How much vitamin c?

[grasshopper]

How much vitamin c do you take a day? Is 3.5grams/day too much?

 

[jmwhitt]

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How much vitamin c do you take a day? Is 3.5grams/day too much?

I take 1 gram with each meal typically. I had a naturopath tell me that they like their general pts to take about 3-4 grams a day. Take too much and you get diarrhea. At this point your cells are saturated. Bump it down a little until it goes away, then you should be at a good point...

 

[Flex2019]

3-5g per day for me.

 

[stike]

I do 3 g a day.

 

[kingpeon]

I like time-release vitamin C at about 5 grams daily.

 

[Dave_19]

I think 1g/day is sufficient for most. Its toxicity is so low, many swear by mega doses of 5-10g/day for certain indications. I think during times of sickness its fair to bump doses up like this.

 

[juicin]

I take about 2 grams, but i may double it after reading this

 

[doitright]

what form of vit c do you guys take?

 

[dukkitdalaw]

I used to take 12g a day. lol. Honest. Had no problems. Reason I did so was due to a large and indepth Mega Dosing Vit C thread I had read on another site.

But in the past year I have lowered it to 4g a day and seems the same to me.

So Ill stay at this dose now. Its cheaper. haha

If your taking the pill form, be sure to find them with Rose Hips. It helps the body absorb Vit C better.

 

[kingpeon]

what form of vit c do you guys take?

Trader Joe's...Ascorbic Acid, which isn't the best but it's cheap. I'll probably be switching to Sodium Ascorbate soon.