Alkaline for Life® Blog

Skin care tips for summer
Healthy, radiant skin helps us feel more vibrant and youthful, and is well worth some pampering, especially during the summer when many of us joyously bask in abundant sunlight. Beauty is one good reason to protect our [...]
Nutrients to reduce fatigue
Fatigue is likely a sign that your personal energy power plant lacks the wherewithal for optimal functioning. A good way to bolster your internal energy production is by assuring abundant intake of 4 key nutrients [...]
High dose vitamin c and longevity
Every other day we find a new and exciting article on the value of ascorbate. Recently, we came across this cohort study that looked at plasma concentrations of vitamin C and all-cause mortality. We found it [...]
Why is a vitamin C cleanse important
A vitamin C cleanse involves using a high enough dose of vitamin C to cause a laxative effect. It produces a flush or loose stool, somewhat like a colonic. It does not maintain high levels of vitamin C in the body, but [...]
Determine your daily dose of vitamin C
Good: Average Therapeutic Dose - Take 3,000 to 4,500 mg of ascorbate a day in doses throughout the day. Over decades of clinical practice, I and many others have found that the average healthy person easily [...]
Vitamin C and breast cancer
In the United States, one out of eight women develops breast cancer at some point in their life, and an estimated 41,760 women die each year from this cancer as do more than 500 men. New research from [...]
Why you need more vitamin C when you're stressed
Most plants and animals synthesize their own vitamin C, and their internal production of vitamin C greatly increases when under stress. Humans, however, are not able to [...]