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Looking for fruits that are extremely high in vitamin c

Hello peeps. I'm currently looking for fruits that are super super high in vitamin c. I've been taking supplemental vitamin c (just plain-old ascorbic acid, 500 mg), but I feel li …
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vitamin c causing fatigue?

I'm having a weird experience with vitamin c, which took me about a week to put together because it coincided with restarting the paleo diet(I was eating paleo for about two months …
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Schamberg’s Disease

Anyone else out there have schemberg's disease? I was recently diagnosed with it and after doing a lot of research there seems to be no cure or known cause. I've heard that a few …
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Vitamin C is not absorbed after sunset???

I have been wondering lately, because that's what everyone always told me every time that I wanted to eat an orange after sunset; that it's pointless and that it needs to be daytim …
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Do lemons really have more vitamin-C than limes?

nutritiondata.com indicates that lemons have 50% more vitamin-C than limes. I have a hard time believing that, but what do you think?
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Why megadose Vitamin C?

I noticed that several people have talked about megadosing their vitamin C, and I was wondering why? I know the loss of the ability to synthesize vitamin C has been put forward as …
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Antioxidants (Vitamin C) stop exercise induced increased insulin sensitivity

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/19433800/ As we know, exercise increases insulin sensitivity. This study says vitamin C and antioxidants negate that effect. Apparently it …
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Softwood tree needle tips as food, tea or supplement?

http://wildfoodsandmedicines.com/fir-hemlock-and-spruce-tips/ I've never thought about collecting new needle growth for food. It looks like they're all rich in vitamin C. Do they …
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Hack my symptoms: diarrhea after 1.2gr of ascorbic acid

I took 1.2gr of ascorbic acid yesterday, that equals to 12 serving of candy like ascorbic acid chewable pills. I didn't build up the dose, just started with that much as I have don …
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Would squeezing a lemon or lime into water several times a day fulfill most Vitamin C requirements?

What is most bioavailable form of Vitamin C as a supplement for those going that route? Thanks. UPDATE (Fall/Winter): I started with 500 mg/day of Vitamin C supplementation (with …
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Is there vitamin-c in raw eggs?

Is there vitamin C in raw eggs? My logic goes that if an egg contains all that is required to complete a living chicken, then maybe vit-c is one of those necessaries. On the other …
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Is the Flippant Dismissal of Vitamin C Supplementation in the Paleo Community Misguided?

Vitamin C is an important antioxidant that humans, along with the rest of the great apes, and some other less relevant animals like guinea pigs, bats etc., have lost the ability to …
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Nitrates and Vitamin C

I haven't done quite enough of my own research yet on this topic to have all the 'whys' and 'hows' figured out, but I'm aware enough that sodium nitrate in processed meat should be …
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Does Gelatin Intake Reduce Ascorbic Acid Requirements?

Ascorbic acid's primary role is as a cofactor in the hydroxylation reaction of proline and lysine for the production of collagen. "Proline hydroxylation requires ascorbic acid (vi …
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Do we or Don’t we want to reduce post-exercise inflammation as much & as soon as possible?

i've been reading conflicting reports about if it'd actually healthy to take foods or supplements that reduce inflammation in the 4 hour window after exercise, due to it blunting t …

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