Twenty grams of vitamin C daily is a very high bowel tolerance. Can you share what is going on with you?Hi Owen,
I’ve been taking 20-23 grams of vitamin C per day for about 5 weeks.
I have a super healthy diet and am not a diabetic.
I was taking my vitamin C dosing throughout the day at various
intervals. But a few days ago I started taking 1 gram per hour up until
almost bed time. Then my blood sugar started crashing big time.
Does high dose vitamin C affect blood sugar?
Or does it pull minerals out of the body?
What do you think could be going wrong?
Thank you,
N.
How did you determine that your blood sugar was "crashing?"
Vitamin C can and does lead to an insulin release (and mimics glucose in this regard) and that may be what's happening.
You don't have to worry about vitamin C "pulling minerals" out of the body, a valid concern with ingesting distilled water BTW.
Assuming the increased insulin, eat some fruit in the evening to help avoid the crash and obtain needed nutrients.