How to protect yourself from the coronavirus...

[Dien Rice]

Originally Posted by MikePT

Yes, apparently vitamin C on larges doses avoid getting thecoronavirus and Healsfar as I read. I take big doses daily, 6g-10g daily (yes, grams, not militrams! 6000mg - 10.000mg daily). I recommend read the website www.DoctorYourSelf.com. I benefit a LOT of Orthomolecular Medicine.

Hi Mike,

Thanks for sharing that!

I'm currently taking 6 g of vitamin C a day (6000 mg), 3000 mg in the morning, and 3000 mg at night...

I read a scientific article* which said that if you take doses of 500 mg or more, of vitamin C, 12 hours apart, you keep the vitamin C continuously in your bloodstream. So it seems good to take half your daily dose twice a day, rather than just taking it once a day...

Also, personally I take sodium ascorbate, which is low-acidity vitamin C, rather than ascorbic acid, which is high acidity. I think it's a bit gentler on your tummy...!

Thanks again, Mike... I hope we all get through this...

Best wishes,

Dien

* This is the summary (abstract) of the article, which gives the results...
"Rate of excretion of vitamin C in human urine"
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF02435011
In summary... "A dose of 500 mg taken every 12 hr led to continuously-detectable levels of vitamin C in the urine."
That means that, as long as you take at least 500 mg per dose, if you take them 12 hours apart, you'll have a continuously positive level of vitamin C in your bloodstream...