Paul Saladino· MD
the idea that excess vitamin C taken orally can create hemolytic anemia is crazy because it means that vitamin C is actually acting as a pro-oxidant when it gets to be those high levels
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We can't find evidence that holds up here. Proponents are reasoning from mechanism or analogy rather than direct human data, and the most credible skeptics raise objections we can't dismiss.
the idea that excess vitamin C taken orally can create hemolytic anemia is crazy because it means that vitamin C is actually acting as a pro-oxidant when it gets to be those high levels
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I have not seen that borne out in clinical practice and I've seen evidence that high doses of vitamin C become toxic and the vitamin C becomes a pro-oxidant at high doses