How Often A Child Can Take Vitamin C?

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I just want to be sure. Kids are sensitive when it comes to taking medicines. By the way, I know that vitamin C can give the best benefits to kids health. I want to know how often can a child take Vitamin C in a day. Is 500mg too much?

You are asking for an opinion that will affect your child's health -- a medical opinion. AFAIK, there are no trained and licensed physicians, pediatricians, nutritionists, or child-development specialists on this website.

Your best be is to consult an appropriately-trained and licensed medical professional, and not a random collection of non-medical strangers on a social website.

I am not a doctor so I don't know and was never taking Vitamin C regularly so I can't say but as for the amount - it's impossible to overdose Vitamin C. I love the taste of Vitamin C and I could eat the whole pack (25x 200mg=5g) in one go ever since I were a kid so they had to hide if from me (that's the reason why I never had it regularly - I could always find it, eat it and get told "we are not buying you anymore of it" for a while, lol).
I try to control myself now but I still can't stop myself from taking too much of it when I buy a pack - I bought one yesterday because I am sick right now and I ate about 4,5g already(45x100mg). LOL

However I heard that big doses can be bad for urinary tract. I don't have that kind of issues though.

Well, according to the experts -- fully trained and licensed medical practitioners -- at the Mayo Clinic, megadoses of vitamin C supplements might cause: Diarrhea, Nausea, Vomiting, Heartburn, Abdominal cramps, Headache, and/or Insomnia.

Link to Article: "Is it possible to take too much vitamin C?"

No one should self-medicate or medicate a child with mega-doses of any vitamin without first consulting with, and gaining the approval of a fully trained and licensed medical practitioner, preferably a general-practice physician, a pediatrician, or a nutritional specialist in the medical field.

Why do you think that? Too much Vitamin C is not good for children or adults.

500 mg is something like 10 to 20 times the maximum dose you should give a child.

I take too much Vitamin C because it is part of a B Super Complex that contains 150 mg per pill. I need to find one that has lower levels of vitamins.

I take half a gram 3x a day(1ce with each meal) & I haven't noticed any adverse affects. However my girlfriend also takes that dose & she had increased it abit to 2 grams a day because she gets sick easily from a stress illness. She lowered it back to half a gram 3x a day after abit because she thought it was aggravating her stomach. She has lots of stomach issues thou.

I appreciate all your concerns and useful advice.

As far as I know, Vitamin C is water-soluble, not fat-soluble, so whatever your body doesn't use gets flushed away down the toilet.

I'm no expert though, so don't hold me accountable. But I know when I'm trying to kick a cold, I will spread out my doses of C throughout the day. I prefer to get my C from grapefruit juice, though.

Only up to a point. After that, the symptoms of vitamin toxicity kick in, and you may as well have the flu.

If you treat a cold, it will be over in 7 days. If you don't treat a cold, you'll have it for a full week!

That's my theory when it comes to minor community acquired chest infections, people are obsessed with popping antibiotics for these things!