high dose of vitamin C

[Hunter-S-Thompson]

anyone ever have stomach problems while taking 2 or 3 grams a day of vitamin c? (in the form of ascorbic acid) i cant figure out if thats what my upset stomach is coming from (been goin on for a week or so now)

[IM708]

Probably is. Will make your stomach more acidic. You shouldn't be taking an more than about 1g at once. If you still have issues then take with some food.

At most in a typical day I'd recommend you cap at 2g.

[Hunter-S-Thompson]

Probably is. Will make your stomach more acidic. You shouldn't be taking an more than about 1g at once. If you still have issues then take with some food.

At most in a typical day I'd recommend you cap at 2g.

yea ive been taking it w/my post workout shake, cant really count that as food but ill try splitting it up and lowering the dose a bit, otherwise im gonna chuck it, sucks i spend a decent amount of $ on it, oh well... thanks 4 the response

[Bojangles69]

anyone ever have stomach problems while taking 2 or 3 grams a day of vitamin c? (in the form of ascorbic acid) i cant figure out if thats what my upset stomach is coming from (been goin on for a week or so now)

I've been taking 6gms of vitamin c for a few years now.

The acid will give you some pain in your stomach yes. It will ALSO make you fart heaps of gas which usually doesn't smell like farts, vitamin c farts don't really smell lol which is good.
My stomach got use to it now but I use to just dissolve baking soda in water and sip it with the vitamin c to prevent it. Figure around 1 tsp for every 1000mg vit C that you take.

It'll turn it to sodium ascorbate in your stomach and neutralize. You can also pop a tums everytime you pop vitamin c, does the same thing but makes calcium ascorbate instead.

And what you ALSO can do is just buy the sodium ascorbate form of it which won't fvck with your stomach at all, a tad more expensive but buy it if you need it.

[Flex-Appeal]

i take 10g ed. I guess i got lucky and never had problems with my stomach.
i notice high doses and mega doses of vit c help keep me away from sickness

[Bojangles69]

A lot of people aren't aware of how beneficial high doses of it are.

If you research collagen and how its basically 70% of your joints and skin, then you realize vitamin c helps the body produce collagen, you'll understand why your joints can handle a lot more stress and why your skin also looks healthier.

Plus yeh, I seriously don't remember the last time I got sick.

[spywizard]

it's great, i don't do it all the time, but 10g is good..at 14g my system flushes like i'm doing PCGL..

and it leaves an orangy breath...

[Bojangles69]

Wow, I though 6gms a day was high and you guys are taking almost double... dayamm!

[Hunter-S-Thompson]

I've been taking 6gms of vitamin c for a few years now.

The acid will give you some pain in your stomach yes. It will ALSO make you fart heaps of gas which usually doesn't smell like farts, vitamin c farts don't really smell lol which is good.
My stomach got use to it now but I use to just dissolve baking soda in water and sip it with the vitamin c to prevent it. Figure around 1 tsp for every 1000mg vit C that you take.

It'll turn it to sodium ascorbate in your stomach and neutralize. You can also pop a tums everytime you pop vitamin c, does the same thing but makes calcium ascorbate instead.

And what you ALSO can do is just buy the sodium ascorbate form of it which won't fvck with your stomach at all, a tad more expensive but buy it if you need it.

nice thanks for the info, ill def try the baking soda method and poss the tums if the baking soda doesnt work...

[IM708]

Do any of you that do extreme superdoses have ANY scientific evidence that says its beneficial to take vitamin c at such a high dosage?

[Dukkit]

i take 6 g a day usually. if i wake up and feel a sore throat or a lil sick... ill bump it to 12g.

lol

ive noticed it will mess with my stomach until my body gets used to it

[Dukkit]

there was a member of this board or actually made a thread about his mega dosing of vitamin c. it was a very informative read

i gotta think of that members name and find the thread

[Dukkit]

here is the log

tons of info... check it

Experiment begins(ascorbic acid)

[Dukkit]

heres another one

VIT C is a miracle!!!!!!!!!!!!

[RATTLEHEAD]

i honestly think megadosing vit. c is a waste.

[Hunter-S-Thompson]

here is the log

tons of info... check it

Experiment begins(ascorbic acid)

good info, I got through 3 pages of 2 guys arguing lol I'll try2 finish reading it later

[TODouble2]

they make buffered vitamin c for that reason... for people who have stomach problems with it

[IM708]

they make buffered vitamin c for that reason... for people who have stomach problems with it

...that is true, I sold that shit and still totally forgot about it