Curing the Incurable: Vitamin C, Infectious Diseases, and Toxins

339 Pages·2002·1.85 MB·English

by  Thomas E. Levy

Copyright © 2002 by Thomas E. Levy, MD, JD
Fourth Edition: 2011
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Acknowledgements
Frederick R. Klenner, M.D., to whom this book is dedicated, deserves the
greatest credit for its writing. Without his keen insights and willingness to look
beyond the limits of traditional medical teachings, the ability of vitamin C to
cure some “incurable” infections and poisonings would remain completely
unknown today. The primary purpose of this book is to clearly lay out the large
body of scientific documentation showing that Dr. Klenner’s principles of
vitamin C therapy were completely right and need to be properly applied across
the world.
Linus Pauling, Ph.D. also deserves an enormous amount of credit for helping
to educate the world on the many benefits of vitamin C. Dr. Pauling won the
Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1954 and the Nobel Peace Prize in 1962. Although
his place in history was already assured, Dr. Pauling did not hesitate to put his
credibility on the line in promoting vitamin C to the world and to a medical
profession that did not want to be advised by a non-physician. Maintaining
complete personal and scientific integrity was of paramount importance to Dr.
Pauling. Even though vitamin C is still greatly underutilized today, Dr. Pauling
managed to get more people to take a good daily dose of vitamin C than any
other individual in history. Although he was not a medical doctor, Dr. Pauling
probably had a far greater positive effect on world health than he did in his
chosen field of chemistry.
Albert Szent-Gyorgyi, M.D., Ph.D. won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or
Medicine in 1937 for the discovery of vitamin C. His work in defining the
chemical structure of vitamin C, along with isolating and purifying it, allowed
many subsequent researchers to study the continuing and expanding role of
vitamin C in medicine and science.
Hal A. Huggins, D.D.S., M.S., a good friend, colleague, and co-author of my
first book, Uninformed Consent, first introduced me to the amazing abilities of
vitamin C in treating infections and neutralizing toxins in 1993. My life and my
medical perspectives have never been the same.
Robert Kulacz, D.D.S., a good friend, excellent researcher, and co-author of
my third book, The Roots of Disease, has contributed as much insight to me in
medical matters as any of my medical colleagues. He has been invaluable to me
as a sounding board for my many theories, thoughts, questions, and ideas.
My brother, John, read and thoroughly edited this book for me. Although he
does not have a formal medical background, I adopted many of the insightful
suggestions he made in order to better deliver the messages of this book.
My beautiful mother, Catherine, remains one of the greatest positive forces in
my career. Her love and support have continued to motivate me throughout my
entire life. My sister, Cathy, has always been supportive as well.
Many thanks to Char Longwell, Chris Prudhomme, and Bob Culp at the
Memorial Health System Medical Library in Colorado Springs, CO. Their help
to me in completing the necessary research for this book has been absolutely
invaluable.
Foreword
By Dr. Garry Gordon
For years I have highly prized Dr. Tom Levy’s significant scientific
contributions regarding the miraculous healing powers of Vitamin C. I have
heavily relied upon and referenced his book Curing the Incurable: Vitamin C,
Infectious Diseases and Toxins in treating patients and teaching practitioners all
over the world, and I am incredibly pleased to be asked to contribute to this 4th
Edition release.
Through the extensive published literature compiled by Dr. Levy (with over
1,200 scientific references), many now know which forms and in what dosages
vitamin C is the most beneficial – proving that the accepted daily requirements
of vitamin C are far too low for maintaining healthy cellular function and
fighting off infections. Vitamin C in what appears to be megadoses of 5,000 to
20,000 milligrams or more orally – and 20 to 200 grams intravenously – can and
has saved lives even after all else has failed.
As a young practicing physician, I did not learn the lifesaving potential of
Vitamin C until I became involved in orthomolecular medicine for personal
reasons. I was born with many difficult health problems, not the least of which
was a stomach that was entirely intolerant to any more than one thousand
milligrams of vitamin C of the formulas available at that time. That was the
beginning of an amazing journey embarked upon over 40 years ago. Since then I
have had the distinct privilege of working with giants like Dr. Linus Pauling
(who originally coined the term “orthomolecular”), and other esteemed mentors
in this exciting field such as Dr. Abraham Hoffer, Dr. Robert Cathcart and Dr.
Harold Foster. These men have seen the power of aggressive nutritional
supplementation in treating, and even reversing, chronic and acute illnesses
including heart disease and cancer. Those of us who have championed the cause
of vitamin C, and other nutrients given in megadose quantities, have endured the
scorn and even the wrath of our colleagues and peers — a paradigm that is
swiftly and justly changing.
Currently we spend more on healthcare in this country than any other in the
world, yet we are getting fatter and sicker while taking more and more
pharmaceutical drugs. Deadly drugs are devised, mass marketed and sold by
corporations making trillions of dollars off sickness and suffering.
Unfortunately, the focus of mainstream medicine and the pharmaceutical
industry is not about finding effective treatments — it’s all about money. Most
drugs only mask symptoms, ignoring the real underlying causes of disease, all
the while generating new illnesses and conditions for which you will need
another drug. The Wall Street Journal now reports that more than a quarter of
U.S. kids and teens today are taking a prescription medication on a chronic basis,
with nearly 7% of those on two or more drugs. Flu vaccines and anti-depressants
are prescribed to pregnant women, with known adverse effects upon the fetus,
resulting in long-term chronic conditions for the child later in life. And
according to the CDC, half of all Americans take prescription drugs on a
consistent basis; with approximately one-third using two or more pharmaceutical
drugs daily, and more than ten percent of all Americans are frequently on five or
more drugs at a time. In light of those statistics it should come as no surprise that
The Journal of The American Medical Association (JAMA) has reported that
fatal adverse drug reactions (FADR’s) are now the leading cause of death in the
U. S.
In Curing The Incurable, Dr. Tom Levy provides an extensive collection of
scientific studies showing unequivocally that vitamin C, both oral and
intravenously administered in high doses, (taken orally in daily dosages of 4 to
20 or more grams a day and when needed, intravenously in doses of 30 to 200 or
more grams a day) help mankind deal with many of our most challenging
chronic and acute health problems.
We must all learn what we can do to help ourselves deal with the myriad of
healthcare problems we encounter, from minor accidents to the antibiotic
resistant infections that kill over 100,000 people each year. We must become
fully informed of all options and fight the system for our inalienable right to
choose natural remedies over conventional practices. Dr. Levy shows us how to
save lives. We need more champions like him, and champions like Ralph
Fucetola, JD, known as “The Vitamin Lawyer”, who has received numerous
awards for his role in the 1995 DHEA Cases on behalf of the Life Extension
Foundation, and Constitutional Attorney, Jonathan Emord, who has defeated the
FDA in federal court a total of eight times so far on behalf of First Amendment
rights and the rights of citizens access to alternative and experimental therapies.
Many “alternative” modalities can be incorporated into mainstream medicine by
consumer demand — that will follow when the public becomes more informed
about the numerous other life-saving modalities available.
If you were to ask me today — what is the one nutrient that is most beneficial
to a person with impaired health, I would have to say that vitamin C is number
one on my list. It has not let me down and it won’t let you down.
Preface
In science the credit goes to the man who convinces the world, not to the man
to whom the idea comes first.
SIR WILLIAM OSLER
To paraphrase Sir William Osler, discovery without dissemination and
assimilation is meaningless. If the greatest discovery touches only very few
minds, or if it touches many minds but is never truly comprehended, it is of no
real consequence. As the reader proceeds through this book, it will rapidly
become apparent that much of the original research reported was first conducted
50 or more years ago. Many different researchers and authors have been
involved in writing about vitamin C, or the “anti-scurvy” factor, for well over a
century now. Vitamin C has been proven to be such a fascinating substance that
a large amount of research on its effects even preceded its precise chemical
isolation. The benefits of fresh fruits and vegetables on the health of both man
and laboratory animals did not require a precise knowledge of what it was in
such food that so greatly improved general health.
This book aims to do far more than just assemble much of the vast research on
vitamin C, infectious diseases, and toxins in one volume. The overall
presentation of the information on vitamin C in this book is felt to be fairly
unique. Many of the concepts and much of the information presented on the
following pages have resulted from my continuing goal to better understand the
numerous and undeniable clinical results that I have witnessed resulting from the
proper use of vitamin C. The book also cites many more remarkable clinical
results that I have not directly witnessed but have discovered in the mountains of
published research on vitamin C or have had reported to me by some of my
colleagues. Such results continue to be either unknown to, or ignored by, most
conventional medical practitioners. The literature is virtually overflowing with
irrefutable evidence that vitamin C is the single most essential nutrient for
achieving and maintaining optimal health and also the premier agent for curing