Can you consume too much vitamin C?!


Question: Can you consume too much vitamin C.?
My dad takes anywhere from 3000 to 5000mg a day of vitamin C chewables, and i take about 1000mg a day. Is it safe to be taking this many.? he says you can never have too much of it, but i want the real facts. thanks!Health Question & Answer


Answers:
you and your dad are wasting your money. Anything in excess of 500 mgs is automatically excreted by the kidneys, to prevent toxicity. Obviously, if you don't drink enough water with all that vitamin C you can cause your kidneys considerable damage with all the filtration they have to do to get rid of the excess.Health Question & Answer

It's not very likely since vitamin C is a water soluable vitamin and you pee out what you don't use. But thats more vitamin C than you could ever use at once it could eventually reach toxic levels you dad would probably start to feel or have other simple little symtoms.Health Question & Answer

No cause you pee it out, thats why when you pee it looks like higlighter yellow ,since all the excess goes out.Health Question & Answer

your safe
vitamin c helps with your immune system so your good and healthyHealth Question & Answer

vitamin C is very good for you

i'm not sure completlyHealth Question & Answer

you're safeHealth Question & Answer



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