Vitamin C Overdose Possible?

[Fiddleman 4,376]

Wikipedia says the the adult upper limit is around 2000 mg before any ill side effects occur. I am wondering about taking 4000-5000 mg daily spread out. I have 1000 mg powered c that i add to 32 oz of Water. It is about 1 tsp. So far things have been fine without side effect over the last few days. There are many benefits that come from high doses of c. What do you think?

[desertmom 297]

Why that high?

[Fiddleman 4,376]

Why that high?

No reason in particular. I just wanted to capitalize on the antioxidants and disease preventative nature of high doses of Vitamin C. If someone tells me what I am doing is a mistake and why, I'll definitely listen.

[desertmom 297]

Vit C is used very quickly by the body.I dont know if I would take that much but I do take 2500 in 2 dosages per day but that is because for some reason I am deficient in vit A and C.

There's a lot of very interesting articles on vit c that Im going to read now!

[JeanZ_RN 378]

I researched vit c several years ago, and the consensus I found was that since it is Water soluble and not stored in the body, there's no point in taking very high doses. Once your body has what it needs, you're just peeing out the rest. I don't remember what the threshold amount was (that is, the amount beyond which you don't need more).