"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> 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.

I don't take tons but I do take extra.