Post Your Vitamic C Stats

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xSkinnyFitx
xSkinnyFitx Posts: 35 Member
edited January 2017 in Food and Nutrition
No wonder I never get sick lol #imvegan kzhhoowxm09h.png

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  • SierraFatToSkinny
    SierraFatToSkinny Posts: 463 Member
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    Not vegan. Haha, though... to be fair, I'm sure I ate more than you did.

    I hit about 2000 calories today.
  • xSkinnyFitx
    xSkinnyFitx Posts: 35 Member
    edited January 2017
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    SierraFatToSkinny wrote: »

    Not vegan. Haha, though... to be fair, I'm sure I ate more than you did.

    I hit about 2000 calories today.

    Quality over quantity. There's no competition. You can't compete with nature.
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,059 Member
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    Lately ... higher than usual because I've been a bit under the weather.
    Normally ... relatively low. I have to watch my Vit C intake ... can't go too crazy with it.
  • marm1962
    marm1962 Posts: 950 Member
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    Machka9 wrote: »
    Lately ... higher than usual because I've been a bit under the weather.
    Normally ... relatively low. I have to watch my Vit C intake ... can't go too crazy with it.

    just curious, but why?
  • SierraFatToSkinny
    SierraFatToSkinny Posts: 463 Member
    edited January 2017
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    Machka9 wrote: »
    Lately ... higher than usual because I've been a bit under the weather.
    Normally ... relatively low. I have to watch my Vit C intake ... can't go too crazy with it.

    Vitamin C is water soluble. It's safe to eat a lot of. (Unless you just go absolutely insane and down a bottle of vitamin C tablets.)

    Fat solubles are the tricky ones.

    Edit: Or it might be something specific to you? Excuse me if it is.
  • zyxst
    zyxst Posts: 9,134 Member
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    Mine's sucky because I don't have the access to buy bell peppers like I did last year.
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  • sarajenivieve
    sarajenivieve Posts: 303 Member
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    fun fact: vitamin c doesnt actually have anything to do with catching colds or flus its very difficult to become low enough in it to get sick from it which would be if you got scurvy lol
  • cgvet37
    cgvet37 Posts: 1,189 Member
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    I consume more than the recommended daily dose, and still get sic
    sarajenivieve wrote: »
    fun fact: vitamin c doesnt actually have anything to do with catching colds or flus its very difficult to become low enough in it to get sick from it which would be if you got scurvy lol

    Took the words right out of my mouth.
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,059 Member
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    marm1962 wrote: »
    Machka9 wrote: »
    Lately ... higher than usual because I've been a bit under the weather.
    Normally ... relatively low. I have to watch my Vit C intake ... can't go too crazy with it.

    just curious, but why?
    SierraFatToSkinny wrote: »
    Machka9 wrote: »
    Lately ... higher than usual because I've been a bit under the weather.
    Normally ... relatively low. I have to watch my Vit C intake ... can't go too crazy with it.

    Vitamin C is water soluble. It's safe to eat a lot of. (Unless you just go absolutely insane and down a bottle of vitamin C tablets.)

    Fat solubles are the tricky ones.

    Edit: Or it might be something specific to you? Excuse me if it is.

    Vitamin C increases the absorption of iron.

    I have naturally high iron levels.

    If I take Vit C regularly, and especially if I'm taking quite a bit of it, I start noticing increased fatigue, dizziness, joint pain and generally feeling unwell. The same thing happens if I eat a lot of red meat. It's not severe, it's just uncomfortable. And when I stop taking Vit C (or ease back on eating red meat), I feel better.

    That said, I do eat fruit every day, so I am getting Vit C that way. :)
  • Nicklebee93
    Nicklebee93 Posts: 316 Member
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  • Orphia
    Orphia Posts: 7,097 Member
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    cgvet37 wrote: »
    I consume more than the recommended daily dose, and still get sic
    sarajenivieve wrote: »
    fun fact: vitamin c doesnt actually have anything to do with catching colds or flus its very difficult to become low enough in it to get sick from it which would be if you got scurvy lol

    Took the words right out of my mouth.

    :)

    I get more than enough Vitamin C without trying, don't get sick, and am omnivorous.

    Vitamin C does not "prevent" colds in anybody.

    It can somewhat *reduce the risk* of colds for marathon runners and extreme exercisers, but is useless to the rest of us.

    http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD000980.pub4/abstract;jsessionid=F85C129E249B081479857C3D92DD5AED.f02t04

  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,059 Member
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    According to the bottle of Vit C I've got, Vit C may shorten or reduce the severity of colds, but no, it won't prevent them ... and it's only "may" not "will".

    I do take some if I feel a cold coming on, gambling on the "may", but usually only for about a week.

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