Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Too much Vitamin C?

For all you homeopaths out there, can I ingest too much Vitamin C? What will happen if I do? If so, what is too much?

Trying to kick a cold by drugging it up with cold medicine and double-doses of vitamin C (2000 mg/day) + drinking OJ. Is taking Vitamin C after you get a cold like shutting the barn doors after the horse has already escaped?

3 comments:

DeniseMarie said...

Yes, you can take too much vitamin C, and what will happen is diarrhea. The horrible, quick-onset kind. As long as you don't get it, you can know your body is still using the C you're taking in. But once the diarrhea kicks in, cut back on your C intake and it should go away. Everyone's threshold is different. Also, taking C in the powdered form is more effective than the chewables or pills.

Molly W. said...

Heck if I know but I trust Denise! Get better would ya?!

b said...

Denise is right. Your body will expel what it cannot use.

Further, (and greatly to my surprise) I read that taking Vitamin D has far more proven immune-system boosting effects that C. In the article I read, a doctor said that he recommends all his patients take 5000mg Vitamin D from October through April!

Get well Kell!