Is 2180% Vitamin C in 1 drink bad for you?

[3chordcharlie]

Originally posted by: Fausto
A, D, E, and K are all fat-soluble. Since they don't flush out quickly like the water-soluble vitamins, you have to be a lot more careful not to take too much.

Thanks - this might actually affect someone here at some point, so it's good to know.

 

[edro]

Originally posted by: jamesave
no.

Any excess of vitamin c are usually purge out of your body.

Through your back... as streaming jets of Vitamin C juice... It can get quite messy.

 

[skace]

in regards to A,D,E,K, is 150% in a vitamin considered "too much". Or are we talking about 2000% like the original posters example.

 

[3chordcharlie]

Originally posted by: skace
in regards to A,D,E,K, is 150% in a vitamin considered "too much". Or are we talking about 2000% like the original posters example.

I've seen recommendations to avoid multi-vitamins with more than '100%' of any individual vitamin. Not being a medical professional I'm hesitant to say that sounds not-dangerous because I just don't know. It won't kill you quickly though...

 

[neutralizer]

Vitamin C is water-soluble so it doesn't accumulate. It'll come right out of urine. So too much can't be bad for you.

 

[Wahsapa]

Originally posted by: fivespeed5
Is 2180% Vitamin C in 1 drink bad for you?

not unless your rolling 🙂

 

[Isshinryu]

Just some nausea and diarrhoea. Some scientists say that >5g/day can mess with your genes; however, this has not been proven.

 

[Fausto]

Originally posted by: skace
in regards to A,D,E,K, is 150% in a vitamin considered "too much". Or are we talking about 2000% like the original posters example.

Dunno.

/google

Bingo.

^^ should answer your question. 🙂

 

[Chronoshock]

Vitamins A, K, E, and D are fat soluble meaning you don't piss them out. An excess amout of those can be bad (a very big excess). Other vitamins are water soluble meaning you'll piss it out if you got too much, so its fine

Edit: Bah damn all you people who posted before me, well I concur with their assessments 😛

 

[Torghn]

Originally posted by: skace
in regards to A,D,E,K, is 150% in a vitamin considered "too much". Or are we talking about 2000% like the original posters example.

I would think it's closer to the 2000%. 100% is just the recommend amount, usually the most beneficial amount, not the daily limit.

 

[Fausto]

Originally posted by: Torghn

Originally posted by: skace
in regards to A,D,E,K, is 150% in a vitamin considered "too much". Or are we talking about 2000% like the original posters example.

I would think it's closer to the 2000%. 100% is just the recommend amount, usually the most beneficial amount, not the daily limit.

See above. I found a link for vitamin toxicity.

 

[Isshinryu]

Originally posted by: Fausto

A, D, E, and K are all fat-soluble. Since they don't flush out quickly like the water-soluble vitamins, you have to be a lot more careful not to take too much.

Isn't overdosing on tocopherol just theoretical?

 

[Slacker]

Originally posted by: edro13

Originally posted by: jamesave
no.

Any excess of vitamin c are usually purge out of your body.

Through your back... as streaming jets of Vitamin C juice... It can get quite messy.

That made me laugh out loud, if you're saying what I think you're saying........... ouch!

 

[Fausto]

Originally posted by: Isshinryu

Originally posted by: Fausto

A, D, E, and K are all fat-soluble. Since they don't flush out quickly like the water-soluble vitamins, you have to be a lot more careful not to take too much.

Isn't overdosing on tocopherol just theoretical?

From the Merck link.

Adults have taken relatively large amounts of vitamin E (400 to 800 mg/day of d--tocopherol) for months to years without any apparent harm. Occasionally, muscle weakness, fatigue, nausea, and diarrhea have occurred in persons taking 800 to 3200 mg/day. The most significant toxic effect of vitamin E at > 1000 mg/day is antagonism to vitamin K action and enhancement of the effect of oral coumarin anticoagulants, which may result in overt hemorrhage.

 

[Judgement]

Originally posted by: minendo
You'll just piss the excess out.

Thats what I have always heard/believed.

 

[FoBoT]

...enhancement of the effect of oral coumarin anticoagulants, which may result in overt hemorrhage.

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what is that? 😕

sounds quite yucky :Q

oral is mouth and hemorrhage is bleeding, so it has something to do with bleeding from the mouth? that sounds bad

what is a "coumarin anticoagulants" ?

 

[dafatha00]

Just don't eat polar bear meat.

 

[no0b]

Originally posted by: minendo
You'll just piss the excess out.

Through your a$$

 

[Fausto]

Originally posted by: dafatha00
Just don't eat polar bear meat unless you buy him a drink first.

Fixed.