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April 27, 2008

Vitamin C Status in Children with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

In a study involving 28 hospitalized children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and 30 apparently healthy controls, children with ALL were found to consume twice as much vitamin C as compared to controls; however, plasma concentrations of vitamin C were 10 times higher and urinary concentrations of vitamin C were 2.5 times higher in the healthy controls, as compared to the children with ALL. Total antioxidant capacity (TAC) in children with ALL was lower than that of the healthy controls. The authors conclude, "Vitamin C utilization is increased in children with ALL." To determine the effects of supplementation with vitamin C in this population, additional investigation is needed.

Source: www.vitasearch.com

Comments:
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is the most common type of childhood cancer. Most children with ALL do not have overt malnutrition, which makes them a reasonable population in which to investigate the effect of antioxidant status. In this study researchers compared Vitamin C status in healthy children and children with ALL. Their observation supported that although ALL patients consumed twice the amount of Vitamin C, their cells were absorbing and utilizing all of that and therefore Vitamin C in their plasma and urine was much less compared to the health controls. This is clear evidence that antioxidants like Vitamin C and others are required in much higher amounts in cancer patients. In addition to this, there have been multiple studies proving the importance of antioxidants in cancer including leukemia, lymphoma and so on.

Dr. Rath's extensive laboratory research has proven that not only Vitamin C but also multiple other micronutrients are important in the fight against cancer. Scientists at Dr. Rath's Research Institute have included synergistic combinations of Vitamin C, lysine, proline, EGCG and other essential nutrients to control the spread of cancer cells in more than 30 different types of cancers. You can read about the mechanism of action of these nutrients and details about Dr. Rath's research on www.drrathresearch.org. To understand more about the importance of synergistic combination of nutrients please visit www.cellularhealthtraining.org

 

 
       
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