What is in your Vitamin C?

The science of 1000mgs of Vitamin C is very out dated but companies still perpetuate the myth of taking 1000mgs of C or up to bowel tolerance. Linus Pauling's studies on Vitamin C were never proven to be accurate as to his usage of 10,000mgs of C on cancer patients. The human biology has a threshold of what the body can intake on any given nutrient. Vitamin C is no exception. A FULL COMPLEX Vitamin C in the 400 mgs range is preferred on the cellular level. Vitamin C has to be in a family of co-factors in order to be effective. When one particular member of the Complex family is isolated then you are creating an irritant in the form of a drug. Ascorbic acid is often thought of as an isolate from an orange. Nothing could be further from the truth. Companies even humor you with cartoons of happy oranges on the label. The reality is that you are consuming a corn by-product or a corn polymer. The following is the biochemical broth that we call Vitamin C AKA Ascorbic Acid:


A practical method for the production of calcium 2-keto-L-gulonate (an interme-
diate in the Reichstein synthesis of L-ascorbic acid) from D-glucose has been
established by using a two-stage fermentation system. D-Glucose was first
converted to calcium 2,5-diketo-D-gluconate by a mutant strain of Erwinia sp. in a
medium containing D-glucose, corn steep liquor, (NH4)2HP04, and CaCO3. After
a 26-h cultivation, 328.6 mg of calcium 2,5-diketo-D-gluconate per ml was
obtained, with a 94.5% yield from D-glucose. This broth was used directly for the
next conversion without removal of cells by treatment with sodium dodecyl
sulfate. The stereospecific reduction of calcium 2,5-diketo-D-gluconate to calcium
2-keto-L-gulonate was performed with a mutant strain of Corynebacterium sp.
When the cell growth reached a maximum (about 16 h) in a medium containing D-
glucose, corn steep liquor, NaNO3, KH2PO4, and trace elements, NaNO3 was
added to the culture, and then the calcium 2,5-diketo-D-gluconate broth was fed
over a period of about 50 h. Since the mutant strain requires a hydrogen donor for
reduction, the calcium 2,5-diketo-D-gluconate broth was mixed with D-glucose
before being fed. The results off our two-stage fermentations in 10-m3 convention-
al fermentors showed that an average of 106.3 mg of calcium 2-keto-L-gulonate per
ml was obtained, with a 84.6% yield from D-glucose, the starting material of
calcium 2,5-diketo-D-gluconate production. Calcium 2-keto-L-gulonate was stable
in the broth. Neither 2-keto-D-gluconic acid nor 5-keto-D-gluconic acid was
detected in the final broth.


Now ask yourself, do I really want this in my body? It is your duty to question the source material of everything that you put past your lips. Do your research and make an informed decision about what you invest into your health both economically speaking and holistically speaking. If you have any questions comments please send me a note via supplement.snob@gmail.com


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Supps Snob :)