Dumb, Stupid or Lying?

C. Norman Shealy, M.D., Ph.D.

Many “establishment” scientist and physicians insist that supplements are useless– Despite significant evidence of benefits such as:

• Low levels of vitamin C, beta carotene ad magnesium lead to hearing loss. Am J Nutr, 2014, 99: 148-155
• Altura BM, et al. Magnesium deficiency and hypertension: Correlation between magnesium deficient diets and micro-circulatory changes in situ. Science. 223:1315, 1984.
• Anand A. Role of magnesium in alleviating pain: newer insights. Journal of Pain & Symptom Management. 20(1):1-2, 2000 Jul.
• De Valk HW. Magnesium in diabetes mellitus. Netherlands Journal of Medicine. 54(4):139-46, 1999 Apr.
• Douban S. Brodsky MA. Whang DD. Whang R. Significance of magnesium in congestive heart failure. American Heart Journal. 132(3):664-71, 1996 Sep.
• Eriksson J. Kohvakka A. Magnesium and ascorbic acid supplementation in diabetes mellitus. Annals of Nutrition & Metabolism. 39(4):217-23, 1995
• Mauskop A. Altura BM. Role of magnesium in the pathogenesis and treatment of migraines. Clinical Neuroscience. 5(1):24-7, 1998
• Dixit S, Bernardo A, Walker JM, Kennard JA, Kim GY, Kessler ES, Harrison FE. Vitamin C deficiency in the brain impairs cognition, increases amyloid accumulation and deposition, and oxidative stress in APP/PSEN1 and normally-aging mice. ACS Chem Neurosci. 2015 Feb 2. [Epub ahead of print
•  Omori K¹, Hanayama Y², Naruishi K¹, Akiyama K³, Maeda H¹, Otsuka F², Takashiba S¹.Gingival overgrowth caused by vitamin C deficiency associated with metabolic syndrome and severe periodontal infection. Clin Case Rep. 2014 Dec;2(6):286-95. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.114. Epub 2014 Sep 4.

• Sharma R, Mehta S. Ascorbic acid concentration and preterm premature rupture of membranes. J Obstet Gynaecol India. 2014 Dec;64(6):417-20. doi: 10.1007/s13224-014-0570-z. Epub 2014 May 18. 
• Ahmad I, Mirza T, Qadeer K, Nazim U, Vaid FH. Vitamin B6: deficiency diseases and methods of analysis. Pak J Pharm Sci. 2013 Sep;26(5):1057-69. Review. 
• Frye RE. Metabolic and mitochondrial disorders associated with epilepsy in children with autism spectrum disorder. Epilepsy Behav. 2014 Nov 4. pii: S1525-5050(14)00412-0. doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2014.08.134. [Epub ahead of print]

AND D 3 is deficient in:

• Asthma
• Hypertension
• Almost all cancers
• Osteoporosis
• Obesity
• Multiple sclerosis
• Rheumatoid arthritis
• Lupus
• Crohn’s disease
• Atherosclerosis
• Infections
• Influenza
• Renal failure
• Diabetes, both Type I and Type II
• Poor physical fitness 

  Benefits of D 3:

• Improves energy and libido
• Prevents flu and most infections
• Essential to reverse osteoporosis
• Improves health and helps recovery from most autoimmune diseases, diabetes, coronary disease, many cancers, and most illnesses.

AND I COULD SHOW SCORES OF OTHERS RELATED TO WIDESPREAD DEFICIENCIES OF B 12, OMEGA-3, IODINE, ETC, ETC

Of course I would NOT buy supplements from GNC, Wal-Mart or Walgreen’s!

Dumb, Stupid, Lying-or all 3???