What is Magnum C™?
Magnum C™ is popular New Spirit Product that contains Ester C, a patented form of Vitamin C that is pH-balanced and time-released. It is a patented form of ascorbyl palmitate. An ester, in general, is the combination of an acid and an alcohol. With Ester-C™ , the acid is ascorbic acid (vitamin C). Ester-C™ is the premium brand of vitamin C esters available. It differs from other Vitamin C's in that it will not give you an acid stomach and it will give you the benefits of Vitamin C over a longer period of time. It is also more bioavailable than other Vitamin C's.

Who Needs Vitamin C?
Did you know...

By the age of 25, one in ten people already have atherosclerotic plaques forming on their blood vessel walls.

Every 1 in 2 people--that's every other person--will die of heart attack or stroke. Both are diseases of the blood vessels.

Humans have to rely on their diets for Vitamin C.

Collagen provides the structural support for your blood vessels. Vitamin C is needed for the body to produce collagen (as is sulfur).

Vitamin C is for everyone!

Scurvy & How Vitamin C Works
According to researchers at the Linus Pauling Institute, heart disease and stroke are symptoms of a Vitamin C deficiency also known as Scurvy! Amazing as it may sound, the evidence is strong.

Most of us have heard of scurvy--the disease resulting from a lack of Vitamin C--it was first discovered in sailors who stayed out at sea for long periods of time without citrus fruits to eat; to address this, sailors started carrying limes with them to eat, and were consequently nicknamed "limies". One of the first symptoms of scurvy is bleeding gums, caused by weakened blood vessel walls. If the Vitamin C deficiency is left to persist, the scurvy victim will eventually die of internal and external bleeding--the blood vessels dissolve and fall apart, resulting in death. This happens because without Vitamin C, the body cannot produce collagen--the structural element in the body. Without collagen, the skin sags, the blood vessels weaken and leak, and bones and connective tissues weaken. Collagen is to the body what iron rebar is to concrete (collagen is actually stronger on an ounce-for-ounce basis than iron)!

(Additionally, your body needs sulfur to produce collagen. Please be sure to read about MSM, an organic, absorbable form of dietary sulfur.)

According to the hypothesis, degenerative heart disease is chronic low-grade scurvy! It is the "chronic" part--the fact that this deficiency occurs slowly over time--that leads to atherosclerotic plaques. Cholesterol, the substance of which atherosclerotic plaques are made, is not by itself dangerous (it is, in fact, what your brain is made of). It is the presence of cholesterol on the arterial walls that is dangerous, because as it builds up on the walls of the arteries, the diameter of the vessel wall is constricted, placing greater and greater strain on the heart in its effort to pump blood through the shrinking tube that is your blood vessel.

Cholesterol is put there on your blood vessel wall as a repair mechanism--it is your body's attempt to seal a crack or weak spot that has resulted from an inability of your body to produce the strengthening collagen, which in turn is the result of a Vitamin C and/or sulfur deficiency. Again, cholesterol deposits are a repair mechanism and a symptom, ultimately, of a Vitamin C deficiency!

Homocysteine
In the cover story of the August 11, 1997, issue of Newsweek was the following statement that the Attorney General should mail to every single person: "An avalanche of new studies suggest that an amino acid called homocysteine plays a critical role in destroying our arteries--perhaps as large a role as smoking or cholesterol."

Homocysteine is as large a risk factor in heart disease as smoking or cholesterol, there are steps you can take to reduce the risk, and you probably haven't heard of it! According to Dr. Kilmer McCully, pathologist at the VA Medical Center in Providence, RI, the initial injury to our arteries--that leads to the potentially deadly build-up of atherosclerotic plaque--is caused by homocysteine. This initial injury is what makes the vessels vulnerable to LDL cholesterol.

What do you do? First, you need to know that your body needs homocysteine. It is used to build and maintain tissue. Homocysteine is not bad. It is the build-up of homocysteine that is bad. The problem occurs when there is a deficiency of Vitamins B6, B12, and folic acid. These 3 vitamins should normally sweep this excess of homocysteine away. But when you don't have enough of these B Vitamins, you have a problem. And, folic acid deficiency is the most common nutritional deficiency in the world, so there is a good chance that the average person is allowing a toxic build-up of homocysteine.

Your Heart Healthy Program should include:

1. Magnum C (Ester-C) absorbs better, lasts longer, and is gentler than ascorbic acid on your stomach and teeth) plus it protects the blood vessels from atherosclerotic deposits.
   
2. The amino acids L-Lysine and L-Proline (found in SignaCell AM) help do two things--prevent further deposits by eliminating the stickiness of the cholesterol, and remove existing cholesterol deposits.
   
3. BioAvail 265 (CoEnzyme Q10) to prevent the peroxidation of cholesterol, keeping it from becoming sticky and dangerous. Body levels of CoQ10 begin decreasing around age 30 and continue to decrease with age, so it is important to supplement it.
   
4. CardioPlex contains anti-homocysteine combinations, including B-complex vitamins, help flush excess homocysteine from the body before it does damage.

Each Magnum C Tablet contains:

500 mg Ester C as Potassium/Magnesium Ascorbate. Potassium and Magnesium Ascorbate were chosen as a "carrier" for Ester C because of the additional health benefits of these two minerals:

• Magnesium supports muscles and nerves, stimulating their performance. It boosts respiration and, when teamed with potassium, increases energy, stamina and endurance.
• A combined Magnesium/Potassium Supplement has been shown to help relieve symptoms and restore energy to people suffering from chronic fatigue, lassitude, morning fatigue, insomnia, headaches, lower back pain and other vague pains.
• Potassium helps regulate the body's water balance and normalize heart rhythms. Both nerve and muscular function suffers when the sodium/potassium balance in the body is out of balance.

Bioflavonoids (100 mg.) Most of the yellow, red and blue pigment in plants come from the Bioflanonoid family. They exist only in plants and are most often associated with citrus fruit, particularly oranges and lemons. Although Bioflavonoids are no longer considered vitamins (They were once named Vitamin P), they exert their powerful influence in three ways:

1. By strengthening the membrane and small blood vessel walls.
2. By serving as Antioxidants
3. By regulating key enzymes in the body.

Rosehips (50 mg.) "hips" are the fruit of the rose, or what is left after the flower has bloomed and the petals have fallen. Rosehips contain from ten to one hundred times more natural Vitamin C than any other food. They also contain vitamins A, E, B1, B2, K, P, niacin and the mineral calcium, phosphorus and iron. Traditionally, the Rosehips are used to make jam which is then administered for its therapeutic benefits.

These important ingredients are delivered in a base of 75 mg. of Wild Lettuce Leaves, Black Walnut, Burdock Root and Sarsaparilla, herbs reported to provide nutritional support for those who suffer from arthritic conditions.

Magnum C is a pH neutral (non-acidic) formula and contains no wheat, corn, soy, sodium, sugar, starch, yeast, caffeine, artificial coloring or preservatives.

References

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3. Rath, M. and L. Pauling (1990). "Immunological evidence for the accumulation of lipoprotein(a) in the atherosclerotic lesion of the hypoascorbemic guinea pig." Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 87(23): 9388-90.
   
4. Rath, M., A. Niendorf, T. Reblin, M. Dietel, H. J. Krebber and U. Beisiegel (1989). "Detection and quantification of lipoprotein(a) in the arterial wall of 107 coronary bypass patients [published erratum appears in Arteriosclerosis 1990 Nov-Dec;10(6):1147]." Arteriosclerosis 9(5): 579-92.