Saw wrote:davids1 wrote:but I am [currently] averaging in the neighborhood of something like 100 grams of ascorbic acid daily
davids1 wrote:For myself, ingesting that much ascorbic acid daily [via tablets], is very little inconvenience indeed!
I couldn't spend more than 5 minutes a day doing it [if that]. (I generally swallow 6 one gram tablets at a time.)
Wow! Your taking 100 tablets a day?
That's gotta be expensive and a lot of fillers to ingest.
I would be curious to see what your bowel tolerance would be
taking AA as a powder.
Wow! Your taking 100 tablets a day?
Yes, sometimes a little less than that, and sometimes a little more [
currently].
That's gotta be expensive...
Yes, you are correct, i.e. the cost is
not insignificant [at least not to
me], e.g. usually in the neighborhood of $70 to $90 per month [I certainly try to buy
large amounts during their periodic sales events]. But then I pay for no health insurance, and from what I understand, $90 is
miniscule compared to what many [most?] spend on perscription and over-the-counter drugs every month [not to even mention doctor visits].
...and a lot of fillers to ingest.
Yes, I would
prefer not to have to ingest the fillers [although I have never been
conscious of any particular problem caused by my large filler ingestion], but the inconvenience of having to mix up a batch of ascorbic acid water every day [and keep it from dissipating] is worth it to me. When I began Bowel Tolerance dosing in 1994, I used to just put a spoonful of the crystals in my mouth and add some water [and found that quite convenient], but after a few years I was worried about it eroding my tooth enamel [although I never noticed any problem], and switched to the tablets. I assume the ascorbic acid helps
chelate the fillers [if need be] out of my body. The primary filler in the brand I use [from Costco] is microcrystaline cellulose, so I do not feel too bad about that, i.e. vegetable cellulose. As an aside [JFYI], the brand I use [Kirkland Signature] also has 10% citrus bioflavonoids in it, of which 10% of that is Hesperidin and Rutin [but it is (really) only the ascorbic acid, i.e. "extra"/reducing/anti-oxidizing/alkalinizing
electrons, I am after].
I would be curious to see what your bowel tolerance would be taking AA as a powder.
I also would be curious. I've thought about picking up a pound of the powder/crystals [from Trader Joe's], but just never quite got around to it. I may do so one of these days, and if I notice any difference, i.e. vs. the tablets, I will most certainly report so on this forum.
JFYI, I have ingested a Bowel Tolerance dose of ascorbic acid [via one gram tablets], in HEALTH, not illness [of which I have had virtually none], basically every day since 1994, amounting to [currently], on average, 75+ grams [daily], in 10 to 15 divided doses.