. . . chances are it's not enough From an informal survey of our customers, it appears that many aren't taking nearly enough vitamin C to achieve optimal health. Vitamin C is pivotal to the Beyond Health lifestyle and to reversing just about any disease. Please don't go by government recommendations, which are based on preventing the disease scurvy and do not at all reflect the human need for this precious vitamin that has more than 300 functions in the human body. Famous vitamin C researcher Linus Pauling discovered that human beings have a unique need for vitamin C. Most animals, with the exception of humans, apes, guinea pigs, fruit bats and some birds, have an enzyme that converts glucose (blood sugar) to vitamin C as needed. For example, a goat weighing 110 pounds will normally make over 9 grams of vitamin C a day. That would translate into 13 grams for a 154-pound human. A lab rat will synthesize 20-70 mg a day, which translates into 4-15 grams for that same human. But when goats…

How much vitamin C do you need?The government’s Recommended Daily Allowance (RDA)—90 milligrams (mg) of vitamin C per day for adult men and 75 mg per day for adult women—is enough to prevent scurvy, a potentially fatal disease in which the body literally falls apart due to vitamin C deficiency. (Vitamin C is needed for making collagen, an essential component of the connective tissue that holds the body together.)But vitamin C does a great many more things in our bodies than help us make collagen. In fact, it probably does more to keep you well and vital than any other molecule you can put into your body. Vitamin C is essential to: detoxificationrepair of injuryimmune functionour ability to handle stresshealthy hormone activityhealthy neurotransmitter functionenergy productioniron utilizationnitrous oxide functions (which help with energy and also with healthy blood pressure)healthy bone formation, andoptimal brain functionAnd to top it all off,…