Re: how much vitmain C to take

[Guest guest]

I vaguely remember back in those days mentioned when humans

could still make our own Vitamin C, I think i was a senior in high school.

Nowadays, however, I take Ester C at about 500 mg twice a day. I get it from

Swanson Vitamin with the bioflavinoids and rutins included. Some research

claims ester C to be many times more effective than the regular form.

If you don't take ester C I'd recommend the sodium ascorbate form as

opposed to the ascorbic acid form as it is very gentle on the stomach. Most

natural health experts recommend 500-2000 mg a day total.

If you haven't tried it before use the dousing technique to pick the form as

well as the dosage and frequency that is right for you. It's always a good idea

to vary the dosage upwards when you are under extra stress or exposure.

The people who need it most (like hospital patients) are the ones least likely

to take it.

Vitamin C is the most important ANTIOXIDANT in our lives. Modern food

contains less vitamin C than it used to and all cooking, storage and

processing reduces it further. Food that contains Trans Fats excessively

consumes the Vitamin C causing a depletion of the vitamin. This is the most

likely mechanism of how trans fats jack up the lipoprotein-a (bad LDL

cholesterol) and cause plaque and cardiovascular disease, not to mention a

plethera of other chronic degenerative diseases. It appears that many of

these diseases actually begin as a literal and real vitamin C DEFICIENCY.

The more toxic the food, water and air become, the more we need our

powerful antioxidants. Sadly, they are not in the foods we eat in sufficient

quantity these days.

Will in Minneapolis

[Guest guest]

Thanks very much for the info and the advice. I'm so glad I asked --

I feel like I've definitely received in abundance!

Perhaps when I've got my diet and exercise as toned, tuned, and

refined as you and I will function as well on 500 to 1,000mg

of C a day. I'm pretty sure my higher usage right now is due to my

body trying to recover from years of abuse.

Lucinda

--- In gallstones , " Will Winter " <holistic@v...>

wrote:

> I vaguely remember back in those days mentioned when humans

> could still make our own Vitamin C, I think i was a senior in high

school.

>

> Nowadays, however, I take Ester C at about 500 mg twice a day. I

get it from

> Swanson Vitamin with the bioflavinoids and rutins included. Some

research

> claims ester C to be many times more effective than the regular

form.

>

> If you don't take ester C I'd recommend the sodium ascorbate form

as

> opposed to the ascorbic acid form as it is very gentle on the

stomach. Most

> natural health experts recommend 500-2000 mg a day total.

>

> If you haven't tried it before use the dousing technique to pick

the form as

> well as the dosage and frequency that is right for you. It's

always a good idea

> to vary the dosage upwards when you are under extra stress or

exposure.

> The people who need it most (like hospital patients) are the ones

least likely

> to take it.

>

> Vitamin C is the most important ANTIOXIDANT in our lives. Modern

food

> contains less vitamin C than it used to and all cooking, storage

and

> processing reduces it further. Food that contains Trans Fats

excessively

> consumes the Vitamin C causing a depletion of the vitamin. This is

the most

> likely mechanism of how trans fats jack up the lipoprotein-a (bad

LDL

> cholesterol) and cause plaque and cardiovascular disease, not to

mention a

> plethera of other chronic degenerative diseases. It appears that

many of

> these diseases actually begin as a literal and real vitamin C

DEFICIENCY.

> The more toxic the food, water and air become, the more we need

our

> powerful antioxidants. Sadly, they are not in the foods we eat in

sufficient

> quantity these days.

>

> Will in Minneapolis

[Guest guest]

I can't say where gets her info, but I've found very similar

info in a couple of online nutrition sites. I note that the stats

below only tell us how much Vitamin C the gorillas consume, not how

much they make -- which they do -- I believe one of the sites I read

said they create about 40,000 mg of C daily... which would have us

all taking a LOT more C than we do if we tried to copy the gorillas.

This site doesn't reference gorillas, but it does compare how much C

different animals make by comparative body weight.

http://www.cforyourself.com/Overview/Primer/What_C_Does/why_take_c.ht

ml#howmuchtotake

I did find a reference to Vitamin C not causing kidney stones --

something mentioned here as an " I heard once " comment -- as I was

looking for a link to the gorilla stories. So, here it is:

http://www.vitamincfoundation.org/news.htm#KIDNEY

Lucinda

>

> > FYI

> > MOst mammals make their own vitamin C except for

> > humans, guinea pigs (hence all the testing on them,

> > they're similar to us in that respect) and something

> > else.

> > Supposedly humans use to make their own vitamin C

> > until a genetic defect about 25,000 years ago or so.

> > Most mammals like Dogs and Cows usually make about

> > 4000mg to 13,000mg of vitamin C daily for every 150

> > pounds.

> > Gorillas among our nearest relatives consume about

> > 4000mg of vitamin C in the wild

> > Many of the experts on Vitamin C who don't agree

> > with

> > the RDa think this is a good standard to go by.

> >

> > Personally vitamin C has to be non GMO

> > Most of the vitamin C out there is genetically

> > modified.

> > There are only a handful on non-Gmo brands of

> > Vitamin

> > c.

> > The body knows the difference.

> > Hope that helped!

> >

>

> Hello, ,

>

> The above information posted by you earlier is

> interesting...can you supply the source?

> Thanks!

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