Hello,
My doctor doesn't want me to take 2,500 mg of Vitamin C every day which is what is in the Cardio-C. She says too much C will make my system too acidic. I was wondering if that is true of the Vitamin C in Cardio-C ? Which product of your Vitamin C is not acidic? I would like to switch to a non-acidic one so my doctor will be happy.
Please let me know which product would work for me and can you switch my orderover to that one?
Thank you.
K.K. (female/Canada)
Happy doctors are a good thing, of course, but this particular attitude is contrary to the late World Expert on vitamin C, Linus Pauling. The best reference is the 1986 book HOW TO LIVE LONGER AND FEEL BETTER, and per our initial reaction (below), vitamin C in its common form, ascorbic acid, is a mild acid on the order of a cola drink.
You can take alkaline forms of vitamin C, but the bulk of our experience and success with heart disease is with the ascorbic form of vitamin C, per these testimonials: https://vitaminccures.com/blog/index.ph ... timonials/
Another interesting twist from the Anthony William Medical Medium series is the notion that we read urine pH tests backward. When the urine is acidic, it doesn't mean the body is acidic. In fact, it means the body is expelling acid and turning more alkaline.
standard response wrote:we are in a pickle as we sell vit c and so cannot, even casually, suggest medical advice pertaining to it as it is a conflict of interest ... also, it matters if you are taking the Cardio-C to try the Pauling Therapy for arterial sclerosis -or are just supplementing in general?
Either way, I would say, as an ignorant layman, that whatever ph is ingested doesn't necessarily translate to the body's general ph and remember that the stomach's hydrochloric acid, which one absolutely needs to digest food properly, is many orders of magnitude more acidic than ascorbic acid. What goes in the gut doesn't necessarily translate to what goes into the body after being digested.
Also, if you are just supplementing, then we sell a non-acidic buffered c called Cathcart's sodium ascorbate and you may also add some baking soda to the ascorbic acid drink to make your own sodium ascorbate, but we've found the plain aa version might be more effective for Pauling's Therapy.
I will forward this to the man who wrote the book to see his input.
Best.