Danger of Vitamin C (Ascorbic Acid)

Almost all people feel safe when taking vitamin C type Ascorbat Acid. They consume vitamin C in high doses, for example 1000 mg in each do. They have confidence that the high doses will not cause problems besides the benefits that will get it. Nevertheless, in fact, the Ascorbic Acid C vitamin C has properties that should not be underestimated, including:
1. Vitamin C Ascorbic acid is a strong type of acid, so consumption especially in high doses, for example 500-1000 mg, of course, directly leads to an increasingly heavy acid atmosphere in the stomach.
2. Vitamin C Ascorbid Acid is hepatotoxic, or is toxic or toxic to liver cells. This incident can take what if vitamin C is consumed in high doses and too often, such as every day. In consumption is not too often, the liver is able to neutralize the hepatotoxic properties of vitamin C, unless the liver is in an unhealthy condition.
3. Not long after Ascorbic Acid is consumed, in just 20 minutes, the vitamin C will be absorbed almost perfectly, and after living at least 15 minutes in the liver and then distributed throughout the body through the blood system transport means. and the body will take its needs, according to the number of nutritional needs and the rest will be issued by the body through the kidney or along with urine (urine).

Thus, taking vitamin C ascorbic acid in high doses is actually a morbidity, and uneconomical action, because no matter how much the dose is taken, the body will only take as needed the nutritional needs of vitamin C at that time, the rest will be removed from the body or even damage the organs that can be done.