Vitamin C

[cobbydale]

As well as taking protein supplements I also ingest 7 grams of vitamin C a day. After 3 weeks of doing this I have found I can now see in the dark.
This is handy as I often go for a run at night time when it isn't so warm.
I also drink a litre bottle of Kombucha a day, which is a drink made from fermenting a mushroom in sweet tea. This has given me the energy to train 3 times a day.

Bob you sound like a walking talking supplement.

[Roy Scott]

Have a bit of knowledge from reading literature during my uni days on vit C. Hope this helps. Vit C is a powerful antioxidant and can combat the free radicals that can build up during heavy training and day to day life, so in this respect it is very good training aid. However the body will only absorb what it needs and will therefore not ever require 1850% RDA (its not a case of the more you recieve the more powerful the response). Vit C is a water soluable vitamin so will just be excreated from your body. In addition although it is still a debated point, its more likely that the body can absorb vitamins more effectively in there purest form i.e oranges, kiwis and the like. Suggest you up your fruit intake and give your poor intestines a rest.

[NotOnUrHelly]

A year on and a lot of Muddy Water under the bridge (err) The moral of this thread is:

Stay off the powder form and suck an orange,

also friends are always around when times are s**t

[Max]

Magical properties continued: It also helps cuts heal quicker.


Regards,

Max.


P.S. I've not had a cold since last summer.

[Swoop]

also friends are always around when times are s**t

As we've said before, "Who needs enemas when you've got friends like us?"

[stevefoster]

Like Amex says s**t happens

[scaniagirl]

Sound shit mate...
But seriously, the boffins now reckon that there are other componds in fresh fruit and veg that boost the immune system, and they work together, so taking one part of that as tablets may not be at all effective, they reckon it's better to eat a balanced diet (one third starchy foods, one third fruit and veg, 12% protien 15% dairy 8%fat & sugary foods) than take supplements. Nature knows what it's doing......

[cotswoldrunner]

This is worth reading:

http://www.quackwatch.com/01Quackery...DSH/colds.html

To much anecdotal 'evidence' surrounding this subject but no hard evidence. As far as I'm concerned the only way to build immunity to a virus is through exposure i.e. catch it and get better.

Still, it's worth peddling the vitamin C myth if it means we get threads like this. I've just read it all: it's hilarious.

[Updownupdown]

This is worth reading:

http://www.quackwatch.com/01Quackery...DSH/colds.html

To much anecdotal 'evidence' surrounding this subject but no hard evidence. As far as I'm concerned the only way to build immunity to a virus is through exposure i.e. catch it and get better.

Still, it's worth peddling the vitamin C myth if it means we get threads like this. I've just read it all: it's hilarious.

Nice link, you've got a few contributors thinking now Cotswoldrunner, see glucosamine thread. The thread on cramp is possibly funnier than vit C though, more unsubtantiated opinion and anecdote than you'd believe possible. Nothing I like better than an uncontrolled unblinded scientific trial N=1.

These health and injuries fora are worrying, do they reflect the hopelessness of education in science, poor health and science journalism or a failure of the healthcare profession? Perhaps the population are just desperate to believe semi mythical twaddle dressed up as fact, rather than current science. It sits easier in the mind than the reality of many uncertainties, unprovens and don't knows.

Sorry, I've probably offended a number of contributors in one fell swoop there.
Here's a site of relevance: http://www.badscience.net/

[Swoop]

Sorry, I've probably offended a number of contributors in one fell swoop there.

Don't worry. I'm not offended!