the problem for me is trusting that I can take 16 (count them) 16 500mg Vitamin C pills at a time, for every 20 minutes for 2 hours? That's 48G in 2 hours??????? That's safe?????? Sorry for my skecpticizm, I just have never taken that many pills at once. What about the nasal spray? Does that not directly go into the blood? I've been taking 2G every 2 hours or so but it's doing nothing for this horrific cold. Probably too late now.
Here it is again. I posted this in another thread before. By regular supplementation, I assume he means orally.
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http://www.tomlevymd.com/health_ebytes/issue_9.htmlSodium ascorbate is probably the best and certainly the least expensive of the mineral ascorbates for regular supplementation at relatively high doses (six grams or more daily). Many doctors and patients fear the regular dosing of sodium, however, due to the long-standing medical admonition to minimize sodium intake, especially for hypertension and cardiac failure patients. Indeed, sodium chloride (table salt) has long been known to facilitate fluid retention (increased plasma volume), a state that directly aggravates hypertension and heart failure. However, it appears that only sodium really results in significant fluid retention when administered with the chloride anion. Sodium when given with the anions citrate, ascorbate, or bicarbonate does not appear to adversely affect hypertension or to increase blood volume. Because of these findings, it has been directly suggested that the concept of "sodium-dependent" hypertension should be changed to "sodium chloride-dependent" hypertension (Kurtz and Morris, 1983; Kurtz et al., 1987). Anecdotally, I have never found multi-gram doses of sodium ascorbate to adversely affect blood pressure or blood volume status. However, since there always appear to be exceptions to every rule in biology, anyone who notices elevated blood pressures or ankle edema after high doses of sodium ascorbate would probably be well-advised to supplement with a different form of vitamin C.