Paul Makepeace wrote:
>
> Je 2003-09-02 18:01:12 +0100, Ben skribis:
> > I mean, the RDA for vitamin C is only, what, 60 milligrams?
>
> That's right -- at the same time there's plenty of dissention about
> whether that's enough, and in what circumstances. Dousing your
> bloodstream in anti-oxidants (C, E, polyphenols, etc) during & following
> intense anaerobic activity is thought to help mop up free radicals that
> are a product of (amongst other things) heavy lactic acid production,
> e.g. sprinting, weights, i.e. any short duration high intensity bout.
>
> You can buy 1g megadose Vit C tablets at $chemist[rand @chemists] and I
> haven't read any contra- indications on them ("may result in pissing
> shards" or somesuch).
There's got to be a difference between ingestion (where most of it probably
would pass straight through your digestive tract) and directly injecting it into
your bloodstream. 10 grams of vit c intravenously sounds utterly barking to me.
Surely a typo, or mis-hear or something.
Jasper
