Comments on: About taking tons of vitamin C? How much of it can the body use and what happens to the rest? http://www.bestheartherbs.com/dr-linus-pauling/about-taking-tons-of-vitamin-c-how-much-of-it-can-the-body-use-and-what-happens-to-the-rest Herbal Heart Remedies, Cures and Protection Mon, 21 Jun 2010 21:54:19 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: gangadharan_nair http://www.bestheartherbs.com/dr-linus-pauling/about-taking-tons-of-vitamin-c-how-much-of-it-can-the-body-use-and-what-happens-to-the-rest/comment-page-1#comment-2719 gangadharan_nair Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:14:59 +0000 http://www.bestheartherbs.com/dr-linus-pauling/about-taking-tons-of-vitamin-c-how-much-of-it-can-the-body-use-and-what-happens-to-the-rest#comment-2719 Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) plays a role in collagen, carnitine, hormone, and amino acid formation. It is essential for wound healing and facilitates recovery from burns. Vitamin C is also an antioxidant, supports immune function, and facilitates the absorption of iron.<br><b>References : </b><br>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin_C http://www.merck.com/mmpe/sec01/ch004/ch004j.html http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/002404.htm http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/002145.htm http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000355.htm Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) plays a role in collagen, carnitine, hormone, and amino acid formation. It is essential for wound healing and facilitates recovery from burns. Vitamin C is also an antioxidant, supports immune function, and facilitates the absorption of iron.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin_C
http://www.merck.com/mmpe/sec01/ch004/ch004j.html
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/002404.htm
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/002145.htm
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000355.htm

]]> By: riverrat15666 http://www.bestheartherbs.com/dr-linus-pauling/about-taking-tons-of-vitamin-c-how-much-of-it-can-the-body-use-and-what-happens-to-the-rest/comment-page-1#comment-2718 riverrat15666 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:07:59 +0000 http://www.bestheartherbs.com/dr-linus-pauling/about-taking-tons-of-vitamin-c-how-much-of-it-can-the-body-use-and-what-happens-to-the-rest#comment-2718 Vit. C is a cool thing such that you pee off the excess. You don't have to take "tons" . just some every day consistently. Water is great to flush it about. Homemade lemonade<br><b>References : </b><br> Vit. C is a cool thing such that you pee off the excess.

You don’t have to take "tons" . just some every day consistently.

Water is great to flush it about.

Homemade lemonade
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]]> By: Brrrr http://www.bestheartherbs.com/dr-linus-pauling/about-taking-tons-of-vitamin-c-how-much-of-it-can-the-body-use-and-what-happens-to-the-rest/comment-page-1#comment-2717 Brrrr Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:58:59 +0000 http://www.bestheartherbs.com/dr-linus-pauling/about-taking-tons-of-vitamin-c-how-much-of-it-can-the-body-use-and-what-happens-to-the-rest#comment-2717 Neon, the average healthy person only needs about 60mg of dietary or supplementary vitamin C per day. Even a person with vitamin C deficiency (scurvy) shouldn't need more than 200-250mg for ~2 weeks to cure their condition. Taking any more than that is, literally, pissing it away (excuse my French). Vitamin C is water soluble. You cannot overdose on it because excess amounts are just excreted in your urine. It is acidic, however (citric acid) and massive amounts can cause gastritis or even ulcers over time. Apart from that, it is harmless. To answer your last question, there was a very good study on Vit C in JAMA last month (see below). Hope this helps<br><b>References : </b><br>MD; Vitamins E and C : the Physicians' Health Study II randomized controlled trial. Sesso HD etal, JAMA. 2008 Nov 12;300(18):2123-33. Epub 2008 Nov 9. Neon, the average healthy person only needs about 60mg of dietary or supplementary vitamin C per day.

Even a person with vitamin C deficiency (scurvy) shouldn’t need more than 200-250mg for ~2 weeks to cure their condition.

Taking any more than that is, literally, pissing it away (excuse my French).

Vitamin C is water soluble. You cannot overdose on it because excess amounts are just excreted in your urine.

It is acidic, however (citric acid) and massive amounts can cause gastritis or even ulcers over time. Apart from that, it is harmless.

To answer your last question, there was a very good study on Vit C in JAMA last month (see below).

Hope this helps
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MD; Vitamins E and C : the Physicians’ Health Study II randomized controlled trial. Sesso HD etal, JAMA. 2008 Nov 12;300(18):2123-33. Epub 2008 Nov 9.

]]> By: Jelly Bean http://www.bestheartherbs.com/dr-linus-pauling/about-taking-tons-of-vitamin-c-how-much-of-it-can-the-body-use-and-what-happens-to-the-rest/comment-page-1#comment-2716 Jelly Bean Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:41:59 +0000 http://www.bestheartherbs.com/dr-linus-pauling/about-taking-tons-of-vitamin-c-how-much-of-it-can-the-body-use-and-what-happens-to-the-rest#comment-2716 When you take an excess of vitamin c, the body gets rid of the overdose by excreting it through the kidneys.<br><b>References : </b><br> When you take an excess of vitamin c, the body gets rid of the overdose by excreting it through the kidneys.
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]]> By: BammaGirl http://www.bestheartherbs.com/dr-linus-pauling/about-taking-tons-of-vitamin-c-how-much-of-it-can-the-body-use-and-what-happens-to-the-rest/comment-page-1#comment-2715 BammaGirl Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:13:59 +0000 http://www.bestheartherbs.com/dr-linus-pauling/about-taking-tons-of-vitamin-c-how-much-of-it-can-the-body-use-and-what-happens-to-the-rest#comment-2715 once you get your max vitamin c, the rest is excreted<br><b>References : </b><br> once you get your max vitamin c, the rest is excreted
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]]> By: k-is-for-kendra http://www.bestheartherbs.com/dr-linus-pauling/about-taking-tons-of-vitamin-c-how-much-of-it-can-the-body-use-and-what-happens-to-the-rest/comment-page-1#comment-2714 k-is-for-kendra Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:42:59 +0000 http://www.bestheartherbs.com/dr-linus-pauling/about-taking-tons-of-vitamin-c-how-much-of-it-can-the-body-use-and-what-happens-to-the-rest#comment-2714 No limit. Your body just uses what it needs and then gets rid of the extra, which is why you need some everyday.<br><b>References : </b><br> No limit. Your body just uses what it needs and then gets rid of the extra, which is why you need some everyday.
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