine.
In 1979, the respected British journal New Scientist included Pauling on its list of the twenty most important scientists of all time, for his startlingly original contributions in biology, chemistry, and physics earlier in the twentieth century.  An interesting historical footnote is that Pauling was denied his third Nobel Prize because of his liberal political views.  He was well ahead of Watson and Crick in the discovery of  the configuration of DNA, but was denied access to specialized photography available in England that he needed to finish his work by the State Department.

The Critical Role Of Vitamin C

Much of the significant research on Vitamin C was done by two time Nobel Prize winner Linus Pauling who is considered one of the 20 greatest scientists of all time and the greatest chemist of all time.  He is also considered to be the second greatest scientist of the 20th century after Albert Einstein. The only animals on the planet without the ability to produce Vitamin C in their bodies are Human Beings, monkeys, apes, and the bat. When an animal becomes sick, the levels of Vitamin C automatically rise in it's body, as a way to recuperate from illness. Animals don't get heart attacks. Pauling and others attributed this to the protective effects of Vitamin C. Pauling, in fact, described this inability of Human Beings to manufacture Vitamin C in their bodies as a genetic abnormality. Pauling believed in saturating the body on a daily basis with Vitamin C. The way this is accomplished is by taking increasingly larger doses of Vitamin C until diarrhea occurs and then cutting back a little until it stops. For most people this point is reached around 10 grams daily. The best form of Vitamin C is from a natural source. I use a brand made from beets or the cassava plant. It is further beneficial in that Vitamin C is cut with minerals such as Magnesium, Potassium, and Calcium. This combination sometimes goes by the commercial name Esterfied Vitamin C. These minerals slow down the absorption of Vitamin C into the body and enhance it's effectiveness. Pauling created a lot of controversy by proposing that large doses of Vitamin C along with other key nutrients can dramatically enhance survival time among cancer patients as an adjunct to standard cancer treatments (secondary therapy).. His studies with Dr. Abraham Hoffer are well documented in his book, CANCER AND VITAMIN C.  Vitamin C has the added advantage of converting in the the body to hydrogen peroxide, a documented anticarcinogen. Pauling was fair in his evaluation of the cancer establishment.  He said he favored low dose radiation in combination with vitamin C and other natural products because radiation forms a scab around the cancer and vitamin C and other natural products help with the scabbing process.  He also stated that he favored chemotherapy for testicular cancer for men. The National Cancer Institute in 1997 reversed its 50 year opposition to nutritional therapies and now endorses them as a secondary cancer treatment.  Pauling recommended that all cancer patients take 10 grams a day of Vitamin C, 3 grams of niacinimide, 20,000 IU of beta-carotene, 400 IU of vitamin E, 400 mcg of selenium, and a high potency multiple vitamin without iron. (iron promotes cancer growth.)  The diets with the highest level of scientific study behind them for cancer are the Joanna Budwig diet and the Macrobiotic diet. The herbal preparations with the highest level of scientific research for cancer are Carnivora, Chorella, Coumarin (also known as Hoxsey formula), Curcumin, LaPacho,(also known as Pau D'Arco), Maitake D-fraction, Mistletoe, and Shitake( mushroom). Green barley is an outstanding cancer support product because chlorophyll is almost chemically identical to hemoglobin and it is an excellent alkanalizing agent. The animal preparations with the greatest clinical research are bovine tracheal cartilage and alkyglycerol (shark liver oil).  Omega 6 and Omega 3 oils have been found to have anticarcinogenic effects. Wobenzym, a digestive enzyme has considerable clinical research for cancer efficacy.  There are scientific and historical accounts of success with the coffee enema, first used for cancer treatment by American Indians 150 years ago. Pauling himself was diagnosed with prostate cancer at age 59 and died from it at age 93. He attributed this long life to high vitamin C intake as well as the intake of other nutrients. Interestingly enough, both his parents died before the age of 60.