. . . 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…

Although Americans need to eat more fresh fruits and vegetables, the food gurus these days aren't pushing fruits as much as they once were. That's because more information has come out about fructose, the sugar in fruit. While fine in moderation, in excessive amounts, fructose can be toxic. That's why at Beyond Health, we've always recommended not exceeding more than two pieces of fruit a day. But one fruit the experts still recommend is berries, including strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, cranberries and raspberries. Why? Because no fruit offers so much nutritional value for the calories and fructose it delivers. Berries for Disease Prevention Berries are chock-full of phytonutrients (translation: nutrients in plants) that are some of the world's most powerful antioxidants and anti-inflammatories. Since oxidation and inflammation are fundamental processes in all disease, it's not surprising that scientists have been finding that berries help to prevent and curb every…