Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site aecom.UUCP Path: utzoo!decvax!mcnc!philabs!aecom!werner From: werner@aecom.UUCP (Craig Werner) Newsgroups: net.med Subject: Vitamin C megadose caveat Message-ID: <1978@aecom.UUCP> Date: Fri, 25-Oct-85 02:09:55 EST Article-I.D.: aecom.1978 Posted: Fri Oct 25 02:09:55 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 27-Oct-85 07:28:37 EST Distribution: na Organization: Albert Einstein Coll. of Med., NY Lines: 20 A study at Syracuse University among 40 healthy young men of the effects of eggs and Vitamin C showed that ingesting 3 eggs with 2000 mg of Vitamin C daily significantly raised serum cholesterol, epecially harmful LDL, ingesting Vitamin C alone or eggs alone produced no significant changes. Not that this study has any relevance of course, most people who megadose Vitamin C are not likely to have a three egg omelette every day. Previously the only real side effect of Megadose Vitamin C I was aware of is Rebound Scurvy, the result of an acute Vitamin C shortage that results from dropping suddenly to normal dosage -- while the body continues to burn it up at R17 (ie, clearly too fast.) -- Craig Werner !philabs!aecom!werner "Why is it that half the calories is twice the price?"