I have a bottle of 500mg Vitamin C supplements. It says to take one per day, but can I safely take more?

1000mg should be no prob. take as many as you want; when you get the runs, take one less

vitamin c is water soluable, most excess vitamin c will be eliminated harmlessly through urination, but as mentioned, dont take alot. taking a crap load of it wont do any more good than just taking the recomended dose. wash your hands, dont juggle bags of diarrhea and you should be alright.

YEah, I actually like plain vitamin C to emergen-c because emergenc-c had too much maganese in it for may tastes - especially if you did take several. A couple thousand mg's a day will be fine...

Absolutely! When a bug is going around here, I usually take 1000 mg. in the morning and another 1000 mg. before bed. Remember, vitamin C is water soluble which means that all the vitamin C you got in your morning juice is either used up or gone from your body by lunchtime. One tablet does not give you all day protection. If I really feel like I'm coming down with something, I pop 1000 mg. an hour until I start feeling better, which is usually after a few hours. See what works best for you, but I'd start with 1000 in the morning and another 1000 at bedtime.

Using Vitamin C products beyond recommended the limits may cause stomachaches and diarrhea. Even though the body would only use as much as it needs of the vitamin, Vitamin C Overdose can hinder metabolic activities in the body. The recommended dietary allowance (RDA) for Vitamin C in nonsmoking adults is 75 mg per day for women and 90 mg per day for men. For smokers, the RDAs are 110 mg per day for women and 125 mg per day for men. A dose of 200 milligrams daily is almost enough to maximize plasma and lymphocyte levels.

the upper level for vitamin C is 2g per day. 1 gram=1000mg. above 2g you are more likely to experience stomach upset and diarrhea. Vitamin C toxicity is rare given that it is a water soluble vitamin but it still occurs. Personally, I would take 1 of the 500mg and call it a day. It only takes about 300mg of vitamin C to saturate your plasma with it. Although the RDA is only 90mg it may someday be raised to 200-300 given emerging research.

If you take too much of anything over a period of time your body will develop an immunity to the vitamin C itself. I come from a family of nurses and they even told me not to take vitamins everyday because of the immunity thing. Shocking the body by taking every other day will work better in my opinion. Your body will flush any extra that it cannot handle anyways. I take a Cedntrum every 3 days and have not been sick all winter. This is the first winter that I have taken Centrum every other day, so maybe they are right. Just my 2 pennies on your question.

sure you can. Vitamin C is water soluable meaning when your body has too much, you will get the runs. When I am sick, I often take more than 500mg. Besides, if you were drinking a lot of orange juice or tomato juice you would be getting 500mg and more anyway.

Yes it is safe but you will be taking it nothing. When you have to many vitamins in you system you urinate the rest out. so instead of stocking up you will be wasting the extras.