Calorie Counting Vitamin C

Its a habit of mine that I don't 'calorie count' i will happily eat a pack of biscuits. But I do calorie count vitamin C and aim for about twice the RDA - If I'm skint I buy it as pills -

There are arguments - not conclusive that taking a lot 1000mg could have benefits> i know there are a few scientists who eat it by the teaspoon

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin_C_megadosage

Do you count your vitamins?

Originally posted by e4chris
Its a habit of mine that I don't 'calorie count' i will happilly eat a pack of biscuits. But I do calorie count vitamin C and aim for about twice the RDA - If I'm skint I buy it as pills -

There are arguments - not conclusive that taking a lot 1000mg could have benefits> i know there are a few scientists who eat it by the teaspoon

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin_C_megadosage

Do you count your vitamins?

Nope, nor am I about to start.

Originally posted by Kepler
Nope, nor am I about to start.

eat your greens!

Here is George Bush Snr on the subject 🙂

YouTube

Originally posted by e4chris
eat your greens!

I do, don't mean I am going to count them though.

Originally posted by e4chris
Here is George Bush Snr on the subject 🙂

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2fLjcC-weQ

As fine an idiot as you could hope to find. Unless you are going to wheel out Ronald Reagan now? I still see no reason to count my vitamin C. Provided I don't have scurvy I think it unlikely I am getting insufficient vitamin C.

Originally posted by Kepler
As fine an idiot as you could hope to find. Unless you are going to wheel out Ronald Reagan now? I still see no reason to count my vitamin C. Provided I don't have scurvy I think it unlikely I am getting insufficient vitamin C.

Do you smoke?

I do, and i read somewhere that smokers should take about 5 times the RDA as it zaps vitamin c and other antioxidants from the blood .(watercress is also supposed to be very good for that )

Originally posted by Kepler
As fine an idiot as you could hope to find. Unless you are going to wheel out Ronald Reagan now? I still see no reason to count my vitamin C. Provided I don't have scurvy I think it unlikely I am getting insufficient vitamin C.

Did you watch the video? hate to say but the 'idiot' agrees with you, not me 🙂

Vitamin C is a very common vitamin that is easy to get through a host of vegetables and fruits. It's also frequently used as a food preservative (look for "ascorbic acid" on your food packaging). It's highly unlikely you will need any supplements or that they will have any benefit.

Originally posted by e4chris
Its a habit of mine that I don't 'calorie count' i will happily eat a pack of biscuits. But I do calorie count vitamin C and aim for about twice the RDA - If I'm skint I buy it as pills -

There are arguments - not conclusive that taking a lot 1000mg could have benefits> i know there are a few scientists who eat it by the teaspoon

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin_C_megadosage

Do you count your vitamins?

Vitamin C is surely the most easily acquired vitamin in a normal diet.
(Try and eat less than your RDA one day!)

Pills are for idiots.

If you want massive vitamin C hits eat fruit & veg.

Originally posted by wolfgang59
Vitamin C is surely the most easily acquired vitamin in a normal diet.
(Try and eat less than your RDA one day!)

Pills are for idiots.

If you want massive vitamin C hits eat fruit & veg.

I think thats true yes, the thing about vitamin c is the chemicals that surround it in fruit and veg are as good / better then the vitamin c, esp watercress - although you do need a consistent level of c in your diet to be healthy - a lot of people don't do that.

re pills, on the whole i agree cod liver oil maybe . but if you are on benefits £57 a week, to an extent you are priced out of a lot of its sources, even more so if you smoke. in that case pills - 37p a pack at the last check are quite good.

Some might see this thread as obvioius maybe patronising . sorry if thats the case. But there are a few chemists who think this is the key to eternal youth! they believe in it that much -'megadose' . so its noteworthy

Originally posted by e4chris
I think thats true yes, the thing about vitamin c is the chemicals that surround it in fruit and veg are as good / better then the vitamin c, esp watercress - although you do need a consistent level of c in your diet to be healthy - a lot of people don't do that.

re pills, on the whole i agree cod liver oil maybe . but if you are on benefits £57 a week, t ...[text shortened]... s, even more so if you smoke. in that case pills - 37p a pack at the last check are quite good.

Here's a suggestion if you are really worried about your health. STOP SMOKING! It will provide greater health benefits than consuming huge amounts of vitamin C, even at only 37p a packet. You will be fitter, healthier and, strangely, wealthier.

Originally posted by Kepler
Here's a suggestion if you are really worried about your health. STOP SMOKING! It will provide greater health benefits than consuming huge amounts of vitamin C, even at only 37p a packet. You will be fitter, healthier and, strangely, wealthier.

OK true but there is this thought with some non smokers that i really don't like that smokers want to get cancer - oh no we will try our best to avoid it! my nan managed to 76 but yes did get cancer but not the lung .. she ate her greens!

edit - re its anti ageing effect, I did study that a bit and its quite well backed up - gerontology is very interesting and does link in with cancer , cancer is 'advanced ageing' in many cases. But one idea is oxygen is the biggest ageing factor, like rust, vitamin c specificaly mops up excess radicals in the blood. Smoking accelerates this process a lot (and seperate from the tar) so you / i need more vitamin c in my diet

Originally posted by e4chris
OK true but there is this tought with some non smokers that i really don't like that smokers want to get cancer - oh no we will try our best to avoid it! my nan managed to 76 but yes did get cancer but not the lung .. she ate her greens!

I don't think smokers want to get cancer. I know some try to pretend that the statistical link between cancer and smoking is wrong, presumably to reassure themselves. I was once a smoker and make my comment about health, fitness and wealth based on personal experience. I could still get cancer but I am enjoying my life more since stopping. And I still eat my greens!