Questions on vitamin C intake?????
Posted by suzi on 3/01/99
I have been taking 1000 mg's of vitamin C 4 times a day and my feet feel great! I don't know if it's the vitamin C or the new tatami birkenstocks, but my feet are almost pain free. I was reading in my nutrition text book about vitamin C toxicity and it said "regularly comsuming more than 500 mg's a day can cause stomach inflamation, diarrhea, and iron toxicity, caused by overabsorbtion of iron." I asked my pharmacist about this and she didn't recommend taking such large amounts of Vitamin C over extended periods of time. I know Scot an Gordon are vitamin C lovers and it definitely does help, but how much is too much????? And how long can you continue to take 4000 mg's per day before causing other problems???
Anyone know??
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