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Vitamin C-Healing Wonder Or Myth?
By S. Wagner

I was a sick kid. That's all there was too it. I was born over 2 months premature and from day one I had one problem after another. I had chronic sore throats, ear infections, you name it. I missed more school than I attended. At one point, my mother didn't think I was going to last long. Quite honestly, either did I. Then something amazing happened. My mother got desperate and took me to a well known nutritionist in New York City by the name of Maxamillion Lewitter. He was German and spoke like Bela Lagosi.

Long story short, Dr. Lewitter put me on a very strict diet and had my mother give me massive doses of vitamin C. I was 12 at the time. By the time I entered high school, one year later, I started a string of class attendance that only saw me miss 3 days of school in 4 years.

I was a different person. And I did it without harmful drugs.

Vitamin C literally saved my life.

So just what is the story with vitamin C? Why is it we always hear so much talk about taking plenty of vitamin C in the winter so that we don't catch our death of cold? Is it just an old wives tale or is there something to it? Well, I can tell you from my own personal experience that vitamin C is no old wives tale. It is indeed a wonder non drug. But just how does vitamin C work and why does it work so well?

What most people don't realize is that very small amounts of vitamin C are needed in order for the body to function naturally, about 90 mg per day. It's only when we become ill that we need to have more vitamin C in order to get our bodies back to normal. This ranges from 500 mg per day up to a max of 2000 mg per day, depending on the individual. Do not take more than 2000 mg per day because vitamin C can be toxic if you take too much, even though it does come out in the urine. If you're very ill, 2000 mg per day for about a week should pretty much get rid of whatever is in your body that is making you sick.

To answer the question of why it works so well, it depends on who you ask. The truth is, the medical community at large is split on the health benefits of vitamin C. There are those who stand firmly behind its healing powers and then there is the other side which isn't quite so sure or flat out refutes these claims. For those who believe in vitamin C, and mind you these beliefs are based on tests which include those that have confirmed that vitamin C cures scurvy, the explanation behind why vitamin C can cure many ills centers on the findings that vitamin C actually protects cells of our body from harm and helps us absorb iron from food, which increases our blood count. Why is that important? Because a low blood count, which even medical doctors will confirm, increases our risk of anemia and many other problems.

In spite of all the evidence, science can't agree on the benefits of vitamin C, which are too numerous to get into in this article. However, evidence aside, I know in my heart that had it not been for vitamin C and some sensible eating, I would not be here today to write this article.

Healing wonder or myth? I'll let you decide for yourself.

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The Most Successful Stuttering Therapy Treatments
By Steve Hill

Treatments for stuttering having improved one hundred percent over the last decade. There is no longer a need for people who suffer with this frustrating speech impediment to only seek help and treatments from traditional speech therapists. In this article I will be writing about the latest treatments that are available for people who stutter/stammer.

The readers of this article may be thinking something like, what does this guy know about the subject of stuttering? Well to answer this question I will, to start with, introduce myself. My name is Stephen Hill and I am from the United Kingdom. I also had a stutter which commenced when I was around four years of age. After suffering with this stutter for eighteen years, I attempted to overcome the problem once and for all.

It was extremely hard to achieve fluency as it had had, a major impact on my whole life and self esteem. I tried various forms of therapy for stuttering, including one to one speech therapy courses, group speech courses, and also stress relieving methods such as tai chi and meditation.

In the end I managed to overcome the stutter by self help methods. I now help other people who stutter and have been doing so for the last ten years.

Stuttering can affect people of all ages and to overcome it the person needs to work very hard and have a determination to succeed. There is no quick miracle cure for stuttering, this of course annoys certain people where as others are aware and accept this is the case.

Stephen Hill helps to promote a number of websites including:

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Conventional Cures VS Natural Herbal Cure
By Gaetane Ross

According to the American Medical Association Journal, over
100, 000 Americans die in hospitals every year due to side effects
from regularly prescribed medications. Throughout America, a
huge amount of medication is prescribed on a daily basis.

The medical community openly acknowledges that fact that it does not
have any cure for several common diseases that affect people.
Most allopathic medicines have side effects that can range from
mild to severe. The reason for this is that most of these chemicals
have certain toxic properties. This is why there have been so many
prescription drugs that got pulled from the market after enjoying
several years of FDA approval.

The sad thing is that very few doctors nowadays bother to inform
patients about possible side effects due to close and cozy
relationships with the pharmaceutical industries.

Half of the truth is that pharmaceutical companies will only tell
doctors as much as they want to and not reveal the complete
picture. Therefore, the doctors are not completely to blame because
they cannot warn patients against side effects of chemicals they are
not aware of.

The trouble is that the business is so profitable is that these
medicine manufacturers are more concerned with profits and FDA
approval rather than the overall effect on the patients.

This is one reason why several doctors are now beginning to
recommend complementary alternative treatments, like herbal
therapies and medicines.

Here are some interesting facts:

• The totally amount of annual profits made by pharmaceutical
companies through sale of drugs in the United States alone is
over $100 billion

• More than 25% of all prescription drugs available contain plant
derivatives

• More than 80, 000 types of plants are used all over the world
for medicinal purposes

• Over 75% of the global population depends on herbal remedies
for regular treatment

There are several choices available for people who are looking for
alternative remedies, including Acupuncture, Yoga, Qigong, Tai chi,
Ayurveda, hydrotherapy, massage therapy, homeopathy, energy
medicines, holistic approaches, and aromatherapy. In fact, the
number of herbal remedies available for different ailments equals
(if not exceeds) the number of regular drug treatments provided by
pharmaceutical companies.

The point is that prevention always was and always will be better
than any cure, mainstream or alternative. The advantage of herbal
remedies is that they move an individual towards a life<myspace>style</myspace> more
geared toward prevention and cure in the early stages of any
affliction.

Pharmaceutical drugs work only after the problem has
development, they do not try to prevent problems because then the
manufacturing companies would go into a loss.

This is where herbal remedies leave the mainstream drugs behind.
This is also the reason why so many people are daily turning to
herbal therapies.

Herbal remedies treat the cause of the disease and not the
symptoms (like conventional drugs). Herbal remedies also have
almost no side effects.

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Gaetane Ross is a Certified Natural Health Consultant who has spent over 4 years focusing on Nutrition and Health. She also specializes in Alternative Medicine, Spiritual Healing and Healthy Life<myspace>style</myspace>. Gaetane's mission is to positively transform the lives of everyone she meets by providing advice on Healthy Living.

Please visit Gaetane's website for Professional Health Advice or Nutritional information at:

http://Live-O-Natural.com

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