REAL vitamin C is NOT ascorbic acid!!!

absolutely! Here is the method I use:

[link to www.quantumbalancing.com]

THANKS FOR POSTING THIS.

your welcome, more to come ;)

Most of the powders seem to have quite a bit of sugar or maltodextrin in them :(

Any pointers ?

pinned!

thanks for the karma

which ones?

I'm looking at the label on my camu powder and it has zero sugars, no additives. Just 100% cold processed camu powder.

Need a pin for vitamin D thread as well. Is any ole store bought vitamin D pill ok? Or is there something better?

Real v.s synthetic by Dr. Mercola

"Whole food supplements are what their name suggests: Supplements made from concentrated whole foods. The vitamins found within these supplements are not isolated. They are highly complex structures that combine a variety of enzymes, coenzymes, antioxidants, trace elements, activators and many other unknown or undiscovered factors all working together synergistically, to enable this vitamin complex to do its job in your body.

Nutrients from within this complex cannot be taken apart or isolated from the whole, and then be expected to do the same job in the body as the whole complex is designed to do.

The perfect example of this difference can be seen in an automobile. An automobile is a wonderfully designed complex machine that needs all of its parts to be present and in place to function properly. Wheels are certainly an important part of the whole, but you could never isolate them from the rest of the car, call them a car or expect them to function like a car. They need the engine, body and everything else.

The same analogy applies to the vitamin C (ascorbic acid) or vitamin E (delta tocopherol) you can find on most health food store shelves. They are parts of an entire complex that serve a purpose when part of the whole. However, they cannot do the job of the entire complex by themselves.

With similar logic in place, one can analyze what a typical multivitamin truly is. The automobile equivalent of creating a multivitamin would be going to a junk yard, finding all of the separate parts you would need to make up an entire automobile, throwing them together in a heap (or capsule in terms of the multivitamin) and expecting that heap to drive like a car!

Obviously, there is a difference. Science cannot create life. Only life can create life."

[link to articles.mercola.com]

Goji berries are also good :)

yes, they are! Also a superfood, great for micronutrients. Arguably one of the most nutrient dense superfoods on the planet:

[link to en.wikipedia.org]

OP how do you take your camu camu powder? I have some and it doesn't mix well with liquids, nor does it taste too good lol

I'm thinking about mixing it in my yogurt. Any other ideas?

Thx for great info here

Ester C with bioflavinoids the best.

[link to www.vitaminshoppe.com]

Live Superfoods Acerola Cherry Powder
Other ingredients: Maltodextrin from corn

Truly Natural Acerola Cherry Powder
Other ingredients: Maltodextrin from corn

The camu powders and blends are easier to find without sugar or maltodextrin.

Tough to find a straight Acerola Cherry Powder without sugar or maltodextrin.

Thank you

ALSO I read that most all vitamin C powder comes from GMO sources (corn or whatever).

Garlic cloves, eat a few a day, or chop it up in your food.

stop spreading your this bullshit

People need to stop with the supplements,pills and injections. It is all just about MONEYand millions of people buy into this crap. No wonder there are so many health issues today.

BACK IN THE DAY...

They ate seasonal real food. Food came from farms and small markets in the early 1900′s, and because food preservatives were not widely used yet, food was fresh. Because of the lack of processed food, their diets were nutrient dense allowing them to get the nutrition they needed from their food. For babies, breast milk was valued and it was always in season. - See more at: [link to globalresearchreport.com]

all covered here:

Thread: activator x, (vitamin K2) the missing link +how to heal your bones and teeth!!!

I turn it into a liposome and add it to my daily smoothie, makes it a little more tangy but that's it. You can just add the straight powder to your smoothie works great as well! Juice also works great too. Just use a blender to mix...

100% pure Acerola cherry powder can be found here:

[link to www.mountainroseherbs.com (secure)]

absolutely true! Main reason why I only supplement natural sourced cold processed if I cannot find a fresh whole food source. Thank you for the link!

"Over 90% of ascorbic acid in this country is manufactured at a facility in Nutley, New Jersey, owned by Hoffman-LaRoche, one of the world’s biggest drug manufacturers (1 800 526 0189). Here ascorbic acid is made from a process involving cornstarch and volatile acids"

GMO for sure!

i've been taking powder that says "100% pure vitamin c (ascorbic acid)" powder with no fillers or excipients. 2,400 mg a day and i haven't been sick once this flu season. i woke up with ear and throat congestion and took it and it knocked it out right away. so is what i'm taking is bad? is it damaging my dna? what should i do? where can i purchase real vitamin c powder? i want something that's going to be around 2,500 mg 1/2 a teaspoon

no, it is not.

[link to vitamincfoundation.org]

It also isn't stated whate type of calcium is used, many of which are bad for you. Especially if it's shellfish derived.

Best vitamin C is WHOLE FOOD vitamin C, hands down.

If it's not sourced from whole foods, it simply isn't vitamin c. Most ascorbic acid is made here:

"Over 90% of ascorbic acid in this country is manufactured at a facility in Nutley, New Jersey, owned by Hoffman-LaRoche, one of the world’s biggest drug manufacturers (1 800 526 0189). Here ascorbic acid is made from a process involving cornstarch and volatile acids"

Just look through the thread, all the answers are there. Many links for whole food vitamin C powder as well. Thanks.

I think you just confused the hell out of everyone

Well, I have a news flash for all you Vitamin C "experts" (Definition of expert: A drip under pressure).

You cannot ingest enough vitamin C orally to cure anything.

We are supposed to be able to synthesize Vitamin C in our liver but lost the capability eons ago. There is a chain of 4 liver enzymes that convert Glucose to Vitamin C. Due to a genetic accident our liver cannot make the 4th enzyme in the chain. IF we could make our own C it would provide the first line of defense against anything attacking our body including cancer.

Ever wonder why animals like dogs, cats, goats..etc rarely get sick? It is because they make their own C. A goat can generate 100 grams of C in an hour. Ever wonder why a dog or cat can eat the most disgusting bacteria laden shit you can imagine and not get sick? The C they make kills it before it gets a chance to cause a problem.

Our immune system is overtaxed from the minute we are born because it is being called on to do things it was never intended to have to do. Vitamin C is supposed to be there in huge quantities to clean up things and the immune system polishes off the balance.

Liposomal c is the only oral way to achieve effective levels of C in the body other than IV sodium ascorbate which is the IV form of C.

Whatever instructions you read about how much liposomal C to take.. forget them.. it is not enough. You cannot overdose on it, drink it like water and drink a lot of water with it.

haha, your probably right. It's a very confusing topic!

Synthetic vitamin C is sold as "pure vitamin C", which is true but it's only a component of REAL vitamin C only found in whole foods.

I'll simplify it for everyone.

whole food vitamin C= GOOD
Synthetic ascorbic acid= BAD

If the label doesn't say "whole food vitamin c", or "naturally sourced vitamin c", it simply isn't vitamin C!

Hope that clears it up :)

Thanks for this info op, reading this has been a real eye opener, and I have recently been researching getting some vitamin d and was looking into cod liver oil but after some research I found that you have to get high quality clo as most companies when they extract the oil through a heat process basically kills the enzymes or something like that, so a lot of these cod liver oil supplements people are putting in there body is just a waste of time, unless you buy top quality cod liver oil which goes through a cold extract process without any chemicals. And these ones are very expensive, was also considering krill oil but that's very expensive also, anyway thank you again op for your info and sorry if I have gone slightly off topic as your thread is referring to vitamin c, and will be looking forward to your thread about vitamin d
P.s am going to start growing my own wheatgrass tomorrow

5 stars op excellent thread

[link to vitamincfoundation.org]