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ladybug

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Hi again.
Does anyone take vitamin C on a daily basis? Have you heard whether this is recommended for CFers? I recently started taking 500 mg per day and my dietician say it was "fine" to do, but didn't seem like it was necessary. I would think having a lowered immune system due to CF, vitamin C would be a great way to stay as healthy as we can. I just can't find very much research on vitamins and their roles in CF other than ABDEK. Any input would be great!

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oliver68

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Hi,
overhere for our 22 month old daughter we give daily ADECK vitamins. This is medics, so these vitamins are not naturals but synthetized. As an addition we give 1 tea-cup of "Hippophae rhamnoides " by WELEDA (http://usa.weleda.com/ingredients/ingredient.asp?id=197) which contains full of vitamin C.
Vitamin C is supposed to "boost" the chloride canal. But too much vitamin C is also not recommended.Take care.
 
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johngwisc

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I have been taking 8 grams of vitamin C a day (4 grams in the morning and 4 grams at night) for about 10-12 years. I found my bowel tolerance level and backed off my dosage slighty to where I wasn't causing diarrhea. After becoming aware of Dr. Linus Pauling's ( http://lpi.oregonstate.edu/ ) research with massive dosing of Vitamin C, I thought I would give it a try. And yes, I take this high dose with the consent of my doctor. I think he figures that I simply pee most of it away, so it is my choice to waste my money. I can't tell you of any particular effects positive or negative, but I fully intend to continue to dose at this level.
John.G. 41 w/cf
 
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