One of the most common questions I receive on this site is Can you Overdose on Vitamin C?
This is a valid question, and one that is not that easy to answer, but the best response is
'Not Easily'.
Vitamin C is water soluble, which means that if you take too much, most of it will simply be passed through your system in your urine.
Despite this high levels of vitamin C, continually overdosing, can cause a few nasty side effects, including diarrhea and even mouth ulcers.
Can a Vitamin C Overdose be Fatal?
While you can overdose on Vitamin C it would be immensely hard to fatally overdose on vitamin C, and definitely could not be done by accident. You would have to ingest vast amounts of the vitamin, and death would most likely be caused by the side effects rather than a direct issue from the overdose.
Current medical texts say that it is not possible to fatally overdose from Vitamin C, but you should not try it.
This is a valid question, and one that is not that easy to answer, but the best response is
'Not Easily'.
Vitamin C is water soluble, which means that if you take too much, most of it will simply be passed through your system in your urine.
Despite this high levels of vitamin C, continually overdosing, can cause a few nasty side effects, including diarrhea and even mouth ulcers.
Can a Vitamin C Overdose be Fatal?
While you can overdose on Vitamin C it would be immensely hard to fatally overdose on vitamin C, and definitely could not be done by accident. You would have to ingest vast amounts of the vitamin, and death would most likely be caused by the side effects rather than a direct issue from the overdose.
Current medical texts say that it is not possible to fatally overdose from Vitamin C, but you should not try it.
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