In their efforts to manipulate public opinion in the area of health, so-called ‘experts’ are frequently seen in the mainstream media claiming that high doses of vitamin C are dangerous and simply result in ‘expensive urine’. As Dr. Rath pointed out in his recent Open Letter, however, such ‘experts’ are almost invariably stakeholders of the pharmaceutical investment business. With doctors in China having recently reported the successful treatment of coronavirus patients with high-dose vitamin C, the efforts of pharmaceutical stakeholders to discredit it as a treatment are becoming increasingly apparent. In this situation, it is worth recalling what Nobel prize-winning scientists Linus Pauling and Albert Szent-György said about high-dose vitamin C.
Claim that high-dose vitamin C results in ‘expensive urine’ proved false half a century ago
In the early 1970s, two-time Nobel prize-winning scientist Linus Pauling (1901-1994) famously tested the claim that high doses of vitamin C supposedly result in ‘expensive urine’. While taking a dose of 10 grams of vitamin C per day, Pauling collected his urine over a period of 24 hours. Analyzing it afterwards, he found that he was only eliminating 1.5 grams of the nutrient in his urine, an amount equivalent to just 15 percent of his total daily intake. Most the vitamin C, he discovered, was being converted in his body into other useful substances.
Here’s the story, in Linus Pauling’s own words:
