Recent Hypothesis forwarded that low Vitamin C sets the stage for disc disease and once disc degeneration started, it is a self fueling inflammatory disease.
Med Hypotheses. 2010 Apr;74(4):695-7.
Vitamin C deficiency is an under-diagnosed contributor to degenerative disc disease in the elderly.
Smith VH. abstract here
Low Vitamin C seen in:
- elderly
- alcoholics
- smokers – usually down 25%
- males more
- with infections
With scurvy, disc degeneration obvious.
Low vitamin C linked to deterioration of lenses of peoples eyes
If true, a meat-potato diet will be the end of people…