tolerance levels when mixing Vit C with food vs. fasting

[c_buzzin]

[ofonorow]

Looking forward to your report I can think of more reasons why tolerance would be lower with meals, but we really don't know.

[Cis4me]

It has been my experience that I can tolerate the least on an empty stomach. For example I can't tolerate more than about 2 grams at once on an empty stomach in most cases. I can probably tolerate roughly twice that if it is dissolved in water and I drink it over the space of 45 min. to 1 hour.

After reading H & R's Ascorbate book, stuff from Cathcart and others I've settled on an average interval between doses of about 4 or 5 hours and if I start feeling like I need more, I try to take it more often (every 10 min. to 2 hours or so) staying at 4 grams or less per dose whenever practical.

Most of my experience has been with ascorbic acid in water, with some plain water afterward to make sure it all get off of my teeth. I think I can tolerate a little more when I use tablets, but the effect is not nearly as rapid or consistant.

[BimLanders]

I would think that the fasting would do you harm during an illness. Just saying. And perhaps the effectiveness of AA would be reduced even with a higher bowel tolerance if you weren't eating any food for two days or so. Anyways, it's always been my experience that vitamin tablets on an empty stomach effects the stomach more, so it could even decrease bowel tolerance.