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I'd like to supplement with some Vitamin C due to crazy amounts of stress. I'm working on the stress bit, but it's not going to go away immediately, so I'd like to help myself along a little. Anywho, as I'm still working on healing my digestive system, which supplement do you think would be the best tolerated?

ETA: I should have mentioned that the ascorbic acid pills I took seem to irritate my stomach lining, even at small doses. That is what I'm trying to avoid.

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asked Sep 22 2011 at 1:43

A at Grain Free Diet
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	irritate the stomach lining meaning you get ulcers or you poop out mucus or is it that it gives you the runs and give you an upset stomach? – No more. Sep 22 2011 at 4:06
	I've never been diagnosed with an ulcer, but it's definitely my stomach lining, not my intestines. It feels like it's too acidic in my stomach and leaves my stomach lining feel sore. Interestingly, other acidic items don't cause me a problem. It's just the vitamin c. – A at Grain Free Diet Sep 22 2011 at 4:17
	I'm waiting for my order of Ester-C to arrive. I haven't supplemented with vitamin C for a while, but I figured the cold weather and 4-5 workouts a week, I might benefit from supplementing. Ester is supposed to be easier on the stomach than regular VitC supplement pills. i wanted to get camu camu, but it's way expensive. – Antti Sep 22 2011 at 11:44

majkinetor · Accepted Answer · 2011-09-22 07:56:49Z UTC

Buy sodium bicarbonate (SB).

Use tea spoon C (4g) with 1/2 tsp SB in water, and wait until reaction finishes. After it does, taste will be slightly acidic if you didn't put enough SB, slightly salty if you put it too much and neutral similar to mild carbonated water if you did it right (you created sodium ascorbate, ascorbate acid salt, with pH ~ 7, ascorbic acid has pH ~ 5 which is higher then Coca Cola).

This means you can tweak the level of acidity you want.

If this doesn't help, use after the protein rich, carbohydrate low meal.

Its almost certain that you have some digestive problem if you can't tolerate C, like h.Pylory infection. My colegue had it and couldn't tolerate 500mg C without pewking. Now she drinks 5-10g of pure acid without problem.

Alternative way is to use carbonated water and add amount of ascorbic acid you can tolerate.

Remember, smaller & more frequent doses are more beneficial then larger one time doses.

You could also try with Mg-Citrate powder.

And if you still have problems, you will have to buy lipospheric C which is expensive.

Dragonfly · Answer 2 · 2011-09-22 02:45:17Z UTC

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Check out this thread:

http://paleohacks.com/questions/65801/the-ultimate-supplemental-paleohacks-thread#axzz1Ye53iflQ

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Dragonfly
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	Thanks, I have read that actually. And I've tried the ascorbic acid version of vitamin c, but even at very small doses, it has hurt. Was thinking there might be a different version that would be better tolerated, but I don't see that mentioned in the link. – A at Grain Free Diet Sep 22 2011 at 2:56
	Aah, I see. I'm def. not an expert on C. Maybe one of these? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mineral_ascorbates – Dragonfly Sep 22 2011 at 3:08

Nemesis · Answer 3 · 2011-09-22 11:40:47Z UTC

Can you try squeezing lemon or lime juice into every glass of water you drink throughout the day? The water would dilute it enough that it shouldn't bother your stomach, you'll be getting a natural source of VitC, as well as trace minerals from the citrus. If busting out the knife and making a mess several times a day is impractical, you could always squeeze a bunch of them into a bottle at once, then take it with you and simply pour some in your glass/bottle of water or tea.

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