Guest guest Posted April 3, 2005 Report Share Posted April 3, 2005 I use extra vitamin C around here for the same reason. I dont use ascorbic acid though, but thought I would throw in what I do use & love. NOW brand Acerola powder. Its just powdered acerola cherry, label says it is free of: sugar, salt, yeast, wheat, gluten, SOY, milk & preservatives. Tastes good & works great. Sally recommends it in Eat Fat, Lose Fat for those with allergies, thats where I heard about it. It is available thru radiant life, and I'm sure other sources as well. NOW brand is fairly popular. --- In , " Bertie " <bjvarmuzek@y...> wrote: > > I have a couple of questions. First off, does anybody use ascorbic > acid as a vitamin C supplement? I only take extra vitamin C when my > allergies are bothering me, but ascorbic acid is the only form besides > Emergen-C that I kind find that has no soy in it- I'm allergic to soy- > it makes me all sneezy and wheezy. Problem is, the ascorbic acid > tends to give me heartburn. Any ideas about what I could take it with > that would help to kind of buffer it? > My other question is about organic vegetables. What veggies do you > guys think it is most important to buy organic? I definitely buy only > organic grapes, but that is about my only definite. I've seen various > lists, but no definite answers. Any thoughts on this subject? > Anyhow, thanks in advance for you input. Bertie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 5, 2005 Report Share Posted April 5, 2005 Bertie- >Problem is, the ascorbic acid >tends to give me heartburn. Any ideas about what I could take it with >that would help to kind of buffer it? As Mike pointed out, ascorbic acid IS vitamin C. However, there are buffered forms (calcium ascorbate, for example) which tend to be easier on people who have digestive difficulties when taking C. There are also natural forms of vitamin C, such as acerola powder, in which some ascorbic acid is present along with a large number of cofactors which are probably useful and desirable. You could try that too. >My other question is about organic vegetables. What veggies do you >guys think it is most important to buy organic? I definitely buy only >organic grapes, but that is about my only definite. I've seen various >lists, but no definite answers. Any thoughts on this subject? I suppose one way to look at it would be to find out what fruits and vegetables tend to be sprayed with the most pesticides and make sure to buy organic at the top of the list. That list changes somewhat over time, so you should check it regularly. Another way to look at it would be that since we're living in a sea of pollutants, anything you can do to reduce your pollutant exposure is good, and therefore you should buy organic as far down that list as you can afford. And a third answer is that organic isn't the only issue. Fruits and vegetables aren't otherwise-identical commodities distinguished only by species, variety and presence or absence of pesticides and other pollutants. The nutrient content of foods varies enormously depending on a wide variety of factors including species and variety but also soil fertility. Some people refer to organic produce as " malnutrition without poison " . But that's a complicated subject on which there are few definitive answers. - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 9, 2005 Report Share Posted April 9, 2005 Radiant Life sells a nice food based vitamin c product with spirulina added. It is supposed to be easier to assimilate: http://www.radiantlifecatalog.com/prod.cfm/ct/2/pid/1063 One of the links is to a pocket reference for fish and the other for produce. http://www.organicconsumers.org/Toxic/safe-fish.cfm http://seafood.audubon.org/seafood_wallet.pdf http://www.foodnews.org/pdf/walletguide.pdf ---Carol Bertie <bjvarmuzek@...> wrote: I have a couple of questions. First off, does anybody use ascorbic acid as a vitamin C supplement? I only take extra vitamin C when my allergies are bothering me, but ascorbic acid is the only form besides Emergen-C that I kind find that has no soy in it- I'm allergic to soy- it makes me all sneezy and wheezy. Problem is, the ascorbic acid tends to give me heartburn. Any ideas about what I could take it with that would help to kind of buffer it? My other question is about organic vegetables. What veggies do you guys think it is most important to buy organic? I definitely buy only organic grapes, but that is about my only definite. I've seen various lists, but no definite answers. Any thoughts on this subject? Anyhow, thanks in advance for you input. Bertie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 9, 2005 Report Share Posted April 9, 2005 Radiant Life sells a nice food based vitamin c product with spirulina added. It is supposed to be easier to assimilate: http://www.radiantlifecatalog.com/prod.cfm/ct/2/pid/1063 One of the links is to a pocket reference for fish and the other for produce. http://www.organicconsumers.org/Toxic/safe-fish.cfm http://seafood.audubon.org/seafood_wallet.pdf http://www.foodnews.org/pdf/walletguide.pdf ---Carol Bertie <bjvarmuzek@...> wrote: I have a couple of questions. First off, does anybody use ascorbic acid as a vitamin C supplement? I only take extra vitamin C when my allergies are bothering me, but ascorbic acid is the only form besides Emergen-C that I kind find that has no soy in it- I'm allergic to soy- it makes me all sneezy and wheezy. Problem is, the ascorbic acid tends to give me heartburn. Any ideas about what I could take it with that would help to kind of buffer it? My other question is about organic vegetables. What veggies do you guys think it is most important to buy organic? I definitely buy only organic grapes, but that is about my only definite. I've seen various lists, but no definite answers. Any thoughts on this subject? Anyhow, thanks in advance for you input. Bertie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 9, 2005 Report Share Posted April 9, 2005 Radiant Life sells a nice food based vitamin c product with spirulina added. It is supposed to be easier to assimilate: http://www.radiantlifecatalog.com/prod.cfm/ct/2/pid/1063 One of the links is to a pocket reference for fish and the other for produce. http://www.organicconsumers.org/Toxic/safe-fish.cfm http://seafood.audubon.org/seafood_wallet.pdf http://www.foodnews.org/pdf/walletguide.pdf ---Carol Bertie <bjvarmuzek@...> wrote: I have a couple of questions. First off, does anybody use ascorbic acid as a vitamin C supplement? I only take extra vitamin C when my allergies are bothering me, but ascorbic acid is the only form besides Emergen-C that I kind find that has no soy in it- I'm allergic to soy- it makes me all sneezy and wheezy. Problem is, the ascorbic acid tends to give me heartburn. Any ideas about what I could take it with that would help to kind of buffer it? My other question is about organic vegetables. What veggies do you guys think it is most important to buy organic? I definitely buy only organic grapes, but that is about my only definite. I've seen various lists, but no definite answers. Any thoughts on this subject? Anyhow, thanks in advance for you input. Bertie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 9, 2005 Report Share Posted April 9, 2005 >Bertie <bjvarmuzek@...> wrote: > >I have a couple of questions. First off, does anybody use >ascorbic acid as a vitamin C supplement? I only take extra >vitamin C when my allergies are bothering me, but ascorbic acid is >the only form besides Emergen-C that I kind find that has no soy >in it- I'm allergic to soy- it makes me all sneezy and wheezy. >Problem is, the ascorbic acid tends to give me heartburn. Any >ideas about what I could take it with that would help to kind of >buffer it? According to an article I'm reading in the Price-Pottenger Foundation newsletter, isolated ascorbic acid can be pretty harmful, at least according to Dr. Royal Lee (founder of Standard Process). I used to take it but now avoid it and take a whole c complex supplement from Pure Synergy that I get from Dr. Ron: http://www.drrons.com/synergy_radiance_c.html I can't isolate this supplement as the reason I haven't been sick at all this winter, but it's the first time I can recall in a while not at least getting a cold in the winter. Suze Fisher Lapdog Design, Inc. Web Design & Development http://members.bellatlantic.net/~vze3shjg Weston A. Price Foundation Chapter Leader, Mid Coast Maine http://www.westonaprice.org ---------------------------- " The diet-heart idea (the idea that saturated fats and cholesterol cause heart disease) is the greatest scientific deception of our times. " -- Mann, MD, former Professor of Medicine and Biochemistry at Vanderbilt University, Tennessee; heart disease researcher. The International Network of Cholesterol Skeptics <http://www.thincs.org> ---------------------------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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