Is there a difference between “natural” and “synthetic” vitamin C?
A. There is no difference according to Linus Pauling. Unlike vitamin E, the molecular structure of vitamin C is known, it is the ascorbate ion, and the body can’t tell the difference between the bioidentical (“synthetic”) molecule and that which is produced by nature in plants and animals. In our view, the most “natural” form of vitamin C is ascorbic acid – the form made in the kidneys and livers of most other mammals, in fact all species. (Note: Animal livers do not make bioflavonoids or rose hips.) Almost all vitamin C in virtually any product over 200 mg from any company is “synthetic” vitamin C. If you want “natural” vitamin C, be sure to eat plenty of oranges and uncooked red and green peppers. Foundation’s Position Paper on Natural Vitamin C • Q., You say the “Dynamic Flow” model has resolved the vitamin C controversy, yet my doctor doesn’t know anything about it? A. What we mean is that Drs. Hickey and Robert’s Dynamic Flow theory is an important scientific achievement because i
