Guest guest Posted October 3, 2001 Report Share Posted October 3, 2001 No, you're right, Marty... I don't just trust the govt blindly about RDA's. I did some research on Linus ing and Vitamin C (thank you for that info) and in case anyone is interested here's a link to something that's a quick and easy read http://www.lbl.gov/Science-Articles/Archive/pauling-and-vitamin-c.html it's nearly 10 years old but the info is still good to know. Now, I still can't see taking 40g of vit C per day but I'm waiting on my 1000mg capsules of Vit C from Doctor's Trust to arrive (kinda slow now that I think about it) and I might just take 2 or 3 per day. Thanks again :-) -Marlena 214.5/159.8/150 > >Reply-To: Atkins_Support_List >To: <Atkins_Support_List > >Subject: Vitamin C >Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2001 16:02:59 +0100 > >Well, as to the wacko part, I'm not qualified to answer that (too wacko >myself to tel!). But the RDA is the bare minimum needed by the body for >health, and that is decided by the gov't. Have you trusted them before? For >the most part, one needs more than the RDA of most things to be truly >healthy. I refer you to the works of Linus ing with Vitamins C and E. >Vitamin C is water soluble, meaning that it passes out of the body easily. >I have read that any physical trauma can rob you of Vitamin C, which is one >reason that you need it more than one time a day. >marty > Re: Personal question...sorry > > > I'll be the first to admit i'm no doctor or a nutritionist or anything >but > 1000mg (1g) of vitamin C is 1666% of the RDA. I don't know what set of > " experts " devised the Recommended Daily Allowances but I like to think >(and > admit I could be wrong) that sixteen hundred percent of ANYTHING should >be > considered definitely more than enough for most things. > > When I hear about 3g (3000mg) and 40g (40000mg) I get very very very > concerned. That would be 4,998% and 66,640% RDA respectively! Five >thousand > times more? Sixty-six thousand times more? I know the body excretes >excess > of some things but I just don't want my body working THAT hard > unnecessarily... and is Vitamin C one of those things the body DOES just > pass off the excess of? This sounds alarming. > > Am I a wacko or something? (hey, be careful how you answer that! LoL) > > -Marlena > 214.5/159.8/150 > > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 3, 2001 Report Share Posted October 3, 2001 No, you're right, Marty... I don't just trust the govt blindly about RDA's. I did some research on Linus ing and Vitamin C (thank you for that info) and in case anyone is interested here's a link to something that's a quick and easy read http://www.lbl.gov/Science-Articles/Archive/pauling-and-vitamin-c.html it's nearly 10 years old but the info is still good to know. Now, I still can't see taking 40g of vit C per day but I'm waiting on my 1000mg capsules of Vit C from Doctor's Trust to arrive (kinda slow now that I think about it) and I might just take 2 or 3 per day. Thanks again :-) -Marlena 214.5/159.8/150 > >Reply-To: Atkins_Support_List >To: <Atkins_Support_List > >Subject: Vitamin C >Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2001 16:02:59 +0100 > >Well, as to the wacko part, I'm not qualified to answer that (too wacko >myself to tel!). But the RDA is the bare minimum needed by the body for >health, and that is decided by the gov't. Have you trusted them before? For >the most part, one needs more than the RDA of most things to be truly >healthy. I refer you to the works of Linus ing with Vitamins C and E. >Vitamin C is water soluble, meaning that it passes out of the body easily. >I have read that any physical trauma can rob you of Vitamin C, which is one >reason that you need it more than one time a day. >marty > Re: Personal question...sorry > > > I'll be the first to admit i'm no doctor or a nutritionist or anything >but > 1000mg (1g) of vitamin C is 1666% of the RDA. I don't know what set of > " experts " devised the Recommended Daily Allowances but I like to think >(and > admit I could be wrong) that sixteen hundred percent of ANYTHING should >be > considered definitely more than enough for most things. > > When I hear about 3g (3000mg) and 40g (40000mg) I get very very very > concerned. That would be 4,998% and 66,640% RDA respectively! Five >thousand > times more? Sixty-six thousand times more? I know the body excretes >excess > of some things but I just don't want my body working THAT hard > unnecessarily... and is Vitamin C one of those things the body DOES just > pass off the excess of? This sounds alarming. > > Am I a wacko or something? (hey, be careful how you answer that! LoL) > > -Marlena > 214.5/159.8/150 > > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 3, 2001 Report Share Posted October 3, 2001 No, you're right, Marty... I don't just trust the govt blindly about RDA's. I did some research on Linus ing and Vitamin C (thank you for that info) and in case anyone is interested here's a link to something that's a quick and easy read http://www.lbl.gov/Science-Articles/Archive/pauling-and-vitamin-c.html it's nearly 10 years old but the info is still good to know. Now, I still can't see taking 40g of vit C per day but I'm waiting on my 1000mg capsules of Vit C from Doctor's Trust to arrive (kinda slow now that I think about it) and I might just take 2 or 3 per day. Thanks again :-) -Marlena 214.5/159.8/150 > >Reply-To: Atkins_Support_List >To: <Atkins_Support_List > >Subject: Vitamin C >Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2001 16:02:59 +0100 > >Well, as to the wacko part, I'm not qualified to answer that (too wacko >myself to tel!). But the RDA is the bare minimum needed by the body for >health, and that is decided by the gov't. Have you trusted them before? For >the most part, one needs more than the RDA of most things to be truly >healthy. I refer you to the works of Linus ing with Vitamins C and E. >Vitamin C is water soluble, meaning that it passes out of the body easily. >I have read that any physical trauma can rob you of Vitamin C, which is one >reason that you need it more than one time a day. >marty > Re: Personal question...sorry > > > I'll be the first to admit i'm no doctor or a nutritionist or anything >but > 1000mg (1g) of vitamin C is 1666% of the RDA. I don't know what set of > " experts " devised the Recommended Daily Allowances but I like to think >(and > admit I could be wrong) that sixteen hundred percent of ANYTHING should >be > considered definitely more than enough for most things. > > When I hear about 3g (3000mg) and 40g (40000mg) I get very very very > concerned. That would be 4,998% and 66,640% RDA respectively! Five >thousand > times more? Sixty-six thousand times more? I know the body excretes >excess > of some things but I just don't want my body working THAT hard > unnecessarily... and is Vitamin C one of those things the body DOES just > pass off the excess of? This sounds alarming. > > Am I a wacko or something? (hey, be careful how you answer that! LoL) > > -Marlena > 214.5/159.8/150 > > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 15, 2008 Report Share Posted February 15, 2008 I wanted to ask if anyone is taking extra Vitamin C. I started taking Vitamin C a few months ago (Emergen C) and noticed right away that I was feeling better. I think my temperatures even went up. I just finished listening to the book Doctor Yourself by Dr. Saul (PhD) and his solution for almost any ailment is mega- dosing Vit C and juicing. Now I started taking more, i'm up to about 3000 mgs a day and I can really feel the difference. I was thinking it was psychosomatic but maybe there is some truth to it. Just wondering if anyone else had positive vitamin C results? Joann Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 15, 2008 Report Share Posted February 15, 2008 I would if I could but it was too hard on my GI, including Emergen-C. I have my wife taking 2 packs of it per day though. I'm using a powdered C that Cheri found now and I seem to be tolerating around 500mg/day OK now. Every thyroid and adrenal book that I have read says to take anywhere from 2 to 10g - that's grams, not milligrams, per day which is a lot. > > I wanted to ask if anyone is taking extra Vitamin C. > > I started taking Vitamin C a few months ago (Emergen C) and noticed > right away that I was feeling better. I think my temperatures even > went up. I just finished listening to the book Doctor Yourself by Dr. > Saul (PhD) and his solution for almost any ailment is mega- > dosing Vit C and juicing. Now I started taking more, i'm up to about > 3000 mgs a day and I can really feel the difference. I was thinking it > was psychosomatic but maybe there is some truth to it. > > Just wondering if anyone else had positive vitamin C results? > > Joann > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 17, 2008 Report Share Posted February 17, 2008 Is your wife still having the hives? I found out that I get eczema/hives from emergenC, and eventually, after finding I'm allergic to quercetin, from taking a quercetin only supplement, I noticed that at least some flavors of emergenC contain quercetin. So another allergy mystery solved (for me). And another bunch of relatively pricey stuff sitting here that I paid for and can't take. I also can't get above 500 to 1000 mg of C a day, in any form. Guess I'll never know if I would have benefits from higher doses. It doesn't hurt my stomach so much as it gives me the runs. This is another symptom I hope will eventually resolve on HC and thyroid. sol jasrich wrote: > I would if I could but it was too hard on my GI, including Emergen-C. > I have my wife taking 2 packs of it per day though. I'm using a > powdered C that Cheri found now and I seem to be tolerating around > 500mg/day OK now. Every thyroid and adrenal book that I have read > says to take anywhere from 2 to 10g - that's grams, not milligrams, > per day which is a lot. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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