[jmnicolas]

No creatine, but I'd like to profit of this occasion to tell people that suffer from allergies to try high doses (several grams 1) of vitamin C. This has been a life changer, I can now mow the lawn without symptoms where even with antihistamines it wasn't possible (last year my father had to do it for me).

I'm sharing it here because I wish I knew about vitamin C 30 years ago.

1- buy it in bulk powder form this will be much cheaper (I paid 38€ for 1 kg)

[k-mcgrady]

Might as well jump in here with another approach (not suggesting yours doesn't work of coursE). Like you it sounds, I've been plagued by hayfever all my life (to the point where it's completely debilitating for a week or two each year and not as bad but still really bad for about 6-8 weeks total). Got fexofenadine this year for the first time (prescription in the UK, not OTC) and a couple of those per day has literally changed my life. I've went from having to take time off work to 99% normal. If the standard OTC stuff just isn't working give it a try. Worked instantly for me.

[mkagenius]

Yes, it helped me too. Unfortunately I discovered this so late. Now I do not take it regularly as my environment is mostly dust/allergen free now.

[maaark]

It's possible to overdose on Vit C. Please be careful.

[raverbashing]

Not really

It might have annoying effects but you can't "overdose" (sure, getting a large dose is still not recommended)

You can overdose on some fat-soluble vitamins, notably Vitamin A. And by overdose I mean you can die from it

[uptownfunk]

It can give you the runs!

[empressplay]

Actually it's not. You just pee it out.

[KiwiCoder]

Taking large amounts (more than 1,000mg per day) of vitamin C can cause stomach pain, diarrhoea, flatulence.

Source: http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/vitamins-minerals/Pages/Vitamin...

[aphextron]

There's absolutely zero evidence that taking more than 100% of your daily required amount of any vitamin is effective for anything. Your body simply cannot absorb or make use of it. What you've described may very well be a placebo effect.

Take a daily supplement which ensures you are getting a sufficient amount, and nothing more. Anything beyond that is literally getting flushed down the toilet in your urine.

[weego]

I know from experience that megadosing vitamin C is a sure fire way to get hot flushes and diarrhoea. Probably not the results people are after though!

[Bartweiss]

> There's absolutely zero evidence that taking more than 100% of your daily required amount of any vitamin is effective for anything. Your body simply cannot absorb or make use of it.

I take your point, but I think it's important to say that this isn't strictly true. Your daily requirement is what you need for normal functioning, not what you can absorb.

For vitamin C, this isn't a huge distinction - it's water soluble, and the excess will be flushed, as you say. But for fat soluble vitamins, you absolutely can absorb more than a 100% dose. This is usually bad, and comes about from things like home overdosing or extremely narrow diets. It's occasionally medicinal, though, with something like isotretinoin being very similar to a major overdose of vitamin A.

I wouldn't suggest overdosing on vitamins to anyone unless a doctor tells you do, but it's worth noting that it does cause an effect - usually a bad one.

[jmnicolas]

You're parroting the official medical position which has not been revised in decades. There's a lot of opinions on the web based on incomplete science. I read a lot about it, and in the end decided to try it.

Who cares if it's a placebo, as long as it works I'm taking it.

For the record, homeopathy did absolutely nothing for me, so I'm not sure I have much of a placebo gullible body ;-)

[aphextron]

>You're parroting the official medical position which has not been revised in decades.

Yes, because it's proven basic science.

[jmnicolas]

And I'm a living example disproving your basic science. Some days I can get by with 2 grams, some other days I need up to 10 grams to shut symptoms.

If it was a placebo, why would I need varying doses to suppress symptoms and why homeopathy didn't work as a placebo ?

Then explains me why vit C works better than regular medicine for my allergies (no symptom at all with vit C but they are just reduced by half with antihistamines).

[empressplay]

How high?

[jmnicolas]

I could tell you but I'd rather you read about it and then make your own opinion. You will find anything and everything about vitamin C on the web : there's a lot of success stories of people that tried it and then some people that caution about some experiments in vitro that had some potential harmful effect.

But I didn't find (doesn't mean it doesn't exist) a single story about someone that had a problem with it. All the negativity is by people that didn't try.

[PaulHoule]

Around 10g a day can cause kidney stones in some people.

[jmnicolas]

Research more about it : there's absolutely no correlation.