Amounts for Vitamin C ( Alobar )

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Morning Alobar,

 

> The dose of vitamin C recommended seems quite low to me. I have

>been taking 16-24 grams daily for close to 2 decades now. My bowel

>tolerance is significantly higher.

 

It is great to see one devoted to his beliefs.

 

Could you tell us what form you use, and how much you take during the

day? Is it divided up in two or three amounts? ect.

 

I have two kinds of powder and a number of other mixed supplements that

provide 1 gram each. I would like to increase my vitamin C intake to 10 or

12 grams for a time.

 

Wayne

 

 

 

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" Wayne Fugitt " <wayne

 

Monday, April 22, 2002 7:36 AM

Amounts for Vitamin C ( Alobar )

 

 

> Morning Alobar,

>

> > The dose of vitamin C recommended seems quite low to me. I

have

> >been taking 16-24 grams daily for close to 2 decades now. My bowel

> >tolerance is significantly higher.

>

> It is great to see one devoted to his beliefs.

>

> Could you tell us what form you use, and how much you take during the

> day? Is it divided up in two or three amounts? ect.

>

> I have two kinds of powder and a number of other mixed supplements

that

> provide 1 gram each. I would like to increase my vitamin C intake to 10

or

> 12 grams for a time.

>

> Wayne

>

 

I buy the least expensive 1000 mg tablets from GNC -- ascorbic acid

with rose hips. Bigger than 1000 mg & they are hard for me to swallow &

small than 1000 mg & I have to take too many tablets. I have really bad

teeth & am concerned about too much acidity on my mouth dissolving my teeth

if I took this much ascorbic acid dissolved in water. When I feel ok, I

take 6-8 tablets twice a day -- about an hour or two after I wake up with

my breakfast smoothie & about 6 hours before bed with a small glass of milk

& an apple. Taking the C with my smoothie (fruit, nuts, flax seed, protein

powder, fiber, coconut oil) or with a glass of milk prevents any stomach

upset which sometimes arises with large vitamin C doses.

 

If I feel a flu or cold coming on, I add one or two additional doses

of 4-6 tablets, one 6 tablet dose at bedtime, and maybe another smaller dose

of 2-4 tablets with my main meal 1/2 way between the 2 doses mentioned

above. When taking vitamin C at bedtime I occasionally have gurgles down

below & have to break my sleep for a bathroom run, but that is a small price

to pay for being able to stop most colds dead in their tracks.

 

Sometimes (like last New Year's eve) I have to work outside in near

freezing temperatures & drizzling rain, I actually get sick enough that I

stay in bed for a day. Then I up my dose to every 2 hours & consume vitamin

C to bowel tolerance. I start with 8 grams every 2 hours & back off when

bowel tolerance is reached. I do not do this unless I am home & have my

bathroom handy. Working outside (2 blocks walk plus 3 flights of stairs

from my bathroom) in winter when I wear many layers of clothes is not

conducive to taking vitamin C to bowel tolerance. I can usually knock out a

bad cold in 24-36 hours & get back to work with only one day missed from

work. This happens about once a year.

 

Before taking lots of vitamin C, I used to get sick many times each

winter & every time there was a rapid temperature fluctuation in Spring &

Fall. All my life people have told me that colds are caused by virus & not

by getting chilled, but my experience indicates that getting chilled will

stress out my body sufficiently that I am likely to get sick from whatever

bugs are around that I am usually able to shake off when not stressed by

getting cold or wet. With high vitamin C intake, I can handle far more

environmental stress before I get ill & adding more C short-circuits out the

flu if I start getting sick. It used to take me over a week to get

functional after coming down with a flu. Now it takes 24-36 hours.

 

My friend Cliff (a nurse) came down with kidney stones several years

ago & the doctors warned him that he would likely have more kidney stones if

he did not cut back on his vitamin C. Cliff used to take about 1/3 to 1/2

as much vitamin C as I did ( & I have probably doubled my dose since then).

While I am not an expert, I feel that the reason why Cliff got kidney stones

& I have not has far more to do with me drinking 3-4 quarts of water a day &

Cliff drinking diet coke as his sole water source. I used to drink coke

(not diet coke) too (nearly a liter a day) but I also drank plenty of water.

As I say, I am no expert, but I believe Cliff's lack of water was far more

to blame for his kidney stones than anything else.

 

Alobar