Subject: Vit. C
From: "Earl Conroy" <[email-masked]>
To: "Raymond Peat" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2002 17:51:03 +1300

Ray:
I've been interested in the biochemistry of atherosclerosis for awhile. It seems to me that Linus Pauling was right in that athero is chiefly a sub-clinical scurvy. Here is some data from Jay Patrick, CEO of Alacer Corp., which produces mineral ascorbates.

The stage for our two most basic ailments, heart attack and cancer is slowly set, with each advancing year. Deprived of adequate mineral ascorbates, the linings of our arteries start to bleed, then clot, forming scar tissue. This scar tissue then collects the cholesterol, lipids, and, finally, calcium of the plaque that, finally, totally blocks the flow of blood to the heart, inducing death. 

That seems fairly straight forward [do you have any thoughts about this sub-clinical scurvy as the basic athero lesion???]
but what really interests me is the assertion by Jay Patrick that women secrete ascorbic acid into their milk and during pregnancy.