Sodium in Sodium Ascorbate

[cartersmom]

Does one have to worry about the amount of sodium they are consuming if they are taking high doses of SA or dosing their infant or child???

I read something from the Linus Pauling Institute that one should be careful with the sodium levels in SA. For many reasons I prefer SA to other forms of C, but wonder about the sodium.

[cartersmom]

Anybody????:D

[Quickening]

I'm pretty sure that the sodium from sodium ascorbate is used up when it is used to split the ascorbate. If its being used up then it seems unlikely it would go to your body's sodium stores and cause problems from sodium build up.

Also the sodium in sodium ascorbate is NOT the same sodium as in salts. Its different. It isn't the health risk that salt is when you use too much salt on your food or consume too many foods that are salted like tinned foods or chips, savory snacks etc.

[Momtezuma Tuatara]

Don't use Calcium ascorbate - ever. There are very good reasons why, not least of which is how it is metabolised in the body. Calcium Ascorbate is a no no. I learned the hard way. Brief description. In order to metabolise ascorbate, the Vitamin C needs a sodium ion. It splits into two compounds, one of which is used, the other excreted. The basic biochemical unit of the cell is the sodium ion.

If you use calcium ascorbate, the calcium sheers away, and sodium is pulled from the nearest cell with it in it. Once the ascorbate is split, the first thing it does is to chelate out the calcium, which should not be there. Then what you have left, is what is available. That is why you rarely get diarrhoea with calcium ascorbate. Because you have to use far more of it to do what sodium ascorbate does.

So how did ester C become supposedly the best. I don't know. I do know that hypercalcemia makes cancer cells grow like billie-oh...

Do not use Ascorbic Acid. Again, ascorbic acid requires sodium with which to split it into two compounds one of which is excreted, and one used. If you use anything other than sodium ascorbate for any length of time, the sodium balance in the cells gets severely disrupted, particularly in those who don't use much salt in their diet, and the immune system can crash. if you must use ascorbic acid, buffer it with bicarbonate of soda.

Believe me or not, its your choice. But I know, because I learned from experience.

If you have enough sodium in your diet, your other alternatives would be magnesium ascorbate.

[cartersmom]

Don't use Calcium ascorbate - ever. There are very good reasons why, not least of which is how it is metabolised in the body. Calcium Ascorbate is a no no. I learned the hard way. Brief description. In order to metabolise ascorbate, the Vitamin C needs a sodium ion. It splits into two compounds, one of which is used, the other excreted. The basic biochemical unit of the cell is the sodium ion.

If you use calcium ascorbate, the calcium sheers away, and sodium is pulled from the nearest cell with it in it. Once the ascorbate is split, the first thing it does is to chelate out the calcium, which should not be there. Then what you have left, is what is available. That is why you rarely get diarrhoea with calcium ascorbate. Because you have to use far more of it to do what sodium ascorbate does.

So how did ester C become supposedly the best. I don't know. I do know that hypercalcemia makes cancer cells grow like billie-oh...

Do not use Ascorbic Acid. Again, ascorbic acid requires sodium with which to split it into two compounds one of which is excreted, and one used. If you use anything other than sodium ascorbate for any length of time, the sodium balance in the cells gets severely disrupted, particularly in those who don't use much salt in their diet, and the immune system can crash. if you must use ascorbic acid, buffer it with bicarbonate of soda.

Believe me or not, its your choice. But I know, because I learned from experience.

If you have enough sodium in your diet, your other alternatives would be magnesium ascorbate.


Ive pmd you!