Guest guest Posted July 19, 2007 Report Share Posted July 19, 2007 My dentist has suggested I take 'acai fruit' (origin Brazil), said to have super antioxidant properties, instead of the ascorbate form of Vit C, because the latter may be too acidic for my digestive system (I am a Crohn's patient of a number of years with 2 surgeries involving removal of parts of the small intestine, including the terminal ileum). Does her advice seem valid? Is the purpose of taking large doses of Vit C in ascorbate form to have antioxidant processes working in the body or is there something else behind its purpose that I have missed? I went ahead and ordered the freeze dried powder form of the acai fruit a few days ago, which I need to take a spoonful of in a shake, yogurt, juice etc. each day. Now I am wondering if I still need to add the ascorbate form of Vit C in addition to the acai, or just take the ascorbate by itself, or just tha acai shall be helpful enough? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 19, 2007 Report Share Posted July 19, 2007 > > My dentist has suggested I take 'acai fruit' (origin Brazil), said to > have super antioxidant properties, instead of the ascorbate form of > Vit C, because the latter may be too acidic for my digestive system He apparently doesn't actually know anything about chemistry. " ascorbate " is the name for the NONacidic form of vitamin C. The acidic form is called " ascorbic acid. " > (I > am a Crohn's patient of a number of years with 2 surgeries involving > removal of parts of the small intestine, including the terminal ileum). > > Does her advice seem valid? Is the purpose of taking large doses of > Vit C in ascorbate form to have antioxidant processes working in the > body Without excessive acid loading, yes. Ascorbate is used because it is not acid. > or is there something else behind its purpose that I have missed? > > I went ahead and ordered the freeze dried powder form of the acai > fruit a few days ago, which I need to take a spoonful of in a shake, > yogurt, juice etc. each day. Now I am wondering if I still need to > add the ascorbate form of Vit C in addition to the acai, or just take > the ascorbate by itself, or just tha acai shall be helpful enough? Just take the ascorbate, whcih has a zillion times more ascorbate in it than the acai. Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 19, 2007 Report Share Posted July 19, 2007 > > He apparently doesn't actually know anything about chemistry. > > " ascorbate " is the name for the NONacidic form of vitamin C. > > The acidic form is called " ascorbic acid. " > > Hmm, now I get it. I think what happened was a 'lost in translation'. The dentist is German and does speak English fairly well (but apologises all the time about her lack of it). We had our conversation over the phone, so I think she heard 'ascorbate' as 'ascorbic' and cautioned against its use! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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