2006-06-06 11:58:57 · 11 answers · asked by Matt 1 in Health ➔ Men's Health
Do keep in mind Vitamin-C is a water soluable vitamin.It is also recommended to use vitamin C with BIOFLAVINOIDS it improves the absorption and bioavailablitiy of the Vitamin C. Also 500 mg of vitamin C is not a lot. The ODI (Optimum Daily Intake) of Vitamin C is 1000-2000 mg a day. Plus when you say Vitamin C please remember that there is 4 types of commercially available Vit.C. ASCORBIC ACID which is the most acidic and the most irritating to the stomach and it isn't recommended that you do more than 1000 mg a day of ascorbic acid unless it's buffered.Which leads us to BUFFERED Vitamin C usually a generic unpatented form of Calcium Ascorbate(Calcium Carbonate+Ascorbic Acid)Incidentally Cal. Carbonate lowers acid Ph. A well known form of Buffered Vitamin C is ESTER-C which can remain in the body for 24 hours.The best form of Buffered Vit. C is MULTI-MINERAL ASCORBATE VIT.C(usually Zinc,Calcium,Magnesium,Manganese,Chromium,&Potassium Ascorbate)Also there is Ascorbyl Palmitate(Ascorbic Acid+Palmitic Acid) which is a fat soluable form of Vit. C which can stay in the body for a long time. Then there is FOOD STATE Vit. C which is Vitamin-C supplements made from fruits and other food sources and over all the best form of Vitamin -C. Ascorbic Acid by itself is usually SYNTHETICand is the poorest choice of Vitamin C. I hope this isn't too much info for you.
2006-06-06 14:10:44 · answer #1 · answered by TheVitaminGeek 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Be careful with vitamin c intake. The kdneys have a difficult time releasing. You must drink tons of water with this vtamin. This viamin has a tendency to create kidney stones. Been there done that. Hurts big time.
2006-06-13 14:23:00 · answer #2 · answered by Ricky 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Vitamin C can cause diarrhea and nausea. In some cases, side effects may be decreased or eliminated by adjusting the dosage of vitamin C.
2006-06-11 05:25:13 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Experts claim excess C will just wash through your body. Personally, I catch colds when I OD on vitamin C.
2006-06-06 19:00:33 · answer #4 · answered by Pancakes 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
soem would say 500 mg a day is not excessive
doses up to 20 g a day (20,000 mg) are reported not to cause any problem at all
2006-06-06 19:08:27 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
not much at 500. but over 1000, you may get diarrhea.
2006-06-06 20:05:31 · answer #6 · answered by Man of Steel 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
any excessive of vitamin c will be wasted through sweat and urine.....
2006-06-06 19:56:59 · answer #7 · answered by sstooc2001 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it does go out of your body by urine... but you might become allergic to vitamin c... so be careful...
2006-06-07 05:43:05 · answer #8 · answered by armenia 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
diharria
2006-06-06 19:04:16 · answer #9 · answered by 1chunx4u 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you excrete whatever you don't metabolize
2006-06-06 19:01:57 · answer #10 · answered by nurse_spratchet 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋