To Dianne,

Yes Linus Pauling explains that most animals make their own
Vitamin C.   And that a 150 pound person would need 8000
milligrams of C a day to equal an animal.

However Dogs do not "always"  make enough.   Check this out
with a Hunting Dog.  One who gets little exercise except a
walk.  Take it Hunting for a long day.  It should come back
completely worn out and will sleep for a week  However if
you give it 1000grams of vitamin C --  it will recover in a
day or two.

In case some one has never seen a real Hunting Dog.    Given
a field to hunt,  they will run fast all day,  or until they
are really worn out.

Same thing with me.   work in an office all week then;  on a
nice weekend work in the yard for two days.  then feel very
sore for two or three days--UNLESS  I took several thousand
grams of powdered vitamin --which kept me from getting ,
feeling sore muscles.

Any person who thinks supplements do not help should try
this:       Work out way too much.   Then test to find out
if Vitamin C  helps,    Several thousand milligrams-  no
puny 60 milligram tablet.   ( 1000 milligrams equals one
gram:  Powder is cheaper,   take 1000 mg  every two hours)

Regards,  Lorenzo

: [P-F] Nutritional Supplements


> I'm no authority on animals but if I remember correctly,
dogs manufacture
> their own vitamin C and I remember reading that mega doses
of C require
> Vitamin E to convert the free radical metabolite of C,
back to vitamin C and
> yes, it is the bladder that is affected in some people
with mega C. Adequate
> > <

> > >large doses of Vitamin C.   Thousands of studies
indicate
> > >that Vitamin C has no side effects except that at the
> > >maximum tolerated dose it acts as a laxative.  Your vet
is
> > >in the minority.
> >
Dianne
> >