100 mg per day is enough to saturate the storage capacity. The body gets rid of excess vitamin C fast and there must be a reason for that mechanism.
Maybe high-dose vitamin C makes sense to protect from oxidative stress during the early stages of an immune response. High-dose vitamin C induces a shift of immune responses from Th2 (against extracellular parasites) to Th1 (against intracellular bacteria and protozoa). This means that the usefulness of vitamin C depends on the pathogen the immune system is fighting against.
100 mg per day is enough to saturate the storage capacity. The body gets rid of excess vitamin C fast and there must be a reason for that mechanism.
That's what I figured. You don't know what you're talking about. Go read Linus Pauling's work and come back.
Many of Pauling’s experiments were shown not to be reproducible and his theories became obsolete later on. Pauling never disavowed them, and they have continued to be cited approvingly by others until today. Irreproducible scientific beliefs promoted by prominent scientists sometimes have a long life, sometimes they even create cults. The Pauling cult is one of them.
Speaking from personal experience you're wrong.
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