The Method of Determining Proper Doses of Vitamin C for the Treatment of Disease by Titrating to Bowel Tolerance

My experience (Cathcart 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979) in utilizing vitamin C in large doses has extended over a nine year period and has in- volved over 9,000 patients. Much of the or- iginal work with large amounts of vitamin C was done by Fred R, Klenner, M.D. (1948, 1949, 1971, 1974) of Riedsville, North Caro- lina. Klenner found that viral diseases could be detoxified and subsequently cured by in- travenous sodium ascorbate in amounts up to 200 grams per 24 hours. Irwin Stone (1965,1966, 1972) pointed out the potential of vitamin C in the treatment of many diseases, the inability of humans to synthesize ascorbate and the resultant condition hypo-ascorbemia. Linus Pauling (1970, 1976) reviewed the literature on vitamin C and has led the crusade to make known its medical uses to the public and the medical profession. Ewan Cameron in association with Pauling (1976, 1978) has shown the usefulness of ascorbic acid in the treatment of cancer.

The purpose of this paper is to describe a method which maximizes the effectiveness of ascorbic acid taken orally for various diseases and stress processes. Much of the controversy about ascorbic acid has been due to studies utilizing totally inadequate doses of vitamin C. It seems incredible to the growing number of physicians familiar with the proper doses of ascorbic acid that recent papers would describe studies utilizing only up to four grams per 24 hours. Also the hypothesis that not only do humans suffer from chronic hypoascorbemia but that stress and disease can induce localized and systemic aascorbemia (a type of scurvy) will be presented.

Bowel Tolerance Method

In 1970, I discovered the sicker a patient was, the more ascorbic acid he would tolerate by mouth before diarrhea was produced. At least 80 percent of adult patients will tolerate 10 to 15 grams of ascorbic acid fine crystals in one half cup water in four divided doses per 24 hours without having diarrhea. The astonishing finding was that almost all patients will absorb far greater amounts without having diarrhea when ill. This increased tolerance is somewhat proportional...

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