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Research has shown IVC Max to enhance the efficacy of vitamin C when vitamin C is given orally or intravenously.
Vitamin C is a dietary supplement with many health related effects. In some cases, the benefits of Vitamin C are best achieved with large concentrations administered intravenously. IVC-MaxTM is a dietary supplement containing co-factors known to potentiate the health related effects of Vitamin C.
Vitamin K is essential for clot formation and liver function. A synthetic form of vitamin K, vitamin K3, has been found to induce cytotoxicity of abnormal cells in vitro and in vivo and increase the effectiveness and reduce the toxicity of some drugs.4 Both Vitamin C and Vitamin K3 exhibit health related effects. Together, Vitamin K3 and Vitamin C act synergistically.
Niacinamide, while not fully understood, lowers the blood flow resistance in affected areas, which lowers the vascular pressure, thus increasing blood flow.6 Increased blood flow within the affected area may allow for increased uptake of high concentrations of Vitamin C from the plasma.
Biotin increases normal flora in the gut, which in turn produces increased amounts of Vitamin K. Vitamin K is absorbed into the body via the colon which may result in higher plasma concentrations of that vitamin.
Selenium is a potent antioxidant that makes Vitamin C more effective. Selenium is also required for optimal functioning of the immune system.
Alpha Lipoic Acid is a water soluble antioxidant that recycles Vitamin C. Recent data shows that alpha lipoic acid potentiates the cytotoxic effects of Vitamin C toward abnormal cells.
Quercetin, a bioflavonoid, has been shown to alter gene expression (inducing apoptosis), and reduce free radical damage and inflammation. Further studies indicate that Vitamin C potentiates these cytotoxic effects of Quercetin.5
Grape Seed Extract is a natural antioxidant which possesses a broad spectrum of chemoprotective properties against free radicals and oxidative stress. Data suggests that grape seed extract can have a cytotoxic effect toward some abnormal cells and enhance the growth and viability of normal cells.7 Some studies suggest that grape seed extract helps Vitamin C penetrate tissue.
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Cancer has an affinity to vitamin C because a vitamin C molecule is very close to a glucose molecule, and we all should know that cancer has an affinity to glucose, or Cancer Loves Sugar. If you haven't read this, you really should.
Let me state here and now that vitamin C is not a cure, but just one of the weapons used. It doesn't kill cancer, but rather makes it become apoptotic.
First let me explain apoptosis: in normal cells, apoptosis is a "form" of cell death. When a cell's DNA is damages, the cell will "commit suicide" in an attempt to keep the damage from reproducing and creating a cancer cell. Your immune system is constantly working to keep you healthy and tries to clean up and get rid of cancerous cells. However, before your immune system even has a chance to kick in, and because a cell with damaged DNA can become cancer, apoptosis occurs. This is an "automatic" process, one we might say occurs at the lowest level of our immune system. This lowest level could be equated to a computer program that is built into your computer, or the BIOS or an EPROM (a chip with a program hard coded into it). Cells are programmed to replace themselves when the DNA becomes damaged. The program is found in the gene p53, the tumor-suppressing gene. Before rapid, uncontrolled replication can occur (cancer does this), the p53 gene instructs the cell to undergo programmed cell death, called apoptosis.
Now, in a cancer cell we've got a bad program. The damage mutates the p53 gene, which now tells the cells to have at it and they continue to multiply even though the DNA is damaged. The whole system gets out of whack, because everything involved in keeping this from happening is mutated, including the genes that are supposed to turn this off. At this time only the immune system can save you.
Keep in mind: your immune system is only as good as your diet and lifestyle. Every human being has cancer cells in their bodies. Every study ever done on corpses turns up cancer cells: millions and millions of cancer cells. A healthy immune system will keep these cells from growing out of control and becoming a clinically recognizable cancer.
Back to apoptosis: apoptosis in a cancer cell is not cancer death. Apoptosis in cancer cells makes the cancer visible to the immune system because, let's face it, the immune system cannot kill something it cannot see. Apoptosis causes the inside of the cell to flip up and become the outside of the cell. Suddenly, phosphatidylserene, which is supposed to be on the inside of the cell, is found on the outside and this triggers the immune system. Phosphatidylserene is found on the outside of cancer cells, viruses, and old blood cells that need replacing.
With this in mind, now I can show you how vitamin C helps to battle cancer.
Laboratory studies show that vitamin C kills cancer. There are three types of tumor models: the sparse model layer, the dense model layer, and the hollow fiber tumor model. Most of the solid tumors in the body are of the hollow fiber tumor model, with the sparse and dense models being found on the outer layers of the tumor. Studies show that plasma levels of just 200mgs/deciliter (one tenth of a liter) will kill all the cells in the dense and sparse models, but hardly touch the hollow fiber tumor model. At 700mgs/deciliter we get about 50% to 65% live cells remaining in the hollow fiber tumor model.
So, we know that these large doses of vitamin C are cytotoxic, or deadly, to cancer. However, it is hard to maintain this high plasma level of vitamin C and the level sought in IV C treatment is 400mgs/deciliter.
Now for those of you taking mega doses of vitamin C orally, you should know that the most you will ever get into your plasma is about 10mgs/deciliter. To get these higher levels, you must have vitamin C administered intravenously (through a needle directly into your vein).
Back to cancer's affinity to glucose: cancer draws in vitamin C thinking it is sugar. Cancer needs sugar, and a lot of it, to metabolize. So it draws in the vitamin C hungrily and greedily. Now, when your oncologist tells you that the vitamin C will begin to protect the cancer, s/he is speaking out of ignorance. You might want to give your oncologist a short lesson in biochemistry (and nutrition-the one science your oncologist knows nothing about): at these levels, 400mgs/deciliter, vitamin C is no longer an antioxidant, it is a pro-oxidant. It causes oxidation or medically one would say: vitamin C is peroxidative.
At this point, the cancer is in trouble. It needs to "quench" this peroxidation, but lacks the enzyme catalase needed to convert the peroxide, and an aldehyde is formed that is toxic to the cancer cells.
With repeated treatments, over a period of time, we start to kill the cancer off: the layers on the tumor begin to peel away just like peeling away layers of an onion, until the hollow fiber tumor model is revealed and at this point, the kill rate on these cells lessens, but, the really good news is that the peroxidation causes these cancer cells (in the hollow fiber tumor model) to become apoptotic.
This is where immune stimulants come in; this is where Aidan Clinic's Imm-Kine comes in. Imm-Kine will specifically attack apoptotic cancer cells.
Now, we have to point out here that getting your plasma levels up to 400mgs/deciliter is a difficult procedure. As we state in our disclaimer, everyone is different. The same dosage in two people can produce very different results. Thus your physician will administer and then test and administer and retest.
One way to avoid any dangerous levels is by using another invention of the Aidan Clinic: IVC-Max.
IVC-Max was designed to make intravenous vitamin C work even better. They have documented their successes at the Aidan Clinic, and using the IVC-Max, to get the same "kill rate" in the hollow fiber tumor model that was realized at 700mgs/deciliter they had to use only 120mgs/deciliter.
This might not seem a very big accomplishment, but in actuality, it is a stupendous feat. For one thing, your physician does not have to worry about giving you a dosage you can't handle and it takes less testing to get you to a safe level. Let's face it, if only 120mgs/deciliter is doing the same work as the higher levels, your physician doesn't have to test as often or be particularly concise; if it turns out that they have you at somewhere between 120mgs/deciliter and 400mgs/deciliter you're set. So in the long run, with less testing, it will cost you a lot less and the entire event will be a lot less critical. You can sit back and read those year old magazines knowing you're safe, you won't go home and puke out your guts, your hair won't fall out, and your cancer is going take a beating from substances natural to your system.
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As a dietary supplement, 1 or 2 capsules twice daily or as directed by a healthcare practitioner.
Ingredients
Each two (2) capsules contain:
Vitamin C - 100 mg
Vitamin K1 (phytoquinone, from vitamin K1, 1% on mannitol) - 2.5 mg
None except for sensitivity to any ingredient. Those on anticoagulants (Warfarin, etc.) should consult their doctor as vitamin K can counteract their effects.
Not intended for use by pregnant or lactating women. Diabetics: use only under a physician's supervision.
Additional Information
The Aidan Clinic is a research-based facility that provides state-of-the-art complementary therapies to people with cancer. Our goal is to provide the best non-toxic integrative and alternative care.
Aidan has developed and pioneered a unique treatment approach designed to help stimulate a person's own immune system to recognize and attack tumor cells. Our philosophy includes the belief that defective or inadequate antigen (cell surface information) presentation and inadequate T cell recognition of tumor cells are the root cause of the development of most malignancies. We also strongly believe that people with malignancies can have a much higher requirement of vitamin C and that vitamin C, given in adequate intravenous doses, can exert potent anti-tumor effects.
We further believe that the use of effective inhibitors of angiogenesis (new blood vessel growth) is a useful anti-tumor strategy by itself and enhances the effectiveness of immune-based therapies.
Clinical research has shown that there are five basic anti-tumor strategies:
Direct cytoxicity (cell killing)
Angiogenesis inhibition (cutting off blood supply to tumors)
Apoptosis induction (programmed cell death)
Redifferentiation (cells revert back to normal)
Immune system boosting
Our goal is to induce your body to achieve these anti-tumor effects through a combination of safe, non-toxic therapies.
These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Products are intended to support general well being and are not intended to treat, diagnose, mitigate, prevent, or cure any condition or disease. If conditions persist, please seek advice from your medical doctor. The essence of the current American rule on Traditional Uses is, as stated by FTC, "Claims based on historical or traditional use should be substantiated by confirming scientific evidence, or should be presented in such a way that consumers understand that the sole basis for the claim is a history of use of the product for a particular purpose."
