[Magdalen] 130% Vit C.

[Grace Cangialosi]

I generally take 1000 mg a day during the winter--though I haven't this year, for some reason--and at the first hint of a cold, I increase to 1500 or 2000 mg.
Placebo or not, it does seem to decrease the severity of the cold.

> On Mar 10, 2015, at 8:07 AM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> It has nothing to do with one's daily requirement. It's MINIMUM daily
> requirement (MDR) and of course the actual daily requirement is an
> individual thing. Yours or mine not only may be higher, but in many
> instances is significantly higher (and for others the requirement may be
> lower).
> 
> A lot of folks seem to be convinced that a large dose of vitamin C is a
> very healthy thing. We have found it accurate for decades.
> 
> And there are also a lot of folks who seem to be convinced this is untrue.
> I'm reminded here of the kids on another web site who are so very sure that
> there is no god, and how adamant they are to correct others who are not as
> enlightened as they on the matter.
> 
> And of course the MDR is just that. It says nothing about how a larger dose
> might in fact be better.
> 
> A lot of us have been taking a gram a day for decades, and feel it has not
> been a bad decision.
> 
> To those who are so sure the high doses of C has been disproven, with all
> due respect, I just ignore that, because of my own personal experience and
> that of many acquaintances.  I also remember all of those very wise and
> well informed folks who were so sure that agent orange wasn't causing a
> problem with vets from areas where it was used.  I remember some fairly
> heated exchanges.  The wise, well-informed folks were so sure of
> themselves, and so deeply offended that anyone would question them, right
> up to the point where they finally admitted that Orange had been causing
> all sorts of problems for years.  Who can guess how many lifes were lost or
> maimed because of all that stupid, stupid, pointless arrogant
> we-know-it-all pride?
> 
> James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
> *“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
> except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy
> 
> On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 11:12 PM, Charles Wohlers <
> charles.wohlers at verizon.net> wrote:
> 
>> Correct. As far as the vitamin C goes, it's exactly like drinking a cup
>> and a half of just orange juice (or just tomato juice).
>> 
>> Chad Wohlers
>> Woodbury, VT USA
>> chadwohl at satucket.com
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message----- From: Marion Thompson
>> Sent: Monday, March 09, 2015 1:31 PM
>> To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
>> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] 130% Vit C.
>> 
>> If one cup of orange juice gives 100% and, say, a half-cup of tomato
>> juice give 50% , would not the two mixed together (blecch!) give me 150%
>> of my daily requirement?
>> 
>> Marion, a pilgrim, currently drinking juice at a rate that must give me
>> a week's requirement daily.
>> 
>> 
>>> On 3/9/2015 12:51 AM, M J [Mike] Logsdon wrote:
>>> 
>>> So, the  130% idea???>>>
>>>>> A waste.<<<
>>> 
>>> Agreed.  But it is a widespread marketing ploy.  I want to know what the
>>> specific significance is of 130%.  Why not, say 101%?  Or 129%?
>>> .
>>