Vitamin C - Health Benefits - Immune System

 

Autoimmune Diseases

 Vitamin C may help to prevent active episodes of (Systemic) Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) in patients with existing SLE.  ^[1]

 Vitamin C may help to prevent Rheumatic Fever.  ^[2]

 Vitamin C may be useful for the treatment of Sjogren Syndrome (due to its role in the production of Prostaglandin E1).  ^[3]

 

Cancer

 Vitamin C may help to prevent and treat many forms of Cancer - Cancer patients are often found to be deficient in Vitamin C and supplemental intravenous Vitamin C has increased the life expectancy of some Cancer patients.  ^[4]

 Vitamin C may help to prevent Cancer - Bladder.  ^[5]

 Vitamin C may help to prevent and treat Cancer - Breast.  ^[6]

 Vitamin C may help to prevent Cancer - Cervix (Cervical Cancer patients generally have 50% lower levels of Vitamin C compared to healthy people).  ^[7]

 Vitamin C may help to prevent Cancer - Colonby speeding the passage of stools through the Intestinal Tract, thereby preventing exposure of the Intestines to carcinogens.  ^[8]

 Vitamin C may help to prevent Cancer - Esophagus.  .  ^[9]

 Vitamin C may help to prevent Gliomas.  ^[10]

 Vitamin C (combined with other nutrients) may retard the progression of Cancer - Kidney.  ^[11]

 Vitamin C may help to prevent Cancer - Larynx (people who are deficient in Vitamin C have approximately double the risk of developing Larynx Cancer compared to people consuming adequate Vitamin C).  ^[12]

 Vitamin C may help to prevent  and treat (carcinogens-induced) Cancer - Liver.  ^[13]

 Vitamin C may help to prevent Cancer - Lung.  ^[14]

 Vitamin C may inhibit the proliferation of Mesothelioma cells.  ^[15]

 Vitamin C may help to prevent Cancer - Mouth (Oral Cancer).  ^[16]

 Vitamin C may increase the effectiveness of Arsenic Trioxide (an agent used in Chemotherapy) for the treatment of Multiple Myeloma.  ^[17]

 Vitamin C may inhibit the further growth of Neuroblastoma cells and may enhance the effectiveness of some Anti-Cancer Prescribed Medications used in Chemotherapy for the treatment of Neuroblastoma.  ^[18]

 Vitamin C (used in conjunction with Chemotherapy) may improve the ability of Chemotherapy to cause the remission of Cancer - Ovaries patients.  ^[19]

 Vitamin C may help to prevent Cancer - Pancreas.  ^[20]

 Vitamin C may help to prevent Cancer - Pharynx.  ^[21]

 Vitamin C may help to prevent Cancer - Prostate and may inhibit the further growth and division of existing Prostate Cancer cells.  ^[22]

 Vitamin C may help to prevent Cancer - Skin:

 Vitamin C (applied topically) may totally eliminate Basal Cell Carcinoma.  ^[23]

 Vitamin C may inhibit the growth of Melanoma cells.  ^[24]

 Vitamin C may stimulate the Apoptosis (cellular death) of the Cells involved in Squamous Cell Carcinoma.  ^[25]

 Vitamin C may help to prevent Cancer - Stomach (in one trial, 4,000 mg of Vitamin C per day decreased the risk of Stomach Cancer by 50%).  ^[26]  One of the means by which Vitamin C may help to prevent Stomach Cancer is by inhibiting Helicobacter pylori, a type of Bacteria that has been found to cause many cases of Stomach Cancer.  ^[27]

 Vitamin C may help to prevent Cancer - Uterus.  ^[28]

 Vitamin C may stimulate the Apoptosis (cellular death) of some types of Cancer Cells.  ^[29]

 Vitamin C may increase the effectiveness of the Anti-Cancer Prescribed Medications used in Chemotherapy when supplemental Vitamin C is used as a co-treatment with Chemotherapy in the treatment of Cancer.  ^[30]

 Vitamin C may increase the body's production of Fibroplasia (that functions as an obstacle to the further spread of Cancer cells). 

 Vitamin C may inhibit the conversion of Nitrates and Nitrites to highly carcinogenic Nitrosamines by up to 81% (due to Vitamin C's Antioxidant properties).  ^[31]

 Vitamin C may retard the conversion of Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) to carcinogenic substances:  ^[32]

 Vitamin C may prevent the conversion of Benzpyrene to carcinogens.  ^[33]

 

Infections

 Bacterial & Viral Diseases (infections) may increase the body's Vitamin C requirements and Vitamin C may help to counteract many types of Bacterial & Viral Diseases:  ^[34]