Suara.com – Vitamin C are micronutrients or micronutrients which is very important to strengthen immune system.
However, a health expert forbids excessive consumption of 1,000 milligrams of vitamin C because it can threaten health. This was revealed by health practitioners, Doctor Gia Pratama.
Doctor Gia said the body only has a limited ability to absorb vitamin C, which is a maximum of 2,000 milligrams per day for adults.
“The human digestive system has a limited ability to absorb vitamin C. Various studies show that the absorption of vitamin C in the body decreases until the remaining dose is less than 50 percent,” said doctor Gia in a Redoxon discussion some time ago.
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So, if you consume a dose of vitamin C that exceeds the body’s ability, it will be excreted through the urine, which means it will make the performance of the kidneys harder because they have to filter the dose of vitamin C needed.
“Then, once the body’s tissues are saturated with vitamin C (or abundant content), the excess amount will be excreted through urine,” he explained.
In conclusion, said doctor Gia, for healthy adults consuming high doses of vitamin C is not harmful, but it will be a problem for people with kidney disorders, because it can aggravate the formation of kidney stones.
Especially for people with digestive disorders, stomach acid, diarrhea, to stomach pain, vitamin C can threaten health.
“This means that in healthy individuals, high doses of vitamin C do not harm the body, as long as it does not exceed the maximum dose limit of 2,000 milligrams per day,” concluded doctor Gia.
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