In 1953, Canadian physician G.C Willis put forward the idea that cardiovascular heart disease was caused by a lack of vitamin C. Through his research, he found that vitamin-C-deprived humans and guinea pigs were discovered to have fatty atherosclerotic deposits in their vascular tissue, characteristic of heart disease.
The difference between scurvy and heart disease is that scurvy is a sudden, short-term result in vitamin C deficiency after a few weeks or months. While heart disease is slower and long-term. Remember, the latter may take years to develop. Or, put another way, heart disease is a misnomer; it should really be called long-term chronic scurvy.
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-By Paul A. Philips
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