Vitamin C And Body Temperature
I read somewhere once that excess vitamin C raises body temperature. And
thus accelerates aging. Is this true?
How much Vit C is really optimal? My previous doctor told me that
amounts in excess of 250mg are simply removed from the body in urine.
-Huh?? Where'd you get high-dose vitamin C in 1962?
-> I read somewhere once that excess vitamin C raises body temperature. And
> thus accelerates aging. Is this true?
I have never heard this, but yes if it did chronically raise body
temperature, that would not be good.
I have taken at least, 6 grams daily for over 15 years now and my body
temperature remained what it always was, a little over one degree low.
Now that I am on moderate calorie restriction, my body temperature is
down to 96.2 or lower first thing in the morning.
> How much Vit C is really optimal? My previous doctor told me that
> amounts in excess of 250mg are simply removed from the body in urine.
However, what these doctors pay little attention to is that it is not
excreted in the urine *immediately* (vitamin C has something like a 4
hour serum half-life), and thus, if you take it several times daily,
your average serum level can remain quite high and you can gain (what I
am convinced are) important benefits from those high levels.