DR. SUZANNE HUMPHRIES SPEAKS OUT ABOUT A LIFESAVING NUTRIENT

Dr. Suzanne Humphries speaks out about a lifesaving nutrient

Posted by: Allison Reed, staff writer in Vitamin C Benefits February 16, 2015

Grateful woman(NaturalHealth365) Chronic disease is a global pandemic affecting millions of people all over the world. Two types of chronic disease in particular – diabetes and heart disease – are especially common in the United States. In terms of mortality rates, diabetes is the seventh and cardiovascular disease remains the number one cause of death.

While conventional medicine would have us believe that the cause of chronic disease is largely genetic or ‘bad luck’, Dr. Suzanne Humphries is speaking out about the inflammatory nature of chronic disease and the nutrient she believes could prevent, treat and in some cases reverse the effects of diabetes and heart disease.
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Dr. Humphries, who specializes in internal medicine and nephrology, recommends vitamin C supplementation as a means of combating these dangerous conditions and the inflammation that causes them.
Understanding the connection between oxidative stress and chronic disease could save your life

Inflammation, within the body, is caused by oxidative stress. Stress causes damage to cell proteins, cell DNA, cell walls, and the mitochondria – which are responsible for producing energy. The body has natural systems in place to produce antioxidants that prevent damage, but these systems often fail to adequately protect us – especially when food intake is not supplying the right types of nutrients to combat oxidative stress.

Oxidative stress is caused by many different factors including medical and wireless radiation, prescription drugs, emotional issues, smoking, environmental toxins, parasites and other internal toxins – which negatively affect electrons at the cellular level. The body simply cannot produce enough antioxidants on its own to negate all of the free radicals the average person is exposed to on a daily basis.
The benefits of vitamin C are surprising to most people

Vitamin C is a natural antioxidant that acts as an electron donor at the cellular level. Dr. Humphries notes that both diabetes and high blood pressure respond well to vitamin C supplementation, though the exact dosage for effective results varies from person to person. In diabetics, who almost always have average vitamin C levels 30 percent lower than non-diabetics, the benefits of vitamin C supplementation include improvements in every aspect of glycemic control.

Heart disease patients respond similarly, as inflammation caused by oxidative stress can cause physical damage to the heart and blood vessels. People treated for heart disease experience significant benefits of vitamin C, including improvements in blood vessel health, cholesterol and blood pressure levels.

In addition to serving as an antioxidant, vitamin C also serves as a co-factor for enzymes that make collagen, neurotransmitters, hormones and carnatine. The nutrient can even perform as a natural antihistamine for people affected by pollen and allergies.

Dr. Humphries notes that the anti-histamine properties of vitamin C are well documented in conventional medical literature. Not only are high histamine levels in the body almost always equal to low vitamin C levels, but supplementing with vitamin C does not carry the potential side effects of treating allergies with conventional prescription or over-the-counter anti-histamines.

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