Uses for vitamin C?

[Linnéa76]

I ordered some calcium ascorbate powder on the web and got a larger tub than expected, so
will only be able to use a fraction of it for the purpose I got it for. (Being a bit of a skincare nerd, I
make my own vitamin C serum). So, the most obvious use would be to eat it but I think as a vegan
I probably don't need any extra vit C? I have heard of benefits of taking more than RDI but have
also been told that it's not so good for your kidneys... What do you think? Anything else it can be
used for?

[baldy]

If you bake you can add it to bread, it is meant to make bread stay fresher for longer.
Fairly common to take it as a supplement, I take the fizzy ones which are really high over the RDA, like 1000%.
No idea about the health risks to your kidneys.

[Hiking Fox]

If you snort it, it makes you feel a bit high.

[loveliberate]

If you snort it, it makes you feel a bit high.

Dammit Foxxy, you did it again!! Just as I'd decided "no, no, I really shouldn't post a smart ass reply like Snort it! " there you go beating me to the punch!!

[Linnéa76]

If you snort it, it makes you feel a bit high.

Sure why not, I always inhale my protein powder already.

[Linnéa76]

Thought I'd report back from my google scholar search... Seems like calcium ascorbate is considered a very safe supplement,
with high bio-availability and good for bone health. Used topically, it' said to moisturize better than ascorbic acid. Maybe I'll
take some of it as a supplement during the winter after all!

In case anyone's interested, I found that it dissolves more easily than ascorbic acid when making skin serum and it does seem to moisturize better.
Being a more stable form of vit c means it should keep better but also makes it less acidic, so it doesn't have the same exfoliating effect as ascorbic acid.
A mixture of the two forms would probably be optimal..

[Gulliver]

I think that the vitamin C RDA is the minimum you need to avoid scurvy. Your body can use quite a lot more of it if it's there. I add it to smoothies - it gives it a kind of zesty tang.

[muchluv]

“Vitamin C is taken safely at 100mg per kg, three times a day in ill health,” says Dr Asher. “So if you are 80kg, you can have 8,000mg three times a day if you’re sick. If you’re fine, then excess vit C is passed through the colon.”


"Symptoms of vitamin C overdose are relatively harmless – bloating, gas, and a potentially troublesome intestinal time of it"

It also says, in good health, you can only use 100% of the RDA.

From: http://www.menshealth.co.uk/building-mu ... upplements"



This is quite an interesting article. The guy lives off supplements for 1 week. Good info in there. I would recommend.

[Linnéa76]

“Vitamin C is taken safely at 100mg per kg, three times a day in ill health,” says Dr Asher. “So if you are 80kg, you can have 8,000mg three times a day if you’re sick. If you’re fine, then excess vit C is passed through the colon.”

This is interesting, I would have liked to hear more about the mechanisms that makes the body use more vit c when you're sick.

[Gulliver]

"Symptoms of vitamin C overdose are relatively harmless – bloating, gas, and a squirty bum"

I know this because I lived alone for 6 months and I get spend too much time on the internet.

[Linnéa76]

"Symptoms of vitamin C overdose are relatively harmless – bloating, gas, and a squirty bum"

I know this because I lived alone for 6 months and I get spend too much time on the internet.

Eww... I thought "potentially troublesome intestinal time" was a perfectly good euphemism.