Anecdotal observations by John Thomas

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Scurvy: CLINICAL symptoms associated with insufficient vitamin C that produces signs and symptoms of joint pain, lethargy, anemia, weak blood vessels, painful joints, bleeding gums, eye hemorrhages, loose teeth, bleeding gums, nausea, shortness of breath, easy skin bruising, corkscrew brittle hair, loss of appetite, diarrhea, fever, pinpoint hemorrhages around hair follicles.

Signs and symptoms of subclinical scurvy are similar, but less severe.  Subclinical scurvy haunts 99% of the world population.  Signs and symptoms are: loose teeth, inflamed/swollen/bleeding bleeding gums, sluggish bowels, connective tissue issues, osteoporosis, aching joints, swollen leg veins, lethargy/low energy, falling/thinning hair, tinnitus, eye floaters, poor sleep, brain fog, easy bruising [petechiae], anxiety, gas/bloat, toenail fungus, colds, and respiratory infections [including so-called COVID], wounds/injuries that will not heal, skin eruptions and moles, acne/eczema/psoriasis], mental confusion/memory [Parkinson’s/Alzheimer’s], loss of muscle, inflamed tendons/ligaments, jaundice, sore arms/legs, and neuropathy to name a few.  Subclinical scurvy is epidemic in the general population.  [Do any of these ailments sound familiar?]

Clinical scurvy is about much more than vitamin-C and the signs and symptoms mentioned above.  Scurvy is a condition of metabolic, immune collapse, breakdown of the body connective tissues and severe systemic inflammation.

Subclinical scurvy is slow-motion metabolic collapse better known as premature aging.

Stress whether [physical, mental, starvation., emotional] puts heavy demand on limited stores of Vitamin-C and requires humans supplement with food sources to meet the body’s needs.

Vitamin-C [whose chemical name is ascorbic acid] is necessary for formation, repair and maintenance of the connective tissues of the body all of which are collagen based.

The protein matrix of collagenous tissue needs a continuous supply of vitamin-C to function.  Until very recently [2019] it was believed that humans [and a few other mammals such as bats and guinea pigs and are incapable of making their own vitamin-C due to genetic defect.  However, we now know that the GULO gene can be turned-on, humans can make their own vitamin-C.

All extracellular proteins in higher animals [especially in the skin, bone, cartilage, tendon, teeth, ligaments, and cartilage] are supported by strong insoluble fibers that serve as the structural matrix of connective tissue between cells.

See C-Magic for additional information and sourcing of specialized, formated, C.

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