Daily vitamin C intake , whats yours?

[Gunsmith]

How much vitamin C do you guys take a day and do you increase it during the last few weeks before a show??

I've been doing alot of reading and have seen where some guys go as high as 8-10 grams a day for the last few week before a show? What would be the benifit of such a high dose??

Alos At the weigh ins last week i over heard a trainer telling on of her figure girls to go take 3000mg vitamin C right tnow , Does it have some sort of diuretic effect??

 

[BOOMSHAKER]

I dont do shows, but I take 1000 mg of vitamin C 2 times a day. 3 times a day if on a cycle.

 

[ericraven2003]

1300 mg a day.

 

[Flex2019]

I use 1000mg 3X per day usually. I don't know why someone would run huge doses in the weeks before a show - maybe for it's effect on lowering cortisol levels, which would probably be heightened with all the stress the body goes through in during a contest prep? As far as taking it at weigh-ins, vitamin C does have a diuretic effect. I used it at 1000mg with each meal the day before my last show.

 

[claymore]

3000mg daily

 

[qbkilla]

8g a day. i think i read where romanowski would take 60g plus per day via IV and it helped with recovery and immune system. i think he got it from poliquin.

 

[Knight9]

2g in the am, 2g in the pm (4grams a day)

 

[blacksterbmw]

500mg 3or4 times a day. Morning, b4 training, after training and then b4 bed mostly. No point in taking to much in one go as your body doesn't store it

 

[Gunsmith]

Damn , I take 1000mg twice a day with a multi vitamin and 50mg zinc

I may up the dose some to see if their is any added benifit other than bright yellow pee

 

[dukkitdalaw]

hmmm

i mega dose vitamin c

2 g with every meal

6 meals

so 12g a day

i find it helps with recovery, immune system of course, even vascularity.

i remember reading that vit c helps with nitric oxide production

as well as cortisal levels

 

[Benches]

I take 2 grams/day from vit C pills and about 1g/day from my fruits/veggies and juices.

 

[Elvia1023]

Damn , I take 1000mg twice a day with a multi vitamin and 50mg zinc

I may up the dose some to see if their is any added benifit other than bright yellow pee

50mg zinc is very high. Do you take that all year? How much zinc is in your multi-vit?

 

[SOCOM]

I've read that 10g is whats commonly used as a nat diuretic. Apparently you just pee out the excess water soluble vitamin c. This...Dandelion root and B6.

 

[Gunsmith]

50mg zinc is very high. Do you take that all year? How much zinc is in your multi-vit?

Not 100% sure whats in the multi , 10mg i think , but no i general only take one 50mg pill a day