When is ascorbic acid necessary?

Ascorbic acid is an artificially produced vitamin C. It allows you to quickly quench the body's need for a vitamin, thanks to the correct dosage. It is recommended for use for various purposes, not only for vitamin deficiency ...

Range

Today, ascorbic acid is produced in a different pharmacological form: in large tablets, in dragees, in the form of powder and even a solution in ampoules. Large tablets have different tastes: orange, strawberry, lemon, mint. The manufacturer sometimes adds sugar or glucose, because the tablets are quite acidic in taste. In this package, 10 tablets of 0,025 g. This amount is enough for an adult person for 1 day (the daily requirement for a healthy adult's vitamin is two times less).

When to start taking

• It is very useful for ascorbic acid to children and pregnant women, during lactation . It is indicated for use by the elderly. When pregnancy ascorbic is necessary, as it reduces the likelihood of the appearance of stretch marks, heavy bleeding during labor, reduces the likelihood of complications in pregnancy. Children like ascorbic because of her taste. It brings invaluable benefits to the child's body, increasing its immunity. For the elderly, it is also important to consume vitamin C for disease prevention, for quick recovery, healing of wounds, normalization of metabolic processes, circulation.
• Doctors often prescribe ascorbic acid to patients with certain diseases: mainly with beriberi, as well as bleeding, intoxications, infectious and liver diseases, kidneys, gastrointestinal tract and others.
• They use it both as an antioxidant and for improving metabolic processes in the body, as prevention of diseases.
• And also with increased loads, physical and mental.
• To reduce harm from cigarettes, hormonal tablets.
• Not to mention the prevention of colds.

Dosage

Despite the fact that in 1 package the amount of vitamin is twice as much (250 mg) as needed (100 mg), it is necessary to consume just as much (maximum 300 mg) for preventive and curative purposes. Maximum dosages for children:

Up to a year - 35 mg;

From 2 to 3 years - 40 mg;

From 4 to 10 years - 45 mg;

From 10 to 14 years - 50 mg;

Closer to 18 years can be given as an adult, but a maximum of 200 mg per day, i.e. Less than 1 package of any ascorbic.

Nursing and pregnant women should not exceed a dose of more than 80 mg.

In some cases, the doctor can prescribe up to 500 mg per day, both to an adult and to a child. But it can only be done by a specialist!

Warnings

Ascorbic acid is absolutely contraindicated in people with diabetes mellitus, people with a tendency to thrombosis (clots in blood vessels), with high blood coagulability and with individual acid intolerance.

The excess of artificial vitamin is excreted from the body, so ascorbic acid in the urine can be detected within the next 4 hours. If you are going to take tests, it is better to stop taking pills 1 day before going to the polyclinic.

And, despite the peculiarity of ascorbic to be quickly consumed, the main danger is still an overdose: it can lead to impaired renal and pancreatic functions.

Overdose will prompt side effects: heartburn, diarrhea, skin rash. Such consequences occur with long-term intake of ascorbic in large amounts (more than 1 g per day).

As soon as you feel better, go to fruits, berries and vegetables with a high content of vitamin C: rose hips, black currants, mountain ash, sea buckthorn, rutabaga, citrus, red pepper, cabbage, potatoes, rutabaga. It is necessary to enter into your diet and greens: parsley, green onions, dill. Ascorbic acid will never replace the benefits of natural products.