Can you have too much vit c?

[Sleepin_Dragon]

Stupid and random question i know, but can someone have too much vitamin c? Worked out that im havin about 1000% of my rda, any ideas anyone?

[MB]

I think your body pees it out when it comes to Vitamin C (but not some of the other vitamins) - but stop taking what you're taking and ring NHS direct or your doctor.

[Sleepin_Dragon]

Thanks for that, its all the grapefruit juice i drink, worked as a diet

[torinfan]

No, it's a water soluble vitamin so it won't hurt your body.

[narabdela]

name='Sleepin_Dragon']Thanks for that, its all the grapefruit juice i drink, worked as a diet

Careful! The acidity can cause serious tooth erosion.

[Freddy]

name='Sleepin_Dragon']Thanks for that, its all the grapefruit juice i drink, worked as a diet

I find 50% pure fruit juice and 50% soda water is a wonderfully refreshing drink at any time.

[Mark O]

name='Sleepin_Dragon']Stupid and random question i know, but can someone have too much vitamin c? Worked out that im havin about 1000% of my rda, any ideas anyone?

I used to take Vitamin C to stave of Colds but I still got them all the same!.........I found I peed more than average also and having a Job outdoors all day in residential areas it's a little inconvenient when you need to go!



I do take one cod liver oil capsule each day, I used to take three a day until an allergy tester told me not to as you can have too much of a good thing!

[Wicked Lady]

From the Mayo Clinic:



"Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) is a water-soluble vitamin that supports normal growth and development. Vitamin C also helps your body absorb iron. Because your body doesn't produce or store vitamin C, it's important to include vitamin C in your diet. For most people, a small glass of orange juice and a cup of strawberries, a medium orange, or a serving of broccoli provide enough vitamin C for the day. Any extra vitamin C will simply be flushed out of your body in your urine. Still, it's possible to have too much of a good thing. Although too much vitamin C from your diet is unlikely to harm you, megadoses of vitamin C supplements can cause nausea, diarrhea, kidney stones and inflammation of the stomach lining (gastritis). Rarely, too much vitamin C can cause faintness, dizziness and fatigue. "

[GRAEME]

Have you never seen David Dickinson!!!!

[dremble wedge]

name='GRAEME']

A Children in Need stunt presumably? Pay up, or the bear gets it

[GRAEME]

Frankly it looks like the bear has already had it! ::

[Sleepin_Dragon]

hehe, i read that grapefruit juice before food would help break down fats, ive done it and lost stones so maybe its helped, aint done the gums well tho

[marker]

I was told to much Vit c causes hairs to grow on your palms

[Sleepin_Dragon]

It does officially casue Lycanthropy, stroll on midnight :-0

[SirOllyBolly]

name='GRAEME']Have you never seen David Dickinson!!!!

Is it me - or is that bear arching its back?







I do rememebr reading somewhere that an Aussie professional athlete sought mediacal help because urinating was becoming painful. Turned out that he was taking in so much Vitamin C that he was passing crystals of it. Ouch!

[Bernardo]

name='MB']I think your body pees it out when it comes to Vitamin C (but not some of the other vitamins) - but stop taking what you're taking and ring NHS direct or your doctor.

Correct. It's the oil soluble ones that have a therapeutic dose.

[Mark O]

name='GRAEME']Have you never seen David Dickinson!!!!

Ugh!.......the pic of that poseur has put me right orf my Dinner!

[Sleepin_Dragon]

Some very dubious antiquities on display in the pic. The bear looks in an incurable state of distress

[Wicked Lady]

name='GRAEME']

I wondered what became of the bear that played Aloysius in Brideshead Revisited.



How sad - reduced to pensioner porn.

[torinfan]

name='Mark O']I used to take Vitamin C to stave of Colds but I still got them all the same!.........I found I peed more than average also and having a Job outdoors all day in residential areas it's a little inconvenient when you need to go!



I do take one cod liver oil capsule each day, I used to take three a day until an allergy tester told me not to as you can have too much of a good thing!

It's supposed to make you whiz, the Vit C is flushing out the cold from your body, that's a good thing.