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Hi Susan - you wrote:

> I'm glad you brought up the subject of ascorbic acid because I was
> planning to ask about it myself.  I HAVE tried large doses (3,000 mg in
> one dose) recently when I had what felt like a sinus infection, and
> while it did seem to help the sinuses a lot, it also seemed to "mess up"
> my gut.  Not diarrhea, but just a weird, irritable feeling.

I started taking 1,000 mg per day. Yes, I got that strange irritable
gut feeling on the first day. The guy whose web-site I mentioned
said that people with food allergies can tolerate less vit. C. before
getting diarrhoea (what he calls the bowel tolerance level). But I
reasoned that the body may be in serious vit. C. depletion due to CD
related malabsorption, so I pressed on with the Vit C. doses (1 gram
is not an enormous dose anyway) and found that the gut irritation
receded on the second day.

> Then again yesterday I took only 500 mg of citris bioflavanoids capsule
> and last night got cramps and diarrhea.  Same question -- sensitivity to
> citris maybe, or just "cleaning house?"  Anyone else have this
> experience with ascorbic acid or other forms of vitamin C?

I guess it is just gut sensitivity. The 'cleaning house' may come
later, as your vit. C levels increase significantly.

Max