Mega C and exercise don't mix

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Here's an interesting blog post that describes a journal article about

negative effects of vitamin C supplementation with exercise:

http://fanaticcook.blogspot.com/2009/02/vitamin-c-supplementation-and-exercise.h\

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Here's a summary excerpt:

Findings (for 1 gram of supplemented vitamin C per day)

1. Vitamin C reduced endurance

2. Vitamin C reduced the number of mitochondria (energy-producing

factories) bodies make in response to exercise/stress.

3. Vitamin C also reduced the amount of endogenous (made by our body)

antioxidants.

Here's the original journal article, which I haven't read yet:

http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/full/87/1/142