increasing Vit. C absorption with Vit. E

[Guest guest]

It will help the absorption of Vitamin C if you also take Vitamin E. Also,

remember something: in the original premiere Ascorbic Acid research, mice

received the substance. Mice synthesize Vit. C, humans do not.

Also, a *key* point of that research: remember 30 (yes thirty!) generations of

mice were used. (I seem to recall the average age of a lab mouse is about 3

years) But what is so groundbreaking, earthshattering, is that in those 30

generations, researchers were successfully able to eliminate the genetic

duplication in CMT 1A. (in simpler language this means they stoppped CMT once

and for all - arrested CMT or " cured " it (oh how I loathe that word)

Human trials of C are just now getting off the ground. I only wish human trials

were faster so we could really know EXACTLY what research shows. I am following

two of the trials closely, the ones in Belgium and Italy, since they are in full

progress.

But something seems odd to me - from mice to humans the study goes. Since CMT 1A

has evolved with human development from 6-7 million years ago, I would like to

see a Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C) study on Primates (chimps, gorillas). (see our

Files on Primates and CMT)

Just thinking out loud here, thinking about the genetics of it all, wishing I

had paid more attention in Anatomy and Physiology.

~ Gretchen