Guest guest Posted May 28, 2002 Report Share Posted May 28, 2002 Francesca and all, I have rethought my vitamin C and E intake. I think I will start taking them with food this week. Joe At 09:13 AM 5/17/02 -0700, you wrote: >Francesca, > > Pages 121-175 of the 120 year diet. Deals with Walford's opinions >on supplementing with vitamin C. > > Page 173: " If taken with food, 200 milligrams of vitamin C per >day may double the amount of iron absorbed from food. This is undesirable >unless you have an actual iron deficiency... " According to Walford iron >has pro-oxidant effects which is not what we want and would off set the >anti-oxidant effects of the vitamin C. > Page 175, Walford specific recommendation; " My analysis leads me >to recommend 500 milligrams of vitamin C, per day... The vitamin C should >be in ester form and taken BETWEEN MEALS. " > > Last page 173, " But under certain conditions it may also have >pro-oxidant properties, acting itself as a free radical. (Vitamin E is >thought to counteract these pro-oxidant properties). " > > Now whether this is correct I am not certain. I am pretty sure I >read in a health magazine somewhere a similar suggestion although I do not >have that reference. > >Joe > > > > > > >ph Fernandez >Associate Director >Protein/DNA Technology Center >The Rockefeller University >1230 York Ave. >NY,NY 10021 >Phone: 212-327-8869 >FAX: 212-327-8620 >Email: fernaj@... >website: pdtc.rockefeller.edu > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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