Vitamin C?!
Question: I know that it's okay to take more than 100% of vitamin C in a day and that it helps the immune system. But am I consuming too much vitamin C? I'm kinda sick right now (cold) and am eating cough drops with 100% of vitamin C in them along with drinking juices with vitamin C.
I estimated my vitamin C intake for the day to be about 1,000% (or 600 mg), is this okay or should I try to scale back?
Answers: I know that it's okay to take more than 100% of vitamin C in a day and that it helps the immune system. But am I consuming too much vitamin C? I'm kinda sick right now (cold) and am eating cough drops with 100% of vitamin C in them along with drinking juices with vitamin C.
I estimated my vitamin C intake for the day to be about 1,000% (or 600 mg), is this okay or should I try to scale back?
600 mg of vitamin C isn't going to hurt. Many of the old reports on use in colds used daily doses of 4000 mg, and even that rarely caused kidney stones. On the other hand, later studies and meta-analyses have pretty well debunked the whole concept. If you have a normal immune system, there's nothing that you can take or do to make it better than normal.
lets just say ive never heard of anyone overdosing on vitamin C. lol, but if u notice something unusual, other than the cold u already have, id cut back. just use common sense