Testing my limits (vitamin C)
 

Not to interesting really. But I've been reading up on vitamins and such things. But I've read that vitamin C is one of those things where you can have almost as much as you want (a couple of pounds will kill you). But I find it quite interesting. It seems other than overdose casuing death the only bad thing to come of it is diarheria ( which can be a pain in the ass, haha, but its worth trying).

I think the daily suggested value is around 90mg. Thus far today I've taken around 1500mg and so far I seem fine. My goal is to reach 2500mg, 2.5 grams.

from wikipedia.org
"The U.S. Tolerable Upper Intake Level (UL) for a 25-year old male is 2000 mg/day."

Oh well, I havent started many threads lately, so hello, how are you?

well it's actually UNHEALTHY to eat so much vit c!! but good luck anyway..:)

yes it is unhealthy

eat that much B vitamins and you will turn into an orange human

eating a lot of carrot will turn you orange too

hahaha, repped.

There's a comic where the guy lives off grass and he turns green.

:) but with that carrot it's really proved..;)

carrots aren't as big as bananas, e.g.

or cucumbers

innnnnteresting. very innnnnnteresting

these czech republic chicks rule.

we just love cooking:D;)

it all depends on the individual. my tolerance seems quite high. It's advisable to work your way up though because it can have haderous effects on blood levels. Theres been cases of people taking 10 grams daily. Thats more than 100x the suggested Daily amount.

you know that any vitamins you take over the daily dose your body can absorb get peed out right? it is wasteful and pointless. the vitamins that do NOT get peed out get stored in yr fat reserves and can build up a very unhealthy level, causing a toxic shockof sorts.

well let me know when your hair will begin to fall out or something:)
you can't expect immediate consequences..

yes I realise, which is the good thing about vitamin C. the fact you urniate it out, instead of going through the whole digesting process.

from wikipeida.org
Vitamin C exhibits remarkably low toxicity. For example, in a rat, the LD50 (the dose that will kill 50% of a population) has been reported as 11900 mg/kg.[35] For a 70 kg (155 pound) human, this means that 833,000 mg (0.833kg or 1.8 pounds) of vitamin C would need to be ingested to stand a 50% chance of killing the person. However, vitamin C could not result in death when administered orally as large amounts of the vitamin cause diarrhea and are not absorbed.[36] An extremely large amount of vitamin C would need to be rapidly injected by IV to stand any chance of killing a person. Robert Cathcart, MD, has used intravenous doses of vitamin C of 250 grams and reports that he has had no problems.[37] The Council for Responsible Nutrition has set an Upper Level (UL) of 2 grams, based on transient diarrhea. Their publication on vitamin C safety notes that [38]
“...very large doses of vitamin C have been taken daily over the course of many years, and only minor undesirable effects have been attributed with any certainty to the vitamin’s use[...] Clearly, vitamin C has a low order of toxicity.

wikipedia? you believe only wikipedia? what about some doctors? never trust internet shit.. it's your health!

why are you trying to give yourself diarrhea?

Wiki isn't the only site I've been looking at.
I've been doing my homework.

haha, that fact is just a simple sign that your taking too much in.

Only natural vitamins in fresh (organic produce is, of course, best) foods can be absorbed properly (& fully) into the human bloodstream. Plus, supplements give you none of the natural fiber.

If you want a mega vitamin-C boost, eat an organically-grown orange or lemon. Then, eat the whole peel. Try to chew it as many times as possible.
Remember to brush your teeth after eating lemons though.
The citric acid in a lemon is so powerful that it can take the enamel right off your teeth. It's really best to have lemons in teas or in drinks like lemonade.