IV HIGH DOSE VITAMIN C THERAPY
When you lack vitamin C, your body breaks down from the root. Its intense deficiency leads to a disease called scurvy, which results in bleeding, loss of hair and teeth, joint pain and swelling, and eventually death. Even consuming small amounts of foods such as oranges and lemons prevents this disease. Unfortunately, food and oral supplements are often not enough to achieve optimum health.
Only 18% of the vitamin C we consume is absorbed by our body. However, when given IV/intravenously, vitamin C has 100% bioavailability. This means you can support your adrenal glands, maintain energy levels, heal and renew your skin, strengthen tendons and bones, boost your immune system, and fight chemotherapy/radiation side effects with the power of high-dose vitamin C.
High doses of vitamin C are especially helpful when you are under more stress than usual, when you feel extremely tired, when your immune system needs to be boosted to fight off acute or chronic viral and bacterial infections, when your skin needs to bounce back to glowing conditions. It also helps to improve the side effects of chemotherapy and radiation therapy such as fatigue, nausea and vomiting.
Vitamin C has a wide range of applications. It is an important factor in the production of collagen (skin, blood vessels, ligaments and bones), synthesis of adrenaline and carnitine (energy), directly enhances the immune system, and has a strong antioxidant function.
Collagen Production
Collagen is a structural protein found in all animal tissues. It connects our muscles to our bones and provides structural support for veins and arteries.
Vitamin C is required for the synthesis of collagen along with the amino acids proline and lysine. When you don't have enough collagen, you may have thin skin and weaker blood vessels, bones, tendons, and ligaments. This can lead to aneurysms (thinning of the blood vessel wall), possible stroke (stroke), and even torn ligaments and tendons common in sports injuries. When administered by IV, high doses of vitamin C can support the skin and connective tissue and prevent these consequences.
Energy production
Vitamin C is required for the breakdown of fat for energy use. It is involved in the synthesis of a molecule called carnitine, which acts as a shuttle that carries fat to the mitochondria in our cells for energy production. This means it can have a powerful effect on our energy levels. For example, in a scientific study in 2011, it was determined that high dose (10 grams) of vitamin C given IV reduces fatigue after 2 hours in office workers and this effect continues for 24 hours.
Immune Support
Vitamin C may have a direct effect against infectious agents such as bacteria, viruses and even cancer cells. Its use in very high doses creates this efficacy thanks to the production of peroxide (H2O2). Before the polio vaccine, high-dose intramuscular vitamin C injection every 8 hours has been used successfully in the treatment of polio.
Antioxidant Properties
Vitamin C is a powerful antioxidant that helps protect cell structures such as collagen, proteins and DNA against damage by free radicals and reactive oxygen species (ROS), which commonly occur in high stress situations, chronic diseases and infections. Studies have shown that the antioxidant properties of vitamin C can reduce the severity of symptoms associated with the H1N1 influenza virus and is considered an important adjunct therapy in relieving the flu.
Vitamin C (ascorbate) is a powerful antioxidant. Vitamin C is required for the synthesis of collagen from proline and lysine. Therefore, vitamin C is necessary for the synthesis of connective tissue, remodeling of scar tissue, maintenance of normal connective tissue. Vitamin C is also essential for bone remodeling due to the presence of collagen in the organic matrix of bones.
Vitamin C is also required for the conversion of tyrosine to epinephrine (adrenaline) and for the synthesis of bile. It is found in high amounts in the adrenal gland cortex and these levels are depleted after the gland's adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) stimulation and synthesis of the stress hormone cortisol, so it is important to replenish the vitamin C level during times of high stress.