Posted by Larry Hoover on November 15, 2003, at 6:48:31
In reply to Re: Vitamin C maximum dosage for important lack ??? » Larry Hoover, posted by Frog on November 10, 2003, at 17:17:23
> Hi Lar,
>
> Sorry for the delay of my answer
> I am only answering now because I was waiting for the results of my last "vitamin c" blood test.
> In my previous message , I was telling you that my liver enzymes analysis was ok and then you told me that "Kidney function is urinalysis, as measured by creatine clearance" and I remember now that I had a "creatine clearance" analysis from last september.
>
> My results were :
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> 8.47nmol/24h (Normal rate : 13,3 to 22,1 nmol/24h)
> 0.96 g/24h (Normal rate : 1.5 to 2.5 g/24h)Your kidneys aren't working properly. What did your doctor say about these results?
> This result comes from 1.5L urine 24h analysis , I have to precise that the bottle was filled regularly but not all my urine was in it since the bottle was not big enough (1.5L capacity) , so a small portion was not in but I think the most important was that I did it regularly during 24 hours .
What you describe would have made the results lower than they should have been, but I still think your kidney function is sub-optimal.
> Regarding vitamin c analysis , I forgot to mention something that may be interesting .The laboratory where I did the blood test told me they were not performing analysis of vitamin c themselves and they will send my blood to another laboratory(let's call it lab "B") , but the lab "B" didn't perform vitamin c analysis too , so my blood was finally send to another laboratory which performs this analysis. So , could my low rate vitamin c be explained by the fact that my blood went through several laboratories before being analysed , I mean the fact that it took some time had maybe had effects on blood content ? what do you think ?
> My personnal opinion is that tubes that contains blood are supposed to be well closed normally.I think that if the blood was handled properly, the results would be accurate.
> After two weeks with taking vitamin C supplement (2g/day) , I did another test in another laboratory (from the paper , it seems my blood was also forwarded to another laboratory) and my result were :
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> My rate : 75mcmol/l
> Normal rate : 28 to 57 mcmol/lSo, this means you're absorbing vitamin C well, and you actually have more than the reference value in your blood.
> So , my vitamin C went back to normal , but I have not felt any change at all , I am still experiencing extreme fatigue 24/7 , low energy........and all the bad things that depression brings with it.It's generally more complex than just a vitamin C deficiency. Before you're through with figuring out what's useful for you, you may find yourself taking many different supplements together. That's my experience, anyway.
> I was thinking of increasing much greater my daily vitamin C intake (currently at 2g/day)
You don't need to do that.
> but I just read your advice regarding selenium supplement so I think I should give it a try but I must be sure that my 1st result of low vitamin c was not a mistake.
I don't think it's relevant any more. Your second test shows that your vitamin C intake is better than adequate.
> I am about to see my endocrinologist next monday and will keep you informed about what I am going to do.
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> Thanks again for your help
>
> Regards,
> PierreYou're welcome.
Lar
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