Vitamin C Material: Where to Start, What to Watch

Commentary by Tom Taylor

There are numerous vitamin C videos on the web. This is an effort to provide recommendations to quality material
by way of a star rating system. Some researchers claim vitamin C is one of the most researched substances in
PubMed. This research seems to see the light of day mostly through these videos. Still, it is confusing and
intimidating as where to start, or what is important.

Quick start procedures for those who want to get started on vitamin C with minimal study are given towards the end
of this paper.

Videos are the easiest source to access vitamin C information, most of these recommendations are videos. There is
also one paper and a few books on the list. As far as ratings, the video and paper by Dr. Cathcart gets the ultimate 5-
star rating of excellence. The video by the Linus Pauling Institute gets a 1-star rating. Most everything else listed
here gets 4 or 4.5 stars. Anything 4 or above are very good, but not as information packed as Cathcart’s paper and
lecture.

Like any movie reviewer, the ratings and criteria are mine. Your conclusions may be different. I did try consulting the
feral cats I have been assigned by my wife to feed. But as typical for cats, they gave me the look as if to say, “We
make our own vitamin C (ref: Suzanne Humphries below), we don’t care about your videos.”

Having invested many hours in watching and reading this material, was it worth my time? Yes, and here is an
example. Being in my early 60’s, I cannot visit with a group from this age range without someone talking about their
recent back/hip/shoulder operation, or how they are taking multiple prescription meds, or their doctor shopping
activities. Some of these people know their drugs like others know fine wine. I do not do or know these things,
including the wine. My doctor is the guy who gives me an FAA required pilot’s medical exams and calls me
“disgustingly healthy”. I really enjoy that wise-crack. Clearly to me, a major factor for my clean health and
reasonable blood pressure is I learned the art of taking vitamin C over the last 14 years. Vitamin C has definitely and
unquestioningly saved me many a home sick-day. It has definitely been my most effective solution for controlling hay
fever and cat allergies. So yes, it works and is worth it. It is relatively easy to prove to yourself vitamin C’s value.

As far as time commitment, I just watched these videos instead of the 28 th (and earlier) seasons of The Simpsons. If
Lisa starts educating the world on vitamin C, maybe I will tune back in.

Five Star Rating

1. A very useful video is Dr. Robert F. Cathcart’s (1932-2007), 26 minute presentation at the Silicon Valley Health
Institute.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkkWDDSti_s
This is rapid fire and information packed. So much so that I have listened to it multiple times. My personal
judgement is every rapid-fired word he says is true and you should act on that basis until you have personal
data to prove otherwise. Much of what he says is easy to prove for yourself.

A critical success factor for vitamin C use is Dr. Cathcart’s statement. “A person must be good at taking
vitamin C”. This means knowing the dosing you need for that day. Cathcart is saying that the need for
vitamin C varies daily. A person needs some each day, the amount depending on their general health, but the
instant of that first sniffle or extreme fatigue that signals you are about to get sick, one needs to shovel
vitamin C in until the threat passes. These dosage amounts vary with the individual and requires individual
 discovery.

2. Secondly this seminal paper by the same Cathcart should be studied to the point you can start reciting key
passages.
http://www.doctoryourself.com/titration.html
Print it out, carry it around with you. Find ways to prove or disprove it to yourself. Be your own scientist.
You and your friends will be healthier and wealthier (low doctor bills, no sick days) for it. Actually, your
friends will be very annoyed by your vitamin C comments while they are eating ice cream and such. (I learned
not to do that.)
a. If you just want to “know the facts” only. Cathcart is a quick study and he is right as far as I can
discern. If time is limited and you are just busy, busy…. Learn Cathcart…
3. Vitamin C dosing is very confusing and puts off a lot of people. Doses up to 100-200 grams per day sounds
asinine when one first hears it, but sometimes these are appropriate. The best explanation of dosing I have
found is the book Ascorbate: The Science of Vitamin C (May 20, 2004) by Steve Hickey & Hilary Roberts. This
book starts with Cathcart’s paper and expands it with associated research to give a full picture of dosing.
4. 60 Minutes New Zealand (New Zealand version of CBS 60 Minutes in the USA)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrhkoFcOMII&t=2s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7O_Wrvbqn0
Fascinating true-life story of where a family efforts and massive vitamin C clearly saved a farmers life. Still the
medical circles chose to view this as a fluke.

Five Four and one-half Star Rating

Cathcart had several years of front line, in the clinic, vitamin C experience. He was the “man in the arena” as Teddy
Roosevelt would say (ref: http://www.theodore-roosevelt.com/trsorbonnespeech.html) and his work preceded all
listed below. These presentations are high quality in information and probably better in presentation than Cathcart.
They are all by MD’s, OD or PhD’s and are very current.

The order of these is just the order I would tend to recommend them to people. Watch them in any order. All are
award quality.

1. Suzanne Humphries M.D.: Most easy to follow presentations on vitamin C. Suzanne is an MD who made a
couple of very pleasant and thoroughly informative vitamin C lectures that were taped. One was in Sweden
and the other in New Zealand. Similar material in both. When I am trying to get a vitamin C skeptic to look
closer, I always cite Suzan’s lectures.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0LLX0sgwAU&t=810s Sweden lecture, long version
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFT5rdwrNV0&t=2633s New Zealand lecture, shorter version, similar
material.

2. Thomas Levy M.D.: Best presentation on Liposomal vitamin C (3 rd one). Best for comments on oral health’s
major impact on overall health. Tom has so many excellent presentations and books, I have listed a few of his
most recent videos. In fact, I claim that the city of New Orleans should replace the statue of General Lee at
Lee’s circle with a statue of Levy (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Circle). Levy would probably say no, not
him, but a statue of Dr. Fred Klenner would be appropriate. Levy heavily cites Klenner’s groundbreaking work
in vitamin C.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmCUhP3SjBI The Cause of All Disease: A Unified Theory
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0x8CxUKDrc Vitamin C The Ultimate Antibiotic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GH492eeTyjk&t=3165s Vitamin C - Ascorbate - Liposomal Vitamin C and
Antioxidant Therapy.
Levy’s has written a few fine books relate to vitamin C. The only one I have studied is Curing the Incurable.
 The first 100 pages or so is a summary of many of his key points. The remainder of the book is an excellent
reference for vitamin C’s application to many diseases. His website is peakenergy.com.

3. Andrew Saul PhD.: Best presentation on vitamin C and children (1 st one). Best vitamin C history (2nd one). This
presentation is unique in the he mentions vitamin C dosages for children. Overall this is an information rich
video that covers a lot of material. Andrew has many other vitamin C related videos. This one is the most
recent. Additionally, he is a prolific book writer. His website doctoryourself.com lists these. The one I have
read is Vitamin C: The Real Story. This one also has an extended chapter on dosing and is coauthored by the
same Steve Hickey in the book in the 5 Star section.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5Bgdqsorg0&t=863s at Riordan Clinic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wq29rADk9Os A Timeline of Vitamin Medicine

4. Margreet Vissers PhD.: Best presentation on biological science of vitamin C (1 st one). Margreet has two
excellent and unique videos. She is a professor in New Zealand. The first one is exceptional material from an
electron microscope showing vitamin C in action. Really interesting and definitive proof of the effectiveness
of vitamin C. New Zealand seems to be far enough away from the centers of drug company power that she
can do academic sponsored research on vitamin C and not get squashed by the pharmoracy. If she keeps up
this good research, the drug companies may be forced to put research centers or pill plants in New Zealand
so they can have enough economic might to dry up her funds. Her major sponsor seems to be the Kiwi fruit
promotion board.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPyj9Pi8nw4&t=1341s -- Interesting electron microscope material.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JS1JalMT7xQ&t=15s -- Overview material.

5. Sydney Bush O.D.: Best presentation on eye health and vitamin C. Talk about interesting material out of left
field, it is Dr. Sydney Bush. Sydney can accurately predict a person’s risk of clogged arteries by taking periodic
color photos of the blood passages in the back of the eyeball. Very easy, non-invasive, painless. Brilliant and
ingenious. London should take down the statue of Lord whoever and replace it with one of Sydney. For if the
world paid attention to Sydney, the amount of lives saved/extended would be in the millions.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qhcb302DPiY

6. Matthais Rath M.D.: Best presentation on heart disease and vitamin C. Best expose on the drug industry.
Matthais worked with Linus Pauling in Pauling’s original institute (not the institute that carries Pauling’s name
today). After Pauling’s death, Rath returned to Germany and continued his work associated with vitamin C.
He is an outstanding crusader for vitamin C. Martin Luther would be proud (well-known German crusader
from the 16th century, credited with starting the Renaissance.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0lEmXJD7p4 Excellent presentation that explains the connection
between heart disease and vitamin C.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7Sho5JUSIQ Rath made a special effort to make this presentation at
Auschwitz, Poland. Yes, the concentration camp from WWII. He has his reasons as you will see. In it he
explains the rise of the German drug/chemical industry, its tie to Auschwitz, and its behavior today. A very
insightful expose.

7. Victor Marcial-Vega M. D.: Best presentation on vitamin C and cancer therapies. Very interesting, provides
comments on medical school attitudes towards vitamins. Victor is an oncologist and since 1991 he has
learned to use vitamin C to compliment cancer therapies. “Once you start doing vitamin C, you will never go
back.” -direct quote.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDXtc-RrtFs&t=1396s
 8. Russell Jaffe M.D.: Best presentation on toxic metals and vitamin C. Jaffe is an eclectic researcher and
generally entertaining to listen to. He promotes his 8 indicators of long term health. These are probably
valid, but I have not investigated them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TM_z-cMYplc&t=1s Using vitamin C to detox heavy metals. Vitamin C
will slowly remove heavy metals from the body. This is the only presentation I know of on that subject.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsA3Ei7rvo8 Top 8 Predictive Biomarkers. One is vitamin C related.

Four Star Rating

The four stars below are people or groups who are prolific on web videos. What they say about C is worthwhile for
study, but vitamin C is only one of many subjects they cover. The order is random.

 Question and Answer with Andrew Saul and Treavor King: https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=U4xsPKVdL1U&t=6087s Two hours of wide ranging Q & A on vitamins in general. Lots of good pointers on
vitamin C. Mentions vitamin C for fibromyalgia late in the discussion.
 That Vitamin Movie: https://thatvitaminmovie.com/ Discusses vitamins and nutrients more broadly than just
C alone. Takes a soft sell approach for vitamins and minerals.
 Riordan Clinic: https://riordanclinic.org/video-gallery/ A unique clinic in Kansas that produces videos across
a wide range of health subjects. Andrew Saul lecture listed above was given at this clinic.
 Silicon Valley Health Institute: http://www.svhi.com A California study group that brings in outstanding
speakers and presents videos of the lectures on the internet. Tom Levy has a vitamin C lecture here.
 Dr. Joseph Mercola: https://articles.mercola.com/videos.aspx Interviews that cover a lot of subjects including
vitamin C.
 Dr. Peter Glidden: https://www.glidden.healthcare/ Famous for calling the AMA the American Medication
Association. Discusses vitamins and minerals in general.

Three Star Rating

Dr. Linus Pauling from 1992. Linus is famous in vitamin C circles. Lecture on Vitamin C at Stanford University, he was
91 at the time. Even at this age, he was a very coherent, no-notes lecturer. A lot of information for the careful
listener. However, this is a little dated and has poor production quality, microphone gets bumped a lot.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bymKIPaTws

Dr. Gifford-Jones: Canadian video from Calgary. The audio is so bad, or his is so soft-spoken, I gave up on him.
Appears to be very good info, but tortuous to listen to. Note to video makers, excellent audio is essential.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHWRoLd1XQw

All interviews by pod caster channels are given this three-star rating. Many of these are fine, but they are usually all
audio or at best talking heads and typically lack the graphics that makes a better presentation of the story.

Two Start Rating

Any video around 20 minutes or less except the few mentioned in higher categories. I have not studied these much
at all, in fact I just avoid as most as very shallow and impart little useful information.

One Star Rating

Any video by the Linus Pauling Institute that I have seen to date. These guys are so cautious, so afraid of the
establishment; everything ends with the phrase “needs more research”. I recommend these guys redirect their
research to studying Pink Flamingos in Antarctica. They can have a lot of fun traipsing around Antarctica looking for
evidence of Flamingos and they can always end every paper with their catch phrase “needs more research.”

Quick-Start Procedures for Vitamin C

1. Understand that C lasts a very short time in your body, a half-life of three hours is a good rule. This means
the more you can spread out the dosing over the day the better.
2. The best type of vitamin C is the cheapest according to Andrew Saul. There are many types. Find the one that
does not upset you stomach in high doses. E,g, chewables upset my stomach in high doses. I recommend
Costco 1000 mg vitamin C. Any that you like will work.
3. A “clean underwear safe” starting point is to take 4 grams a day. 2 in the morning and 2 in the evening.
Taking some at lunch is better. Note, this is grams, i.e. 4 grams = 4,000 milligrams.
4. Always carry some with you or keep stashes in cars, offices, toolboxes.
5. At the first sign that you are getting sick, that sniffle or extreme fatigue, etc., start taking one gram an hour. If
you continue to deteriorate, go to two per hour. I have gone up to four per hour, two every thirty minutes.
6. Continue high dosing until you seem to stabilize or suddenly feel sort-of OK. At that point continue high
dosing until bowels starts feeling gassy, then back off about ¼ to ½ the dosage rate for the evening. Take it
easy, get a good night’s rest. In the morning most days the symptoms will be gone. Continue higher than
usual doses for next two days, say 8 grams a day.
7. Many people will need higher daily doses than listed here (4 grams), but that takes time and/or guidance to
figure out and is not a quick start. The above is something you can do today.

Closing Comments:

There is certainly more vitamin C material in this world than I have come across. However, through watching just
these listed, and testing their recommendations, it should become evident that vitamin C must work. Yet, as several
have pointed out, no one is going to spend the money on a “gold-standard” double-blind study for such an
unpatentable substance. Thus, drug companies can always have that claim of no double-blind studies against vitamin
C. What C does have is voluminous clinical experience support, as exemplified by Humphries, Cathcart, Kenner, et. al.

The art of taking Vitamin C: In my experience, a big impediment for vitamin C to overcome is the fear of overdosing.
Everyone fears dirty underwear and/or they know too much of a medicine is bad. Both teachings from our mothers
by age 3, so it sticks with us. However, to my knowledge, no one has yet discovered a way to kill themselves by
taking too much vitamin C. Medicine largely deals in micro-toxins, note the term “anti”, as in antibiotic that proceeds
so many modern drugs. Thus, they must be carefully administered. Vitamin C on the other hand is a vital nutrient
that your body needs daily. Hard to overdose on a vital nutrient.

As usual a little bit of study can save money. In this case, a little study and learning the art of taking vitamin C can save
a lot of money and your health. All you need to do is adopt the motto, the best health care is selfcare.

About the author: Tom Taylor, EE, ME, MBA is an engineer, patent holder and vitamin C video critic. He has studied
and used vitamin C for 14 years. He has no financial interest in the medical or nutrient industry. He currently runs a
small technical group that develops prototypes of new products (Maskinell.com) in the Atlanta, GA area and is a
commercial pilot. He can be contacted at xxx.com