>Trish Tipton wrote:
>Very harmful. I remember my sister getting some kind of a rash or >sores
>all over her body when she was taking too much vit. c. this >was about 10
>years ago, so I cant recall exactly what happen to >her.......... but I do
>remember it was caused by vit. c. *and no I >cant ask her, she's passed on
>since then* not from vit. c. =o]
Was the vit C of high quality? It may have been from toxic additives
in the
vit C supplement (such is the case with creatine that drew media
attention
about a year ago). According to the Life Extension Foundation, most
vit C
that isn't pharmaceutical grade contains arsenic. If your taking
500mg or
less, then it probably won't be enough to cause a problem. But if
your
taking 5g or more per day, then that would be enough arsenic to
potentially
cause a problem.
Justin Hasselman