{"id":387,"date":"2010-06-07T05:30:26","date_gmt":"2010-06-07T05:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fruitsinfo.com\/fruit-facts\/?p=387"},"modified":"2010-06-07T05:30:26","modified_gmt":"2010-06-07T05:30:26","slug":"too-much-of-vitamin-c-intake-can-be-harmful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fruitsinfo.com\/fruit-facts\/2010\/06\/too-much-of-vitamin-c-intake-can-be-harmful\/","title":{"rendered":"Too much of vitamin C intake can be harmful"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fruitsinfo.com\/fruit-facts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/citrus-fruits.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-393\" title=\"citrus-fruits\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fruitsinfo.com\/fruit-facts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/citrus-fruits-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/><\/a>Vitamin C, also known as ascorbic acid, is one of the most commonly taken supplements in most of the countries. Sufficient amount of Vitamin C is good for the proper functioning of our body, but avoid taking large doses of this vitamin.<\/p>\n<p>As a matter of fact, an Upper Limit was set in 2000 as part of the Dietary Reference Intakes (DRIs). For adults, this level was set at 2000 mg per day.<\/p>\n<p>Taking doses higher than this can result in diarrhea, stomach cramps, and nausea. These unpleasant symptoms are from the vitamin being unabsorbed in your intestinal tract. Besides, it&#8217;s a waste to take such a large amount because the more vitamin C you take, the less your body absorbs.<\/p>\n<p>Other purported possible side effects associated with high vitamin C intake include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>kidney stones<\/li>\n<li>reduced Vitamin B-12 and      copper status<\/li>\n<li>increased oxygen demand<\/li>\n<li>becoming a pro-oxidant (a      substance thought to promote cancer, heart disease, and stroke, the      opposite of an antioxidant)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Food and Nutrition Board, the committee that sets the Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDAs) and DRIs, examined the evidence for each of these claims, but couldn&#8217;t find enough research to prove any of them.<\/p>\n<p>One noteworthy precaution is for people with hemochromatosis, an iron overload disease. Since vitamin C increases iron absorption, supplemental C is not recommended for them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vitamin C, also known as ascorbic acid, is one of the most commonly taken supplements in most of the countries. Sufficient amount of Vitamin C is good for the proper functioning of our body, but avoid taking large doses of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fruitsinfo.com\/fruit-facts\/2010\/06\/too-much-of-vitamin-c-intake-can-be-harmful\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[67,69],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fruitsinfo.com\/fruit-facts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fruitsinfo.com\/fruit-facts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fruitsinfo.com\/fruit-facts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fruitsinfo.com\/fruit-facts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fruitsinfo.com\/fruit-facts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=387"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.fruitsinfo.com\/fruit-facts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fruitsinfo.com\/fruit-facts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fruitsinfo.com\/fruit-facts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fruitsinfo.com\/fruit-facts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}