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Clinical Study Documents Vitamin C Lowers Blood Sugar and Insulin Requirements
Clinical studies show that in diabetic patients, vitamin C contributes not only to the prevention of cardiovascular complications, but also helps to normalize the imbalance in glucose metabolism. Professor R. Pfleger and his colleagues from the University of Vienna published the results of a remarkable clinical study. It showed that diabetic patients taking 300-500 mg of vitamin C a day could significantly improve glucose balance. Blood sugar levels could be lowered on average by 30%, daily insulin requirements by 27% and sugar excretion in the urine could be almost eliminated.
It is amazing that this study was published in 1937 in a leading European journal of internal medicine. If the results of this important study had been followed up and documented in medical textbooks, millions of lives could have been saved and cardiovascular disease would no longer threaten diabetic patients.
A Clinical Study Documents More Vitamin C Means Less Insulin
Diabetic patients can significantly lower their daily insulin requirements by increasing their daily intake of vitamin C. This is the result of a clinical case study conducted at the renowned Stanford University in California. Dr. J.F. Dice, the lead author of the study, was the diabetic patient in this case report. At the beginning of the study, Dr. Dice injected 32 units of insulin per day.
During the three-week study, Dr. Dice gradually increased his daily intake of vitamin C until he reached 11 grams per day by day 23. The vitamin C was divided in small amounts and taken throughout the day to increase its absorption in his body. By day 23, Dr. Dice’s insulin requirement had dropped from 32 units to five units per day. Thus, for every additional gram of dietary vitamin C supplementation, he could spare 2.5 insulin units.
