Schizophrenia scurvy

Claims that very large doses of the vitamin have restorative effects in cases of Parkinsonian symptoms, schizophrenia, depression, Alzheimer s disease, or the IQ of the mentally retarded have been described by one authority as, at best, a proposition of very doubtful validity. Nevertheless there is good evidence that certain psychiatric patients may be in a state of sub-scurvy and in such cases supplementary vitamin C may be beneficial. There is evidence that some depressive states may be caused by pentavalent vanadium and vitamin C may protect by reducing it to the harmless quadrivalent form. Many... 

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See also in sourсe #XX -- [ ]

See also in sourсe #XX -- [ ]

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