On 7/15/2014 6:01 PM, wrote:
> On Tue, 15 Jul 2014 14:58:13 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>
>>
>> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On 7/15/2014 1:15 PM, Roy wrote:
>>>> On Tuesday, July 15, 2014 5:45:03 AM UTC-6, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>>> I found this to be interesting:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.realsimple.com/health/pre...111/page3.html
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I upped my vitamin C consumption perhaps 2 years ago and I have not
>>>>> suffered
>>>>>
>>>>> much from allergies since.
>>>>
>>>> Any excess vitamin C will be voided by your excretory system so all you
>>>> do is make
>>>> the Vitamin C vendors more money. My advice...stay away from those QUACK
>>>> sites.
>>>>
>>> Good luck with that suggestion. Actually, too much vitamin C
>>> (alledgely) can be detrimental.
>>
>> Cite for that please!
>
>
> http://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/VitaminC-Consumer/#h8
>
Great citation/site, thanks lucretia! And I quote:

"How much vitamin C do I need?

The amount of vitamin C you need each day depends on your age. Average
daily recommended amounts for different ages are listed below in
milligrams (mg).

Life Stage Recommended Amount
Birth to 6 months 40 mg
Infants 7–12 months 50 mg
Children 1–3 years 15 mg
Children 4–8 years 25 mg
Children 9–13 years 45 mg
Teens 14–18 years (boys) 75 mg
Teens 14–18 years (girls) 65 mg
Adults (men) 90 mg
Adults (women) 75 mg
Pregnant teens 80 mg
Pregnant women 85 mg
Breastfeeding teens 115 mg
Breastfeeding women 120 mg

If you smoke, add 35 mg to the above values to calculate your total
daily recommended amount."

If Julie actually read the link, nowhere does it say taking tons of
Vitamin C is really harmful but it's pretty much useless. And it can be
a problem in terms of drug interactions and specific medical conditions.
Still, there is no need to dose yourself with tons of Vitamin C. It
won't be any more beneficial. As others have said, it just gets peed
out. Your body can only absorb so much of it. The rest is waste
going down the toilet but the money goes right into the pockets of the
alleged health supplement company.

Jill