Originally Posted by
elder999
...A bit of drift, Brian, but what do you consider to be an overdose of Vitamin C?
Over the long term, taking one Vitimin-C tablet or capsule in addition to that found in one multivitamin/mineral tablet or capsule and in a healthy diet is fine. Anything over that should only be with guidance on or knowledge of orthomolecular medicine or similar.
Taking very high doses of Vitimin-C over long periods has no benefits, IMO, Linus Pauling's ideas not withstanding.
For a short term, such as when fighhting a cold, high doses are probably fine (since Vitamin-C is water soluable you'll just excrete any excess in your urine), but one should taper back to normal levels over several days to a week since the body will have become adapted to eliminating it and cutting back suddenly could result in rebound scurvy and other problems.
Yours in Budo,
---Brian---