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From: slb@drutx.UUCP (Sue Brezden)
Newsgroups: net.med
Subject: Re: How much Vitamin C?
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Date: Fri, 22-Nov-85 11:32:54 EST
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Posted: Fri Nov 22 11:32:54 1985
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After posting my last article on Vitamin C, a thought occurred to me.

Has anyone really measured the Vitamin C used by a human being?  What
I have seen in this newsgroup is 1) amount needed to cure scurvy, and
2) extrapolations from other animals.  Has anyone given large doses to
humans, then measured the amount excreted as unused?  It seems simple
enough.  If course, you would want to measure people of all sizes, sexes,
and ages.  And throw in people with colds and other infections to see
if that really increases the need for the stuff.

Has this been done, and if so what are the results?  If this hasn't been
done, why not?
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                                     Sue Brezden
                                     ihnp4!drutx!slb

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