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Posted 2/9/2016 2:02 AM (GMT 0)
Does it matter which form you take?

My LLND has me on Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) but people on the Lyme group on FB are saying ascorbate is better to take. One person said " Absorbic acid really is not a good thing, it will eventually wreck your livers ability to properly utilize iron. Whole food vitamin c is best. Also there are no proper co-factors for proper magnesium absorption?? Ps you usually only absorb a small percent of what's in the oral supplement."

I didn't realize that I might be taking the wrong form. You guys always seem helpful on here with the correct information, so can you help me out in letting me know if the kind I'm taking is ok? Thanks in advance!
Posted 2/9/2016 3:50 AM (GMT 0)
lpi.oregonstate.edu/mic/vitamins/vitamin-C/supplemental-forms

As for me, I take Ester C. I started taking it years ago and just have never changed. And, it was so long ago that I can't remember why. LOL!! I do know that you take enough to just get a loose stool and then you back off just a tad. That is how you know how much your body requires and the rest is being waste.
Posted 2/9/2016 4:34 AM (GMT 0)
I thought ascorbic acid and ascorbate were the same.

Ester C is vitamin C buffered with calcium.
Posted 2/9/2016 5:53 AM (GMT 0)
Have you tried high dose vitamin C IV. I have good luck with it bombing some of my viral infections.
Posted 2/9/2016 7:16 AM (GMT 0)
www.livestrong.com/article/509693-calcium-ascorbate-vs-ascorbic-acid/

With calcium ascorbate you need to be careful if u want to take megadoses because of the calcium contents. Otherwise some ppl say the calcium ascorbate is easier on the stomach than the acid.
Posted 2/9/2016 4:32 PM (GMT 0)
Ok, so the only difference really is that the ascorbic acid could be a little hard on your tummy, therefor if that is the case you should take the ascorbate kind? That's my understanding anyways from researching into this.

It's not that the acid kind if bad for you or non-effective.. that's my understanding anyways.

Jackie Moon: Thanks for the suggestion however I don't have the $$ for the IV kind as of right now.
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