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AnabolicBoy1981
Im suprized Johan hasnt posted yet,lol.
Me, i take 3 grams.
Striker, you and your brothers findings as well as the recomendations made in the first study for people with inflammatory disease can be attributed to this: Vitamin C helps certain prostaglandins be produced in the body. These prostaglandins(PGE2) are pro-inflammatory mini-hormones. They name "prostaglandins" was given to them because they where first discovered in high concentration in the the prostate gland and semen. So if you raised your Vit C intake, your PGE2 increased, and the ones elevated in your prostate caused the inflammation making it hard to pee. There is some thought now that inflammation may be a benefit to the anabolic process. This is the thinking behind products like "X-Factor" and "Adonis-X", which both contain the omega-6 fatty acid Arachidonic Acid(AA). Increased levels of AA has been shown to increase the PGE2 output. Omega-3 fatty acids on the other hand do the opposite. This is why fish oils are recomended for inflammation in the joints. I would say if your going to take high vitamen c, then increase your fish oil and flax if you notice signs of inflammation. I plan on running a high dose of AA with a hefty dose of vitamin C in the next month or so. I will let you guys know how it goes. Inflammation as you may have guessed is bad for health. Most american have whats called "silent inflamation" form to much insulin production. Insulin increases AA production in the body regardless of AA consumption. So a person taking vitamen C who is overwight and eating to many carbs is probably not really helping themselves too much. Not to digress from the vitamin C talk but,
I have found evidence that omega-3 fatty accids can help muscle gain and fat burning, and found evidence that omega-6 fatty acids can too. But they do it by two different pathways. One is the safe anti-inflammatory way, the other is the risky pro-inflmmatory way. It's like the light side of the the force, and the dark side. But you have to choose because you can't have both! They contadict each other. So taking high doses of omega 3' and 6's at the same time will do nothing. But whatever side you do choose, Vitamin C will increase whatever side your on, because vitaman C helps both sets of prostaglandins get producted. It may however have slight more benefit in increasing the inflmmatory side if i remember correctly but im not sure. A great book about the subject is called "The Anit-Inflamation Zone" by Barry Sears. Awesome book covering iflammation. He recomended limited vit C because of his findings. His book make AA products seem like poisen, but i think there is still more research to be done on the anabolic side of inflammation. I hope William LLewelyn publishes some if his findings.
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