I had seen Cathcart's entry for "burn, injury, surgery" in http://www.orthomed.com/titrate.htm, but before yesterday it did not really register with me personally. Apparently, high bowel tolerances are related to the action of the immune system, not the infectious agent (which of course stimulates the immune response.)
Here is the story (And Bro - if you are learning about this from reading this post - sorry, you have enough to worry about)
Wed night the western chicago area had an ice storm. I was at the top of concrete steps in front of my home, first step, no friction, and wound up at the bottom of the stairs, the fall only seemed to crack or bruise a rib in my lower back.
Anyone who has had a cracked rib will know that your entire life then revolves around not coughing, so I began taking 500 mg vitamin C almost constantly for the antihistimine effect. I only took 500s - let them melt in my mouth - fearing I would quickly approach bowel tolerance. (Kept my normal 20 g intake going too.)
We'll I finally coughed anyway, heard/felt a crunch, called the doctor, they recommended emergency room and off I went, again all the while (5 hours!?! - over 50 people had fallen and gone to the ER, broken legs, arms, cracked knee caps, etc. Like a battle zone.) having a 500 mg C melting in my mouth. (Interesting, they took a chest Xray, and ignored my lower back. Turns out there is no treatment for bruised or cracked ribs. So while there was some peace of mind, I basically sat there for five hours for a tylenol with a little coudine.
So come late last night, over 24 hours. No gas, much less diarrhea. In fact, I was and still am constipated. I hadn't been keeping track, but I had a 500 tablet in my mouth all day. Probably at least another 50 grams, so 70 grams. (I notice Catchart's table lists the range 150+) Really amazing.