Doctors and other health professionals who avoid recommendations on vitamin C in relation to covid disease prevention and treatment, should be considered “medically negligent”, says the UK-headquartered campaign group Alliance For Natural Health.
The comments are contained in a new blog post written by ANH scientific director, Rob Verkerk, and follow publication of a new review of data on the vitamin C status of patients suffering respiratory diseases, including Covid-19.
The authors of the review, led by the nutritionist, Patrick Holford, say that the evidence they have studied indicates that oral vitamin C (2–8 g/day) may reduce the incidence and duration of respiratory infections, while intravenous vitamin C (6–24 g/day) is shown to reduce mortality, intensive care unit (ICU) and hospital stays, and time on mechanical ventilation for severe respiratory infections.
They conclude: “Given the remarkable safety of vitamin C, frequent deficiency among patients with COVID-19 and extensive evidence of potential benefits, the current treatment is justified on compassionate grounds pending more COVID-19 clinical trial data becoming available.”
In his blog post, Verkerk argues that there is “mounting evidence” to support the use of vitamin C as “an adjunct therapy for those seriously ill with covid disease”.
“Put as simply as we can: taking vitamin C as a preventative and then, upping your intake if you’re infected, is a no brainer”
He says that the data gathered in the review by Holford et al “makes it harder for those who’re not keen to accept that a humble vitamin, like vitamin C, has so much to offer, at such low cost, and with such an extraordinary safety profile”.
He continues: “Put as simply as we can: taking vitamin C as a preventative and then, upping your intake if you’re infected, is a no brainer. So is using vitamin C intravenously for those with acute respiratory infections, or sepsis, in critical care.
“So much so, that we argue – given the now available evidence – that doctors and other health professionals who avoid recommendations on vitamin C in relation to covid disease prevention and treatment, should be considered medically negligent.”
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Doctors and other health professionals who avoid recommendations on vitamin C in relation to covid disease prevention and treatment, should be considered “medically negligent”, says the UK-headquartered campaign group Alliance For Natural Health.
The comments are contained in a new blog post written by ANH scientific director, Rob Verkerk, and follow publication of a new review of data on the vitamin C status of patients suffering respiratory diseases, including Covid-19.
The authors of the review, led by the nutritionist, Patrick Holford, say that the evidence they have studied indicates that oral vitamin C (2–8 g/day) may reduce the incidence and duration of respiratory infections, while intravenous vitamin C (6–24 g/day) is shown to reduce mortality, intensive care unit (ICU) and hospital stays, and time on mechanical ventilation for severe respiratory infections.
They conclude: “Given the remarkable safety of vitamin C, frequent deficiency among patients with COVID-19 and extensive evidence of potential benefits, the current treatment is justified on compassionate grounds pending more COVID-19 clinical trial data becoming available.”
In his blog post, Verkerk argues that there is “mounting evidence” to support the use of vitamin C as “an adjunct therapy for those seriously ill with covid disease”.
He says that the data gathered in the review by Holford et al “makes it harder for those who’re not keen to accept that a humble vitamin, like vitamin C, has so much to offer, at such low cost, and with such an extraordinary safety profile”.
He continues: “Put as simply as we can: taking vitamin C as a preventative and then, upping your intake if you’re infected, is a no brainer. So is using vitamin C intravenously for those with acute respiratory infections, or sepsis, in critical care.
“So much so, that we argue – given the now available evidence – that doctors and other health professionals who avoid recommendations on vitamin C in relation to covid disease prevention and treatment, should be considered medically negligent.”
Photo by Mufid Majnun on Unsplash
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