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More people need to be educated on the chiral spin of molecules. You can have two of the same chemical, with vastly different effects because their curvature bonds with proteins differently. Chemistry is just now getting to the point where we can even start experimenting with different curves of molecules. Though we have long known about this phenomenon. This type of research is probably at the forefront of what we need to do chemically.
I saw a study they did on Vit C . They had an orange, orange juice and a Vit C supplement. They measured the release of the Vit C over a 24 hour period. All forms put the levels up immediately but the levels of the juice and supplement then went straight down. The orange levels went up, plateaued for about 8 hours and then went down. The orange, with the fibre, released the Vit C at a constant rate over that time. Whole foods win every time
Kind of a click bait title. Good information but ultimately what's the best vitamin C falls under "it depends". I find that the channel loses credibility when it has deceptive titles.
Buffered Vitamin C can be created at home, dissolve regular ascorbic acid in water and later add to it 1/4 of the amount baking soda. The water will fizz and after 10 second you will have sodium ascorbate.
Can you tell me more? I'd like to know. Let's say I have a fizzy tablet of 100mg of vit C, do I add 25mg of baking soda? And isn't synthetic/normal ascorbic acid made out of GMO e.g. black mold from corn/lemons?
@@yaseenyahya Not sure what to do with tablets, I only buy powder. Tablets are probably made with other stuff and will not dissolve quickly in water, if it is a fizzy tablet than again I'm not sure because I never tried it, the fact the it is fizzing implies to me that it already may have some baking soda in it but I may be wrong. If you use regular ascorbic acid powder than yes, for 100mg of vit C, add 25mg of baking soda. Some ascorbic acid is GMO and some is not, they will let you know if it isn't on the label. No Idea about the black mold. Yes as far as I know it's made from corn.
@@ManageDeMaia i just put the powder in my big gulp cup with my green tea and sip it through the work day - so that the C is regularly entering the body (since it dissipates so fast). So I don't see a need to "buffer" it. Buffered tablets tend to sit to long in my stomach causing ulcers.
🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation: 00:00 🍊 Discussing the best type of Vitamin C: Whole Food, buffered, or liposomal. 00:28 📊 Four main forms of Vitamin C supplements cover 95% of the market. 01:07 🔄 Distinction between Whole Food Vitamin C and isolated/synthetic forms. 02:02 ❓ Consideration of Whole Food vs. isolated synthetic Vitamin C. 02:29 🔬 No known difference in biological activity between natural and synthetic ascorbic acid. 03:09 🤔 Whole Food Vitamin C contains co-factors missing in synthetic forms. 03:37 🆚 Pros and cons of synthetic and Whole Food Vitamin C supplements. 04:19 💲 Synthetic Vitamin C is inexpensive and available in high doses. 05:12 🥦 Whole Food Vitamin C supplements come with natural co-factors. 06:33 🤷 Difficult to superdose with Whole Food Vitamin C due to pill volume. 07:00 ⚖️ Adrenal gland stimulation and sodium retention linked to Vitamin C types. 07:54 🌟 Whole Food Vitamin C aids copper bioavailability; synthetic lowers it. 09:03 🚑 Use of synthetic Vitamin C for acute cases like flu due to high dose availability. 10:21 🛒 Most commercial ascorbic acid comes from chemical companies. 11:29 🚫 Side effects of ascorbic acid include stomach upset and diarrhea. 12:26 🔃 Buffered Vitamin C is less acidic and stomach-friendly. 13:06 💊 Liposomal Vitamin C boasts higher absorption and stomach gentleness. 15:13 🧪 Vitamin C with bioflavonoids may enhance uptake, but evidence is mixed. 16:06 🛁 Ascorbyl palmitate is fat-soluble, used in foods and creams, but less studied. 17:04 📝 Recommendations vary based on desired vitamin C benefits and co-factors. Made with HARPA AI
@@katcat5088 I just looked at a long list of foods that contain oxalates and how much. Kiwi's are low-moderate in it. Things like spinach, rhubarb, okra, and to a lesser extent some nuts and seeds (like almonds, cashews, etc) and certain grains/pseudo grain foods like rice bran and buckwheat are *considerably* higher in oxalates than kiwis. We're talking 16 mg per serving vs anywhere from 200 to 1500 mg per serving. Not worried about it at all, especially since I have a diet moderately high in oxalates (because I eat almonds and cashews somewhat regularly, and a lot of legumes like lentils) and I haven't even had a hint of kidney stones in my some 4 and a half decades. Thankfully I don't like spinach, rhubarb, and okra, so I'm not getting super high levels of it. This issue really is overblown, unless you are eating a ton of the former (spinach etc). I also regularly fast with lime or lemon juice water which is very good at cleansing the kidneys and helping to break up potential kidney stones. Often people who over worry about oxalates are either into keto and/or carnivore, which is ironic because these are often eating a lot of animal foods which have high levels of pesticide residues, especially in the fattier foods like butter (animals are bioaccumulators of toxins, the huge majority of which get stored in their fat). I'm A LOT more concerned with things like glyphosate than oxalates. Our bodies evolved along side and eating plenty of oxalates--but not things like glyphosate (which wrecks the intestinal lining, among other issues).
@@JJ-jl1ge Yeah so "full of". 🙄🤣 Nothing compared to both organic and especially non organic animal products. Animals live significantly longer than plants and consume, many, many plants, and bio accumulate whatever exogenous residues on the plants. But yeah, I happen to buy the organic ones, but honestly I don't think there is a huge difference.
How about just eat an orange or squeeze a lemon into your water. Dont forget apple cider vinegar for added benefits. Capers and vinegar foods like pickles or sauerkraut help the pancreas. For thousands of years before refridgeration we preserved and ate fermented foods. Kefir, kimchi....
That is exactly what I do . Drink about 2 litres of water from the fridge topped off with pure lemon juice. Totally refreshing and I feel the better for it. First thing in the morning, I take a small glass of water with a capful of Cider apple vinegar. About 20 mins before my breakfast.
There are studies that show cold water slows down or can all together make the absorption stop to a point of no benefit. Room temp is always best. Even on hot days cold water is bad. @@jamesmarshall3311
I would if they were not poisoned with all sorts of chemicals.. They inject them with a weird blend to make them mature faster, while they afterwards spray them with chemicals so they stay fresh longer, absolute crazy..
I agree- I do find it a bit disturbing that there was no mention in this video about truly "whole" food sources of vitamin C... I mean, the video is called "we finally know what type of vitamin C is best" NOT "...vitamin C SUPPLEMENT" is best. So they really should have included whole foods sources given that title.
The error in this is thinking is that ascorbic acid is vitamin C. That is not the case. Ascorbic acid is part of the vitamin C complex in foods. Just because the government allows one to name ascorbic acid as vitamin C does not make it a fact. Ascorbic acid makes up about 1% of the vitamin C complex in our foods. If one gets scurvy, which is a vitamin C deficiency, you will not fix it with ascorbic acid isolates. You need the complete vitamin C complex to fix it.
Great info as always. The one question I have about anything labeled "from whole food souces" is "What about pesticide residues, are these eliminated during the manufacturing process?" To me "from whole food souces" is a misnomer if "whole" includes pesticide /herbicide residues. I buy organic whenever I can as there is a taste difference. I suspect that there's also a difference in any vitamin derived ftom non-organic produce as well.
There is no difference, your body is exposed to more toxins just breathing air than the amount that could potentially end up in a small capsule from any food source.
@@1bullneck1 I don’t think he’s saying that machines contain pesticides. I believe pesticides would increase when moisture and fibers are eliminated during processing therefore concentrating the remaining components.
The most important is IV vitamin C 25k - 75K mg. Remarkable effect on sepsis , MRSA , Covid , and most bacterial, viral and fungal conditions and...cancer.
They don’t need it I/V just add vitamin C to diet make sure is getting enough nutrients from food & enough vitD from sun or add vitamin! Also check the drug Fenbendazol which is known to kill cancer cells ( also works on dogs as it’s a dog wormer called Panacur 🤷♀️😉) also search info online on other natiral foods that kill cancer 🤞🙏
Something to be aware of is (if I’m not mistaken) glucose and vit c compete for absorption. So maybe take vit c on an empty stomach, while eating fats, proteins or on the lower carb spectrum. PS- Sauerkraut is a very good source of food grade vit c as well. Personally I take organic camu camu.
The real issue is, the synthetic C needs to be the L-ascorbic acid {natural} form, not the D-ascorbic acid {synthetic} form, which is cheap and what most companies use, usually a blend of D and L form. There are plenty of scientific studies showing the cells need to be replete in ascorbate, which will not happen with so called whole food vitamin C. Copper and ceruloplasmin are not depleted until very high doses of ascorbic acid are used, nobody mentions that, and if you have studies to prove otherwise, share them, I need more than your opinion. Using a good fully buffered, pharmaceutical-grade {or better} L-ascorbate vitamin C product that has been tested for contaminants, is absolutely a healthy supplement to include in your regimen. Mega dosing is not required. And remember, if you are eating a good diet, you are getting some whole food C already, and all you need to do is add to it with a proper C supplement.
I'm slightly confused by your commend, with respect. You stated: "There are plenty of scientific studies showing the cells need to be replete in ascorbate, which will not happen with so called whole food vitamin C." Then stated, "Mega dosing is not required...if you are eating a good diet, you are getting some whole food C already". It sounds like to me, with respect, contradictory. First you state your cells won't be replete with ascorbate with whole foods vitamin C then say if you eat a good diet you have lots of whole-food vitamin c and it feels like you were implying ...this kind of sufficient? How is it sufficient if it does not replete your cells with ascorbate?
@@MathTutorVideos the studies that I had seen presented by Dr. Jaffee showed that it took more ascorbate than what a standard diet provides to give the cells what they need, according to the science he presented. When I refer to 'mega dosing', I was talking about 10-20 grams/day, Linus Pauling style. ua-cam.com/video/TM_z-cMYplc/v-deo.html Personally, due to the way food is prepared, shipped, heated and cooked, etc., I would not rely on whole foods to give my system the ascorbate that the body needs. It has been shown that even fresh food is deplete of vitamin C, since most fruit, vegetables, etc. are not ripened properly, and then what they have gets depleted in storage, shipping , and age. I don't think large mega doses are necessary unless you are fighting something. But a gram or two {not found in a day's food supply} of a clean, buffered ascorbate will give the cells what they need, without putting the body into an oxidative state. I am not a scientist, this is just the way I see it, currently. Whole foods may be 'enough', but not 'optimal'.
The study I'm referring to used 600mg and showed an average decrease of 20% in ceruloplasmin activity (link: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3694287/). Whether you should go with AA or whole food C comes down to your individual nutrient levels and what you want to achieve. So it's impossible to say without knowing who you are talking to.
@@felix-harder Interesting. what they don't investigate is, when something lowers or raises something, does it normalize? For instance, something may cause an increase in prolactin, but then the body normalizes it after a while. Some things can raise blood pressure, but raising it is not as important as if it stays raised. So, my question would be, what ceruloplasmin levels do their' tests represent, ceruloplasmin just after taking the AA, or ceruloplasmin hours later, etc. Levels of protein carriers, hormones, enzymes, etc. can be affected spontaneously or chronically, and should be tested to verify. If something you consume changes something in your serum, how long does that last, and is it fair to say that something is overall high or low, if it is a short lived response to something. Many of these studies are missing key factors in drawing conclusions. Something I am curious about.
Can you clarify what the sentence below is implying? Cells need to be replete in ascorbate in order for what to happen? "There are plenty of scientific studies showing the cells need to be replete in ascorbate..."
Im wondering if theres a link between copper and my hair loss bc you mentioned vitamin C lowering copper. I noticed whenever i tried cycling high doses of vitamin C I noticed significant hair loss this also happened with zic supplement they both lowet copper. Do you think trying a bio available form of copper may be a good experiment to see if i notice less shedding/hair loss? Do you know of any goid bioavailable forms of copper?
I don't take Vitamin C, but I eat enough fruits and vegetables that has vitamin c on them, so to me this has been the best way to get my vitamins, blood work shows all in check! :)
Natural is always best. I remember a biology teacher telling our class that if natural and synthetic nutrients are both available, the body will always choose natural first. It's how humans have survived throughout history. Also, how much can we trust modern manufacturers with our health?
Same here... I do find it a bit disturbing that there was no mention in this video about truly "whole" food sources of vitamin C... I mean, the video is called "we finally know what type of vitamin C is best" NOT "...vitamin C SUPPLEMENT" is best. So they really should have included whole foods sources given that title.
@rryAB Correction: As per the argument you're actually trying to make, "WHOLE FOOD sources" are best. Remember, as a solo molecule, the vitamin C molecule is "natural" no matter where it is, BUT what counts are the OTHER molecules coming WITH it (or not). Those other molecules help the body to actually USE the vitamin C (or not, if they are not there).
@titan1719 Correction: As per the argument they're actually trying to make, "WHOLE FOOD sources" are best. Remember, as a solo molecule, the vitamin C molecule is "natural" no matter where it is, BUT what counts are the OTHER molecules coming WITH it (or not). Those other molecules help the body to actually USE the vitamin C (or not, if they are not there).
that was great, thank you. Im also interested in vitamin C used topically as an antioxidant. Could you please cover the various types used on skin? also you did'nt explain the pictures in the thumbnail. The synthetic photo looks scary!
High doses of pure ascorbic acid powder is amazing to use against a lot of conditions. No more cold, influenza or virus infections for days or weeks. With 10-20 grams pr day it’s gone in 1 day depending on getting started treating fast enough, no later than right after symptoms are getting bad. Add some D-mannose, and UTI is also gone in 24-48 hours. It’s a huge advantage to avoid antibiotics.
Wait what? From "No more cold, influenza or virus infection" - all of three are virus infections - to "It’s a huge advantage to avoid antibiotics"... Huh? Please don't take any antibiotics if you have a virus infection. They are made to kill bacteria, not viruses. Antibiotics won't help you with the infection and will f up your colon.
@@ObakuZenCenter Vitamin C is inexpensive, safe and effective. Read what scientists and doctors have written over the last 100 years:-- Steve Hickey and Hilary Roberts, Ascorbate: The Science of Vitamin C (Morrisville, NC: Lulu, 2004) Irwin Stone, The Healing Factor: Vitamin C Against Disease (New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1974). Linus Pauling, How to Live Longer and Feel Better (New York: W H Freeman & Co, 1986). Linus Pauling and Linus Pauling, Vitamin C, The Common Cold, and the Flu (San Francisco: W. H. Freeman, 1976). Thomas E. Levy, Primal Panacea (NV: Henderson, NV: MedFox Pub, 2011). Thomas E Levy, Curing the Incurable - Vitamin C, Infectious Diseases, and Toxins (Henderson, Nev.: MedFox Publishing, 2011). Steve Hickey and Andrew W. Saul, Vitamin C: The Real Story: The Remarkable and Controversial Healing Factor (Laguna Beach, CA: Basic Health Publications, 2008).
pls check ur kidneys as with such overdose you make them overwork a lot. superdose is 1 gr during 1 week is considered enormous dose and given by doctors exactly with the purpose you described. but it s,1 gr, not 10-20
One quarter of a yellow bell pepper or half a red one is a full adult dose of Vit C….Sauerkraut is even better if you like it, but bell peppers have low flavour so you can eat them even if you are not a vegge person.
Maybe I missed it but where was the title pic addressed here? Was that just click bait? It looks as though the synthetic C is more effective in that image, but who knows. It should have been mentioned....
I don't know my brother, if most people know how to appreciate your accumulated knowledge and how you lay things out to the very detail that many health teachers don't even know. Felix thank you for your generous hard work. You are a big blessing.
Linus Pauling made a convincing argument when he appeared on the Phil Donahue show (yeah, I'm old). Briefly, he said we lost the ability to produce it ourselves when we were eating a lot more fruit, but that other mammals which are similar in weight, like a goat, produce fifteen grams per day. He said if we consume that much it would be converted into other things we can use. He also warned that abrupt cessation would cause one to catch a cold or be more likely to get sick so we should taper off. I followed his advice for a couple of years back in the 80's with no ill effects, "that I know of." I did catch a cold when I quit without tapering off, and did not catch any colds while using it (I don't think that proved anything). I have always wondered if his claims were sufficiently researched, proven or debunked. However, I never looked into it. For the last twelve years I've just tried to eat from each of the color categories of vegetables to get a variety of phyto-nutrients, consume at least half a cup of beans or tofu for protein and supplement sometimes with calcium citrate, K and D. I don't think I eat especially healthy as I'm eating sugar, ice cream and alcohol in moderate amounts.
Doctor on a YT reported that people on carnivore diet need only 3% as much vitamin C. Amazing to me. Wonder how that fits in with nature's carnivores like dogs and cats.
Linus Pauling double Nobel Price winner….what he said about it C was proven right except on a big study where the researchers didn’t follow Dr Pauling method and obviously the results were not as expected ..until today that research is used to “debunk VIT C” power.
Yeah, Linus Pauling was a big advocate of taking mega dose of vitamin C, and published Vitamin C and the Common Cold (1970), also Cancer and Vitamin C (1981). Unfortunately, he also died of prostate cancer at the ripe old age of 93. Compare and contrast Linus Pauling with Warren Buffett who drinks Coca-Cola daily, eats breakfast at McDonald's and routinely plays Bridge for his exercise, also 93 years old was diagnosed with stage 1 prostate cancer in 2012 for which he received radiation treatment and as of the current date still alive and well, although he may wear Depends now. The people commenting here are probably into astrology, new age medicine, crystal healing stones, aromatherapy, veganism, etc. There is no Fountain of Youth and 62 will never be the new 25.
Linus Pauling said synthesised L ascorbic acid is the same as in the natural in nature. Linus Pauling a great scientist and the only one with 2 unshared nobel prize. caution in various tyoes of salt of ascorbic acid eg excessive calcium ascorbate. pls tell the truth.
Thats BS, this guy hast no idea what he’s talking about, there no such thing as synthetic vit C. Vit C has to be „ extracted“ from food that consist of glucose, since 70 years.
Wrong. "The Reichstein process in chemistry is a combined chemical and microbial method for the production of ascorbic acid from D-glucose that takes place in several steps."
The best vitamin C form is DHAA, which is 1000x more absorbable by the body than glucose, which is many times more absorbable than ascorbic acid and outcompetes its uptake. In spite of what is said, this form is plentiful in meat, making fresh meat the best possible source of ABSORBABLE vitamin C.
@@InsolentVillager then you probably know much more than me about it. would you mind explaining how omega-3 fatty acids as DHA/EPA are/become ascorbic acid?
@@InsolentVillager my apologies, I was actually looking up 'how to get rid of trolls' and it never occurred to me to look up your claim. you really don't differentiate between dehydroascorbic acid and docosahexaenoic acid, do you?
Agree. When my immune system is down, my intolerances come back - generally yeast and alcohol - and a lot of supplements use fermentation or alcohol (including herbs) in the manufacturing process (even if not declared as an ingredient). Generally sorting out my gut mocrobiome and giving that a boost helps.
Let me tell all of you: you don't need extra vitamin C on a normal diet... It is one of the commonest vitamins and almost nobody is deficient. Don't lose your money, eat oranges from time to time... Or red bell pepper
An orange does not get rid of a sore throat in 20 minutes. Vit C is helpful in the medicine cabinet. And larger doses sorted out choroiditis in my right eye, saved my vision and avoided treatment with steroids. 20 years later, I still have healthy vision and no vascularisation which is the usual prognosis. Agree that normally we get enough vit C - in spite of poor soil leading to lower vitamin and mineral content than 50 years ago.@@Hansulf
@@PatroliHoax less issues with whole food C, no upset stomach and it still does the job a little slower. Liposomal is too expensive, you should only use it in emergencies like pneumonia.
Um....how about just eating better so you don't have to supplement vitamin C? According to cronometer I am getting 406% of the RDA for vitamin C with 100% of the RDA coming from a whopping 60 calories of kale and 71% of my RDA coming from 29 calories of broccoli. Only 2.5 ounces of red bell pepper will give most people 100% or more of the RDA for Vitamin C. This is one of the easiest vitamins to get!
They don't have to be. That's why, after a LOT of research, I decided upon ONLY THREE food rules for myself: 1) I only eat certified organic food (and no, it does NOT need to be expensive, especially with my carrot / banana / orange / grassfed milk / sunflower seeds / kale / oats / grassfed beef / potatoes / lentils diet I calculated gets me 100% of all 26 essential nutrients in the most frugal way for where I'm located!) ... 2) I eat mainly whole (single ingredient, whole) foods. 3) IF I stick to those first two rules... I eat what I crave (IF it's a whole and organic food).
Overall, very interesting deep dive into Vitamin C which if often overlooked in people's vitamin stack. One thing that takes away from the quality of the information is the broad China swipe. According to wikipedia, China exports 80-90% of the world's vitamin C supplements. With market penetration that broad there will be a lot of high and low quality manufacturers, so your advice of just "avoid made in China" is not very useful to your viewers. Maybe care and due diligence needed to be made to identify quality brands instead of relying intellectually lazy bias to make decisions.
YES... my husband prepares this drink every morning..then we walk our Doggies...then breakfast 1 hour later. According to Eric Berg...this drink is beneficial for the Prostate. 😊😊😊
well if you include the peel make sure its organic lemon. you dont want all the pesticide shit in your smoothies from non -organic lemons. even if you wash them, they are still left in the peel itself.
Kakadu plums The Kakadu plum (Terminalia ferdinandiana) is an Australian native superfood containing 100 times more vitamin C than oranges. It has the highest known concentration of vitamin C of any food, containing up to 2,907 mg per 100 grams (g) (camu camu is about 2145 per 100 grams). Just one plum (about 15 g) packs 436 mg of vitamin C, which is 484% of the DV.
As a medical imaging expert w 40 yrs experience I find your photos of kidney angiograms falsely misleading. They demonstrate nothing except you are willing to lie to the public. Which corporation do you work for ?
Hi Felix, great information but you don't address the thumbnail used in this video. What is depicted in the thumbnail and what is the story behind it? It would be great if you addressed this as the thumbnail seems very interesting. Thanks.
I love this video and the time and research you put into the presentation. The only thing you missed, which I was eager to see comparisons on is Vitamin C from freshly squeezed or eaten citrus or plant based versions of intake, and absorption and what’s needed for fighting germs?
Good question, though it might be impossible to do given our soil and farming practices-you’d definitely reap more vitamins and minerals choosing organic food options.
Sadly I live in Sweden where the central authority on what is allowed and not says that testing for copper "has no medicinal value" and is therefore not done here. Through research I have established that getting a test for copper probably would help me quite a lot in knowing how to move forward, but it's simply too expensive to order from abroad.
They wouldn't even give me a blood test for my iron levels despite massive health issues. Swedish healthcare is an absolute joke. Absolutely horrible guidelines and also the quality of the doctors you get is.... Well... Very very low.
Ultimately, an interesting video but I really don't appreciate the scaremongering click bait thumbnail that is completely irrelevant to the content of the video. It may get you some views but I won't be subscribing.
Speed @1.25 or sleepy time. Anyway, that was very interesting and informative, though twice as long as it needed to be. You told us the "what" then the "why" then gave an example.
It's just a brand name similar to saying centrum multivitamin, it also buffered with calcium so easier on stomach and last longer in the body I think and the main reason is it contains metabolites, probably some of the one's mentioned here that just help assimilation into the body.
m I missing something or did you omit info regarding your preview picture (100 days natural vitamin c vs synthetic vitamin c). I didn't see any info on that comparison
That is interesting! Edgar Cyce said tha Vitamin C alone is in orangejuice. But that is a hybrid. It must be activated. The vitamin C with the activating unit is in lemon. Because lemon is not a hybrid it has the factor in it to activate it. He said you should put a little bit of lemon to orange juice to activate the Vitamin C in it.
Superdosing vitamin C can lead to kidney stones. I am intolerant to sugar and acidity (gastritis) so I can't eat fruits and got a vitamin C deficiency. Currently, thinking how to get vit C without the sugar and acidity. All synthetic vit C irritate my stomach, even the liposomal. I can't eat oranges - too much sugar and acidity. I don't eat green vegetables - hard to sterilize them in these Covid times. I guess I will try red peppers - they have more vitamin C than oranges and less sugar and acidity.
Calsium ascorbate should be neutral. Soaking the vegetables in vinegar water works against bacteria. Briefly cooking should also work. Cooking for a long time can degrade the vitamin C.
@@anderslvolljohansen1556 I've tried Sodium Ascorbate (Ascorbic acid neutralized with Baking soda). Although it is neutral, it still dissociates into Ascorbic acid in the intestines and still irritates them, although less than Ascorbic acid. My concern with vegetables is Covid, not the bacteria. I microwave frozen broccoli every day but apparently that degrades vit C too much.
@@ExtaTer Is there any scientific research supporting the idea that covid viruses on leafy green vegetables can remain active long enough and cause disease in the eater? PCR tests can be positive even if only degraded viruses remain. I suspect vinegar water would work against the covid virus as well, but haven't checked. The pancreas excretes sodium bicarbonate to neutralise the stomach acid. The ascorbate lacks a proton (hydrogen without the electron), so I guess the ascorbate part when dissociated will not add any acidity because it hasn't got that proton to give away. The degrading isn't sudden, so brief cooking and quick cooling should limit degradation. It could leak out into the water if you boil it in water.
Avoiding green veggies because of "COVID" is next-level. It's a respiratory virus. Eat your veggies. Respiratory viruses have a very short life on surfaces.
You missed the main point altogether. Your body flushes out vitamin C fairly quickly. But to get maximum benefit, you need a constant supply of vitamin C. That means you either need to take vitamin C several times a day or take a time-release vitamin C. The latter is preferable.
Wow! A very knowledgeable and comprehensive analysis of this very relevant question many of us have when we are trying to get a handle on our personal health.
Whenever I take higher doses of Vit C (especially intravenously) I get a weird side effect of anxiety or mental instability. Any ideas on why that is? thanks.
Vitamin C can be recognized y the body in a similar way like a sugar and can have profound impact on som people insulin levels / sensitivity (hypoglycemia). Vitamic C is needed tp produce dopamine but also stimulates neuronal cells to produce and release norepinephrine which is a natural stimulant for the pheripheral nerve system (can cause anxiety and changes in glucose levels)
One could argue against that the natural and synthetic vitamin C molecule is the same, as in nature vitamin C forms complexes which means it is an entirely different molecule that could have different properties (yes, that is mostly until the molecule gets broken apart again but upto that point this changes the bioavailability and how it is transported in the gut) - one of my favorite examples of this is the ascorbigen molecule that is formed in cabbages and the content of which increases in fermented cabbages. It is formed by its precursor glucobrassicin. Glucobrassicin is enzymatically hydrolyzed to indole-3-carbinol, which in turn reacts with l-ascorbic acid ending up as ascorbigen. For same molar amounts, ascorbigen is more effective in the body compared to ascorbic acid alone. The indole parts of the molecule probably add their benefits. Mainly about bioavailablity though. Because the molecule breaks down in the gut if I remember correctly - but you can confirm this further Felix. Anyway, interesting topic, good video!! Edit: oh lol, I watched the video a bit further and there was ascorbigen already.. lol. Never mind. Your video quality is hard to beat.
@@sblijheidonly if you're healthy already. If you suffered for over 40s years with a wheat intolerance, and told the doctor all your symptoms only to have them tell you you're making it up then you have a lot of gut issues that takes years to correct and malabsorption of vitamin and minerals is a major problem
I couldn't afford much in the way of fresh fruit and vegetables on a steady basis, for a long time in my life. But occasionally I could afford bottle of vitamins. Vitamin C is one of those things I really needed. I would have preferred the whole foods, but synthetic was the best I could do.
The most important thing is to know why you should supplement vitamin C. For example, vitamin C deficiency is a problem with the quality of collagen. Our entire body is made of collagen, including our blood vessels. Long-term vitamin C deficiency is the main cause of heart disease. Vitamin C is the basis of supplementation. It is important to provide the body with vitamin C in small doses around the clock.
i've had some success with sodium ascorbate, i don't take it often only for flu or infection but regular ascorbic acid seems not to work at all even in high doses
The body can only recognise natural foods,not synthetics and I really don’t care what type of information that comes out there,you decide what’s best,a friend of my brother healed his cirrhosis stage 4 cancer just by drinking kumquat juice mix with water,the question is can you heal with synthetics? You can answer that question
He did answer that question but as stated by you, "I really don’t care what type of information that comes out there" or you would have gained the knowledge.
I do find it a bit disturbing that there was no mention in this video about truly "whole" food sources of vitamin C... I mean, the video is called "we finally know what type of vitamin C is best" NOT "...vitamin C SUPPLEMENT" is best. So they really should have included whole foods sources given that title.
Ascorbic acid is just a part of the whole vit C molecule, but the definition of vit C to ascorbic acid to help push the synthetic vit C in the store. so just eat citric fruits for you vit C instead of buying supplements
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What a made up story 😅😅 enjoy ratings by telling old story with good pics video clips. ?😅
@@priyakulkarni9583your comment seems more like nonsense than his video. LOL
hi, what did you study?
did you study any chemistry or nutrition?
More people need to be educated on the chiral spin of molecules.
You can have two of the same chemical, with vastly different effects because their curvature bonds with proteins differently.
Chemistry is just now getting to the point where we can even start experimenting with different curves of molecules.
Though we have long known about this phenomenon.
This type of research is probably at the forefront of what we need to do chemically.
@priyakulkarni9583 that's an outlandish statement to make. Where is your supporting evidence?
I saw a study they did on Vit C . They had an orange, orange juice and a Vit C supplement. They measured the release of the Vit C over a 24 hour period. All forms put the levels up immediately but the levels of the juice and supplement then went straight down. The orange levels went up, plateaued for about 8 hours and then went down. The orange, with the fibre, released the Vit C at a constant rate over that time. Whole foods win every time
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Thanks. Very important.
Kind of a click bait title. Good information but ultimately what's the best vitamin C falls under "it depends". I find that the channel loses credibility when it has deceptive titles.
Buffered Vitamin C can be created at home, dissolve regular ascorbic acid in water and later add to it 1/4 of the amount baking soda. The water will fizz and after 10 second you will have sodium ascorbate.
Can you tell me more? I'd like to know.
Let's say I have a fizzy tablet of 100mg of vit C, do I add 25mg of baking soda?
And isn't synthetic/normal ascorbic acid made out of GMO e.g. black mold from corn/lemons?
@@yaseenyahya Not sure what to do with tablets, I only buy powder. Tablets are probably made with other stuff and will not dissolve quickly in water, if it is a fizzy tablet than again I'm not sure because I never tried it, the fact the it is fizzing implies to me that it already may have some baking soda in it but I may be wrong. If you use regular ascorbic acid powder than yes, for 100mg of vit C, add 25mg of baking soda. Some ascorbic acid is GMO and some is not, they will let you know if it isn't on the label. No Idea about the black mold. Yes as far as I know it's made from corn.
that's interesting
@@yaseenyahyaif you're going to buy ascorbic acid the best one is quali-c
@@ManageDeMaia i just put the powder in my big gulp cup with my green tea and sip it through the work day - so that the C is regularly entering the body (since it dissipates so fast). So I don't see a need to "buffer" it. Buffered tablets tend to sit to long in my stomach causing ulcers.
The video is good, but the thumbnail is pure clickbait!👎
Well that thumbnail capture my attention to click this video, I have learn much more about the forms of vitamin C.
I downvoted this video for that reason
🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation:
00:00 🍊 Discussing the best type of Vitamin C: Whole Food, buffered, or liposomal.
00:28 📊 Four main forms of Vitamin C supplements cover 95% of the market.
01:07 🔄 Distinction between Whole Food Vitamin C and isolated/synthetic forms.
02:02 ❓ Consideration of Whole Food vs. isolated synthetic Vitamin C.
02:29 🔬 No known difference in biological activity between natural and synthetic ascorbic acid.
03:09 🤔 Whole Food Vitamin C contains co-factors missing in synthetic forms.
03:37 🆚 Pros and cons of synthetic and Whole Food Vitamin C supplements.
04:19 💲 Synthetic Vitamin C is inexpensive and available in high doses.
05:12 🥦 Whole Food Vitamin C supplements come with natural co-factors.
06:33 🤷 Difficult to superdose with Whole Food Vitamin C due to pill volume.
07:00 ⚖️ Adrenal gland stimulation and sodium retention linked to Vitamin C types.
07:54 🌟 Whole Food Vitamin C aids copper bioavailability; synthetic lowers it.
09:03 🚑 Use of synthetic Vitamin C for acute cases like flu due to high dose availability.
10:21 🛒 Most commercial ascorbic acid comes from chemical companies.
11:29 🚫 Side effects of ascorbic acid include stomach upset and diarrhea.
12:26 🔃 Buffered Vitamin C is less acidic and stomach-friendly.
13:06 💊 Liposomal Vitamin C boasts higher absorption and stomach gentleness.
15:13 🧪 Vitamin C with bioflavonoids may enhance uptake, but evidence is mixed.
16:06 🛁 Ascorbyl palmitate is fat-soluble, used in foods and creams, but less studied.
17:04 📝 Recommendations vary based on desired vitamin C benefits and co-factors.
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Thanks, what is the best?
@@anchoranchor3495 for everyday, whole foods. For sick, synthetic and load up.
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Those "Medical Text Books" have any Cures in em? Didn't think so...
I drink 1/2 of a lemon squeezed in a glass of water every day.
I'm a big fan of kiwis, which have a pretty good amount of C. Also lots of potassium and other nutrients.
Careful with those kidneys
Super tasty but high in oxalates. You can actually feel them on your tongue. Under a microscope they are very sharp dagger crystals.
@@katcat5088
I just looked at a long list of foods that contain oxalates and how much. Kiwi's are low-moderate in it.
Things like spinach, rhubarb, okra, and to a lesser extent some nuts and seeds (like almonds, cashews, etc) and certain grains/pseudo grain foods like rice bran and buckwheat are *considerably* higher in oxalates than kiwis. We're talking 16 mg per serving vs anywhere from 200 to 1500 mg per serving.
Not worried about it at all, especially since I have a diet moderately high in oxalates (because I eat almonds and cashews somewhat regularly, and a lot of legumes like lentils) and I haven't even had a hint of kidney stones in my some 4 and a half decades.
Thankfully I don't like spinach, rhubarb, and okra, so I'm not getting super high levels of it. This issue really is overblown, unless you are eating a ton of the former (spinach etc). I also regularly fast with lime or lemon juice water which is very good at cleansing the kidneys and helping to break up potential kidney stones.
Often people who over worry about oxalates are either into keto and/or carnivore, which is ironic because these are often eating a lot of animal foods which have high levels of pesticide residues, especially in the fattier foods like butter (animals are bioaccumulators of toxins, the huge majority of which get stored in their fat). I'm A LOT more concerned with things like glyphosate than oxalates. Our bodies evolved along side and eating plenty of oxalates--but not things like glyphosate (which wrecks the intestinal lining, among other issues).
Hope it’s organic or will be full of poisonous chemical sprays.
@@JJ-jl1ge Yeah so "full of". 🙄🤣
Nothing compared to both organic and especially non organic animal products. Animals live significantly longer than plants and consume, many, many plants, and bio accumulate whatever exogenous residues on the plants.
But yeah, I happen to buy the organic ones, but honestly I don't think there is a huge difference.
How about just eat an orange or squeeze a lemon into your water. Dont forget apple cider vinegar for added benefits. Capers and vinegar foods like pickles or sauerkraut help the pancreas. For thousands of years before refridgeration we preserved and ate fermented foods. Kefir, kimchi....
That is exactly what I do . Drink about 2 litres of water from the fridge topped off with pure lemon juice. Totally refreshing and I feel the better for it. First thing in the morning, I take a small glass of water with a capful of Cider apple vinegar. About 20 mins before my breakfast.
There are studies that show cold water slows down or can all together make the absorption stop to a point of no benefit. Room temp is always best. Even on hot days cold water is bad. @@jamesmarshall3311
I would if they were not poisoned with all sorts of chemicals.. They inject them with a weird blend to make them mature faster, while they afterwards spray them with chemicals so they stay fresh longer, absolute crazy..
@@jamesmarshall3311just be careful with all the acid a d your teeth
I agree- I do find it a bit disturbing that there was no mention in this video about truly "whole" food sources of vitamin C... I mean, the video is called "we finally know what type of vitamin C is best" NOT "...vitamin C SUPPLEMENT" is best. So they really should have included whole foods sources given that title.
Synthetic C is from g.m.o corn!?
That really sucks, it doesn't say that on the label.
The error in this is thinking is that ascorbic acid is vitamin C. That is not the case. Ascorbic acid is part of the vitamin C complex in foods. Just because the government allows one to name ascorbic acid as vitamin C does not make it a fact. Ascorbic acid makes up about 1% of the vitamin C complex in our foods. If one gets scurvy, which is a vitamin C deficiency, you will not fix it with ascorbic acid isolates. You need the complete vitamin C complex to fix it.
Excellent video! Thank you. Funny how anything synthetic has a downside. Natural is always best! 🍊
Great info as always. The one question I have about anything labeled "from whole food souces" is "What about pesticide residues, are these eliminated during the manufacturing process?" To me "from whole food souces" is a misnomer if "whole" includes pesticide /herbicide residues. I buy organic whenever I can as there is a taste difference. I suspect that there's also a difference in any vitamin derived ftom non-organic produce as well.
Buy some Organic Amla, tastes awful though.
There is no difference, your body is exposed to more toxins just breathing air than the amount that could potentially end up in a small capsule from any food source.
When they process fruit to make into powders the pesticides go up through the machine piping. Watched it on TV.
@@jasperine141 Why would the machine contain pesticides, lol.
@@1bullneck1
I don’t think he’s saying that machines contain pesticides. I believe pesticides would increase when moisture and fibers are eliminated during processing therefore concentrating the remaining components.
I take Life Extension brand liposomal vitamin c. 60 tablets for $25
What about natural Vitamin C capsules from rose hips & other plants high in natural Vitamin C?
Also falls under "whole food supplements" mentioned in the video :)
The most important is IV vitamin C 25k - 75K mg. Remarkable effect on sepsis , MRSA , Covid , and most bacterial, viral and fungal conditions and...cancer.
How do i get that? I know someone suffering from cancer
They don’t need it I/V just add vitamin C to diet make sure is getting enough nutrients from food & enough vitD from sun or add vitamin! Also check the drug Fenbendazol which is known to kill cancer cells ( also works on dogs as it’s a dog wormer called Panacur 🤷♀️😉) also search info online on other natiral foods that kill cancer 🤞🙏
But the High dose of Vit C is synthetic Ascorbic Acid
Something to be aware of is (if I’m not mistaken) glucose and vit c compete for absorption. So maybe take vit c on an empty stomach, while eating fats, proteins or on the lower carb spectrum.
PS- Sauerkraut is a very good source of food grade vit c as well.
Personally I take organic camu camu.
Osmo liposomal
Factoid - Red cabbage unpasteurized sauerkraut has much more vitamin C content than green cabbage.
but i was told to eat lemon with carbs, it helps lower the insulin and helps with digestion
kale
No they do not compete.
The real issue is, the synthetic C needs to be the L-ascorbic acid {natural} form, not the D-ascorbic acid {synthetic} form, which is cheap and what most companies use, usually a blend of D and L form. There are plenty of scientific studies showing the cells need to be replete in ascorbate, which will not happen with so called whole food vitamin C. Copper and ceruloplasmin are not depleted until very high doses of ascorbic acid are used, nobody mentions that, and if you have studies to prove otherwise, share them, I need more than your opinion. Using a good fully buffered, pharmaceutical-grade {or better} L-ascorbate vitamin C product that has been tested for contaminants, is absolutely a healthy supplement to include in your regimen. Mega dosing is not required. And remember, if you are eating a good diet, you are getting some whole food C already, and all you need to do is add to it with a proper C supplement.
I'm slightly confused by your commend, with respect. You stated:
"There are plenty of scientific studies showing the cells need to be replete in ascorbate, which will not happen with so called whole food vitamin C."
Then stated, "Mega dosing is not required...if you are eating a good diet, you are getting some whole food C already". It sounds like to me, with respect, contradictory. First you state your cells won't be replete with ascorbate with whole foods vitamin C then say if you eat a good diet you have lots of whole-food vitamin c and it feels like you were implying ...this kind of sufficient? How is it sufficient if it does not replete your cells with ascorbate?
@@MathTutorVideos the studies that I had seen presented by Dr. Jaffee showed that it took more ascorbate than what a standard diet provides to give the cells what they need, according to the science he presented. When I refer to 'mega dosing', I was talking about 10-20 grams/day, Linus Pauling style. ua-cam.com/video/TM_z-cMYplc/v-deo.html
Personally, due to the way food is prepared, shipped, heated and cooked, etc., I would not rely on whole foods to give my system the ascorbate that the body needs. It has been shown that even fresh food is deplete of vitamin C, since most fruit, vegetables, etc. are not ripened properly, and then what they have gets depleted in storage, shipping , and age. I don't think large mega doses are necessary unless you are fighting something. But a gram or two {not found in a day's food supply} of a clean, buffered ascorbate will give the cells what they need, without putting the body into an oxidative state. I am not a scientist, this is just the way I see it, currently. Whole foods may be 'enough', but not 'optimal'.
The study I'm referring to used 600mg and showed an average decrease of 20% in ceruloplasmin activity (link: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3694287/).
Whether you should go with AA or whole food C comes down to your individual nutrient levels and what you want to achieve. So it's impossible to say without knowing who you are talking to.
@@felix-harder Interesting. what they don't investigate is, when something lowers or raises something, does it normalize? For instance, something may cause an increase in prolactin, but then the body normalizes it after a while. Some things can raise blood pressure, but raising it is not as important as if it stays raised. So, my question would be, what ceruloplasmin levels do their' tests represent, ceruloplasmin just after taking the AA, or ceruloplasmin hours later, etc. Levels of protein carriers, hormones, enzymes, etc. can be affected spontaneously or chronically, and should be tested to verify. If something you consume changes something in your serum, how long does that last, and is it fair to say that something is overall high or low, if it is a short lived response to something. Many of these studies are missing key factors in drawing conclusions. Something I am curious about.
Can you clarify what the sentence below is implying? Cells need to be replete in ascorbate in order for what to happen?
"There are plenty of scientific studies showing the cells need to be replete in ascorbate..."
So the thumbnail is clickbait or did I miss something.
Definitely a clickbait thumbnail, which is why I did not give this otherwise pretty good video a thumbs up.
He addresses the thumbnail @11:38
unfortuneatley clickbait typicalky comes first before facts
Im wondering if theres a link between copper and my hair loss bc you mentioned vitamin C lowering copper. I noticed whenever i tried cycling high doses of vitamin C I noticed significant hair loss this also happened with zic supplement they both lowet copper. Do you think trying a bio available form of copper may be a good experiment to see if i notice less shedding/hair loss? Do you know of any goid bioavailable forms of copper?
I don't take Vitamin C, but I eat enough fruits and vegetables that has vitamin c on them, so to me this has been the best way to get my vitamins, blood work shows all in check! :)
Natural is always best. I remember a biology teacher telling our class that if natural and synthetic nutrients are both available, the body will always choose natural first. It's how humans have survived throughout history. Also, how much can we trust modern manufacturers with our health?
@@WildberryABexactly our body has been adapted by evolution to absorb natural vitamin the best
Same here... I do find it a bit disturbing that there was no mention in this video about truly "whole" food sources of vitamin C... I mean, the video is called "we finally know what type of vitamin C is best" NOT "...vitamin C SUPPLEMENT" is best. So they really should have included whole foods sources given that title.
@rryAB Correction: As per the argument you're actually trying to make, "WHOLE FOOD sources" are best. Remember, as a solo molecule, the vitamin C molecule is "natural" no matter where it is, BUT what counts are the OTHER molecules coming WITH it (or not). Those other molecules help the body to actually USE the vitamin C (or not, if they are not there).
@titan1719 Correction: As per the argument they're actually trying to make, "WHOLE FOOD sources" are best. Remember, as a solo molecule, the vitamin C molecule is "natural" no matter where it is, BUT what counts are the OTHER molecules coming WITH it (or not). Those other molecules help the body to actually USE the vitamin C (or not, if they are not there).
And vitamin c from organic rose hip powder?
Nice info. What about time released vitamin C forms though ? Because the levels quickly go down again in the body (within 3 hours or so).
that was great, thank you. Im also interested in vitamin C used topically as an antioxidant. Could you please cover the various types used on skin?
also you did'nt explain the pictures in the thumbnail. The synthetic photo looks scary!
High doses of pure ascorbic acid powder is amazing to use against a lot of conditions. No more cold, influenza or virus infections for days or weeks. With 10-20 grams pr day it’s gone in 1 day depending on getting started treating fast enough, no later than right after symptoms are getting bad. Add some D-mannose, and UTI is also gone in 24-48 hours. It’s a huge advantage to avoid antibiotics.
Wait what? From "No more cold, influenza or virus infection" - all of three are virus infections - to "It’s a huge advantage to avoid antibiotics"... Huh?
Please don't take any antibiotics if you have a virus infection. They are made to kill bacteria, not viruses. Antibiotics won't help you with the infection and will f up your colon.
This is complete nonsense.
@@ObakuZenCenter, PROOF IT.
@@ObakuZenCenter Vitamin C is inexpensive, safe and effective. Read what scientists and doctors have written over the last 100 years:--
Steve Hickey and Hilary Roberts, Ascorbate: The Science of Vitamin C (Morrisville, NC: Lulu, 2004)
Irwin Stone, The Healing Factor: Vitamin C Against Disease (New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1974).
Linus Pauling, How to Live Longer and Feel Better (New York: W H Freeman & Co, 1986).
Linus Pauling and Linus Pauling, Vitamin C, The Common Cold, and the Flu (San Francisco: W. H. Freeman, 1976).
Thomas E. Levy, Primal Panacea (NV: Henderson, NV: MedFox Pub, 2011).
Thomas E Levy, Curing the Incurable - Vitamin C, Infectious Diseases, and Toxins (Henderson, Nev.: MedFox Publishing, 2011).
Steve Hickey and Andrew W. Saul, Vitamin C: The Real Story: The Remarkable and Controversial Healing Factor (Laguna Beach, CA: Basic Health Publications, 2008).
pls check ur kidneys as with such overdose you make them overwork a lot.
superdose is 1 gr during 1 week is considered enormous dose and given by doctors exactly with the purpose you described.
but it s,1 gr, not 10-20
One quarter of a yellow bell pepper or half a red one is a full adult dose of Vit C….Sauerkraut is even better if you like it, but bell peppers have low flavour so you can eat them even if you are not a vegge person.
Thumb nail was definitely click baity.
Rose hip very high in vit c
Maybe I missed it but where was the title pic addressed here? Was that just click bait? It looks as though the synthetic C is more effective in that image, but who knows. It should have been mentioned....
I don't know my brother, if most people know how to appreciate your accumulated knowledge and how you lay things out to the very detail that many health teachers don't even know. Felix thank you for your generous hard work. You are a big blessing.
I believe co factors are extremely important as the co factors help with the body's absorption of the nutrient.
The studies on this are interesting. It seems up to a point there isn't much difference.
Studies do not back up your beliefs
But that's exactly the statement that needs more research...
There is no way this needed to be a 17 minute video. I couldn’t take it
I don’t appreciate the click bait thumbnail considering the underwhelming information. Downvoted.
Linus Pauling made a convincing argument when he appeared on the Phil Donahue show (yeah, I'm old). Briefly, he said we lost the ability to produce it ourselves when we were eating a lot more fruit, but that other mammals which are similar in weight, like a goat, produce fifteen grams per day. He said if we consume that much it would be converted into other things we can use. He also warned that abrupt cessation would cause one to catch a cold or be more likely to get sick so we should taper off.
I followed his advice for a couple of years back in the 80's with no ill effects, "that I know of." I did catch a cold when I quit without tapering off, and did not catch any colds while using it (I don't think that proved anything).
I have always wondered if his claims were sufficiently researched, proven or debunked. However, I never looked into it.
For the last twelve years I've just tried to eat from each of the color categories of vegetables to get a variety of phyto-nutrients, consume at least half a cup of beans or tofu for protein and supplement sometimes with calcium citrate, K and D. I don't think I eat especially healthy as I'm eating sugar, ice cream and alcohol in moderate amounts.
Doctor on a YT reported that people on carnivore diet need only 3% as much vitamin C. Amazing to me. Wonder how that fits in with nature's carnivores like dogs and cats.
Linus Pauling double Nobel Price winner….what he said about it C was proven right except on a big study where the researchers didn’t follow Dr Pauling method and obviously the results were not as expected ..until today that research is used to “debunk VIT C” power.
Yeah, Linus Pauling was a big advocate of taking mega dose of vitamin C, and published Vitamin C and the Common Cold (1970), also Cancer and Vitamin C (1981). Unfortunately, he also died of prostate cancer at the ripe old age of 93. Compare and contrast Linus Pauling with Warren Buffett who drinks Coca-Cola daily, eats breakfast at McDonald's and routinely plays Bridge for his exercise, also 93 years old was diagnosed with stage 1 prostate cancer in 2012 for which he received radiation treatment and as of the current date still alive and well, although he may wear Depends now. The people commenting here are probably into astrology, new age medicine, crystal healing stones, aromatherapy, veganism, etc. There is no Fountain of Youth and 62 will never be the new 25.
Linus Pauling said synthesised
L ascorbic acid is the same as in the natural in nature.
Linus Pauling a great scientist and the only one with 2 unshared nobel prize.
caution in various tyoes of salt of ascorbic acid eg excessive calcium ascorbate.
pls tell the truth.
Thats BS, this guy hast no idea what he’s talking about, there no such thing as synthetic vit C. Vit C has to be „ extracted“ from food that consist of glucose, since 70 years.
Wrong.
"The Reichstein process in chemistry is a combined chemical and microbial method for the production of ascorbic acid from D-glucose that takes place in several steps."
this click bait picture says you're all BS
The best vitamin C form is DHAA, which is 1000x more absorbable by the body than glucose, which is many times more absorbable than ascorbic acid and outcompetes its uptake. In spite of what is said, this form is plentiful in meat, making fresh meat the best possible source of ABSORBABLE vitamin C.
Nonsense
@@InsolentVillager I think you misunderstood the OP. he's talking about dehydroascorbic acid, not docosahexaenoic acid
@@InsolentVillager then you probably know much more than me about it. would you mind explaining how omega-3 fatty acids as DHA/EPA are/become ascorbic acid?
@@InsolentVillager my apologies, I was actually looking up 'how to get rid of trolls' and it never occurred to me to look up your claim. you really don't differentiate between dehydroascorbic acid and docosahexaenoic acid, do you?
@@InsolentVillager okay, try searching for the term 'dyslexia'.
thank you for the pleasant conversation. have a great rest of your day.
Nothing is better than daily freshly squeezed lemon juice.
Everyone around me at work constantly sick. I haven't had anything.
Lime.
Easy & natiral prevention is always better than any chemical cure 😎
I bet they all run to the pharmacy for man made chemical cures like lemsip 🤣
Allergies are another thing to consider when deciding on whole food vs synthetic supplements.
Agree. When my immune system is down, my intolerances come back - generally yeast and alcohol - and a lot of supplements use fermentation or alcohol (including herbs) in the manufacturing process (even if not declared as an ingredient). Generally sorting out my gut mocrobiome and giving that a boost helps.
Let me tell all of you: you don't need extra vitamin C on a normal diet... It is one of the commonest vitamins and almost nobody is deficient. Don't lose your money, eat oranges from time to time... Or red bell pepper
An orange does not get rid of a sore throat in 20 minutes. Vit C is helpful in the medicine cabinet. And larger doses sorted out choroiditis in my right eye, saved my vision and avoided treatment with steroids. 20 years later, I still have healthy vision and no vascularisation which is the usual prognosis. Agree that normally we get enough vit C - in spite of poor soil leading to lower vitamin and mineral content than 50 years ago.@@Hansulf
I'm allergic, you are right
They are not identical…. Natural vitamin C always.
Yes, very helpful video
I used to take ascorbic acid and liposomal but now I am taking whole food
Any difference?
@@PatroliHoax less issues with whole food C, no upset stomach and it still does the job a little slower. Liposomal is too expensive, you should only use it in emergencies like pneumonia.
Um....how about just eating better so you don't have to supplement vitamin C?
According to cronometer I am getting 406% of the RDA for vitamin C with 100% of the RDA coming from a whopping 60 calories of kale and 71% of my RDA coming from 29 calories of broccoli.
Only 2.5 ounces of red bell pepper will give most people 100% or more of the RDA for Vitamin C.
This is one of the easiest vitamins to get!
Things shouldn't be so complicated. 😢
They don't have to be. That's why, after a LOT of research, I decided upon ONLY THREE food rules for myself: 1) I only eat certified organic food (and no, it does NOT need to be expensive, especially with my carrot / banana / orange / grassfed milk / sunflower seeds / kale / oats / grassfed beef / potatoes / lentils diet I calculated gets me 100% of all 26 essential nutrients in the most frugal way for where I'm located!) ... 2) I eat mainly whole (single ingredient, whole) foods. 3) IF I stick to those first two rules... I eat what I crave (IF it's a whole and organic food).
Overall, very interesting deep dive into Vitamin C which if often overlooked in people's vitamin stack. One thing that takes away from the quality of the information is the broad China swipe. According to wikipedia, China exports 80-90% of the world's vitamin C supplements. With market penetration that broad there will be a lot of high and low quality manufacturers, so your advice of just "avoid made in China" is not very useful to your viewers. Maybe care and due diligence needed to be made to identify quality brands instead of relying intellectually lazy bias to make decisions.
Thanks for this nuanced video. Liposomal vit C for my next flu!!
CLICKBAIT!!! What’s with the thumbnail? You didn’t even mention it!!!!
Just have breakfast from the blender and include half a lemon with peel and seeds in it
YES... my husband prepares this drink every morning..then we walk our Doggies...then breakfast 1 hour later. According to Eric Berg...this drink is beneficial for the Prostate. 😊😊😊
well if you include the peel make sure its organic lemon. you dont want all the pesticide shit in your smoothies from non -organic lemons. even if you wash them, they are still left in the peel itself.
You need to read albert szent-gyorgyi's 2nd paper....not the famous first one...but the second. Natural is the only way
I eat one
Grapefruit a day and I’m g getting all the vitamin C 👍
what about berries instead of supplement? like rose hips, seabuckthorn and so on are very high in vitamin c
I take Camu Camu capsules for Vitamin C supplementation. Camu Camu fruit have higher Vitamin C content than any other known food.
Kakadu plums
The Kakadu plum (Terminalia ferdinandiana) is an Australian native superfood containing 100 times more vitamin C than oranges. It has the highest known concentration of vitamin C of any food, containing up to 2,907 mg per 100 grams (g) (camu camu is about 2145 per 100 grams). Just one plum (about 15 g) packs 436 mg of vitamin C, which is 484% of the DV.
That's interesting! I'll check to see if they are available for purchase online.
As a medical imaging expert w 40 yrs experience I find your photos of kidney angiograms falsely misleading. They demonstrate nothing except you are willing to lie to the public. Which corporation do you work for ?
Hi Felix, great information but you don't address the thumbnail used in this video. What is depicted in the thumbnail and what is the story behind it? It would be great if you addressed this as the thumbnail seems very interesting. Thanks.
@11:38
@@kimlarso That isn't the same image or subject.
I love this video and the time and research you put into the presentation. The only thing you missed, which I was eager to see comparisons on is Vitamin C from freshly squeezed or eaten citrus or plant based versions of intake, and absorption and what’s needed for fighting germs?
Good question, though it might be impossible to do given our soil and farming practices-you’d definitely reap more vitamins and minerals choosing organic food options.
One way is to eat the whole lemon, not its juice.
can vitamin C supplements cause oxalate issues? just heard this from Sally K Norton (oxalate expert.)
Sadly I live in Sweden where the central authority on what is allowed and not says that testing for copper "has no medicinal value" and is therefore not done here. Through research I have established that getting a test for copper probably would help me quite a lot in knowing how to move forward, but it's simply too expensive to order from abroad.
You can probably send a hair sample to a foreign lab for testing. Just look online. Cheers.
Search the “Oligo Scan Test”, one advanced tecnology to dose minerals and vitamins, and tox metals;)
@@Paul_Palma Thank you for this tip.
They wouldn't even give me a blood test for my iron levels despite massive health issues. Swedish healthcare is an absolute joke. Absolutely horrible guidelines and also the quality of the doctors you get is.... Well... Very very low.
Don't accept government control over health care decisions. Sweden is in steep decline.
Most people have no clue how much vitiman c one needs daily. How about 100,000 mg !
As always -priceless information. Thank you Felix🕊
Ultimately, an interesting video but I really don't appreciate the scaremongering click bait thumbnail that is completely irrelevant to the content of the video. It may get you some views but I won't be subscribing.
Speed @1.25 or sleepy time.
Anyway, that was very interesting and informative, though twice as long as it needed to be. You told us the "what" then the "why" then gave an example.
I think if you forget to mention kiwi oranges lemon guava on this video you don't know nothing about vitamin c.
How about Ester-C?
Pfizer makes it; Enough said!
It's just a brand name similar to saying centrum multivitamin, it also buffered with calcium so easier on stomach and last longer in the body I think and the main reason is it contains metabolites, probably some of the one's mentioned here that just help assimilation into the body.
Not 1 word in video about the click bait artery blockage. Good content but I will unsubscribe
parsley has a lot of vitamin C and is really easy to grow yourself in a small garden or herb box.
i know ascorbic acid is also known to knock iron out of ferritin and copper from ceruloplasmin. so it creates free metals which are highly stressful.
m I missing something or did you omit info regarding your preview picture (100 days natural vitamin c vs synthetic vitamin c). I didn't see any info on that comparison
USE AMLA FRUIT FROM INDIA........AND CLOSE THIS TOPIC FOR EVER
I'm not in India and I've never heard of that fruit.
Thumbnail clearly indicated you look at results of testing the effects of synthetic vs whole food vitamin C. That did not happen.
How about fermented vitamin c?
That is interesting! Edgar Cyce said tha Vitamin C alone is in orangejuice. But that is a hybrid. It must be activated. The vitamin C with the activating unit is in lemon. Because lemon is not a hybrid it has the factor in it to activate it. He said you should put a little bit of lemon to orange juice to activate the Vitamin C in it.
I eat two red bell peppers a day for my vitamin c, plus their supposed to have a bunch of other vitamins as well. :)
Peppers are generally heavily sprayed with nasty chemicals. Go organic, if possible.
10:44 nailed it! Most unreliable, dangerous and unethical produce!
I like Vitamin C from Acerola Cherry. Natural is always better.
I produce its.
acerola leavs s better than fruit. The challenge is how procece its letting clean all processing line.
Pomegranate juice is a great vitamin C source too .
16:33 best part
Superdosing vitamin C can lead to kidney stones. I am intolerant to sugar and acidity (gastritis) so I can't eat fruits and got a vitamin C deficiency. Currently, thinking how to get vit C without the sugar and acidity. All synthetic vit C irritate my stomach, even the liposomal. I can't eat oranges - too much sugar and acidity. I don't eat green vegetables - hard to sterilize them in these Covid times. I guess I will try red peppers - they have more vitamin C than oranges and less sugar and acidity.
Calsium ascorbate should be neutral.
Soaking the vegetables in vinegar water works against bacteria. Briefly cooking should also work. Cooking for a long time can degrade the vitamin C.
@@anderslvolljohansen1556 I've tried Sodium Ascorbate (Ascorbic acid neutralized with Baking soda). Although it is neutral, it still dissociates into Ascorbic acid in the intestines and still irritates them, although less than Ascorbic acid. My concern with vegetables is Covid, not the bacteria. I microwave frozen broccoli every day but apparently that degrades vit C too much.
@@ExtaTer Is there any scientific research supporting the idea that covid viruses on leafy green vegetables can remain active long enough and cause disease in the eater? PCR tests can be positive even if only degraded viruses remain.
I suspect vinegar water would work against the covid virus as well, but haven't checked.
The pancreas excretes sodium bicarbonate to neutralise the stomach acid.
The ascorbate lacks a proton (hydrogen without the electron), so I guess the ascorbate part when dissociated will not add any acidity because it hasn't got that proton to give away.
The degrading isn't sudden, so brief cooking and quick cooling should limit degradation. It could leak out into the water if you boil it in water.
Avoiding green veggies because of "COVID" is next-level. It's a respiratory virus. Eat your veggies. Respiratory viruses have a very short life on surfaces.
Red bell peppers are a superfood. Eat 2 a day, raw. They taste okay, quite refreshing actually!
You missed the main point altogether. Your body flushes out vitamin C fairly quickly. But to get maximum benefit, you need a constant supply of vitamin C. That means you either need to take vitamin C several times a day or take a time-release vitamin C. The latter is preferable.
I take both vit c from fruits and vegetables and vit c from supplements. Win win 🗿
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We don't know what vitamin to use but say we went to mars.....😂😂😂😂
Felix, you should get a doctorate in nutrition.
Thanks for the info. 👍
I buy natural vitamin C in the form of Acerola cherry
the most excellent presentation on vitamin C - thanks and well done
How about two oranges a day? Peel them to get rid of the pesticides on the skins.
Pesticides are in the ground water too so plants and fruits have pesticides from within too.
Wow! A very knowledgeable and comprehensive analysis of this very relevant question many of us have when we are trying to get a handle on our personal health.
ESTER C , LEMON JUICE ., DARK. GREEN. COLLAD GREENS. USE. TOGETHER.
Whenever I take higher doses of Vit C (especially intravenously) I get a weird side effect of anxiety or mental instability. Any ideas on why that is? thanks.
Vitamin C can be recognized y the body in a similar way like a sugar and can have profound impact on som people insulin levels / sensitivity (hypoglycemia). Vitamic C is needed tp produce dopamine but also stimulates neuronal cells to produce and release norepinephrine which is a natural stimulant for the pheripheral nerve system (can cause anxiety and changes in glucose levels)
sorry cant watch it, its too long, why not just tell us which is better dude!
One could argue against that the natural and synthetic vitamin C molecule is the same, as in nature vitamin C forms complexes which means it is an entirely different molecule that could have different properties (yes, that is mostly until the molecule gets broken apart again but upto that point this changes the bioavailability and how it is transported in the gut) -
one of my favorite examples of this is the ascorbigen molecule that is formed in cabbages and the content of which increases in fermented cabbages. It is formed by its precursor glucobrassicin. Glucobrassicin is enzymatically hydrolyzed to indole-3-carbinol, which in turn reacts with l-ascorbic acid ending up as ascorbigen.
For same molar amounts, ascorbigen is more effective in the body compared to ascorbic acid alone. The indole parts of the molecule probably add their benefits.
Mainly about bioavailablity though. Because the molecule breaks down in the gut if I remember correctly - but you can confirm this further Felix.
Anyway, interesting topic, good video!!
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oh lol, I watched the video a bit further and there was ascorbigen already.. lol. Never mind.
Your video quality is hard to beat.
What's the obsession with these forms? Fruit and vegetables have plenty of the real deal.
@@sblijheidonly if you're healthy already. If you suffered for over 40s years with a wheat intolerance, and told the doctor all your symptoms only to have them tell you you're making it up then you have a lot of gut issues that takes years to correct and malabsorption of vitamin and minerals is a major problem
I couldn't afford much in the way of fresh fruit and vegetables on a steady basis, for a long time in my life. But occasionally I could afford bottle of vitamins.
Vitamin C is one of those things I really needed. I would have preferred the whole foods, but synthetic was the best I could do.
@@lizh1988 Nice!
The most important thing is to know why you should supplement vitamin C. For example, vitamin C deficiency is a problem with the quality of collagen. Our entire body is made of collagen, including our blood vessels. Long-term vitamin C deficiency is the main cause of heart disease.
Vitamin C is the basis of supplementation. It is important to provide the body with vitamin C in small doses around the clock.
I’ve gotten so much valuable information from videos put out by Suzanne Humphries and Thomas Levy.
They aren't exactly credible sources are they? They both dived off the deep end a long while ago.
Spot on
Just drink freshly pressed lemon juice.
You have no idea how this video was beneficial and informative thank you for the effort and time you put into this channel ❤❤❤❤❤❤
Should one just consume sauerkraut? 1 cup is equivalent to 700mg of vitamin c, plus benefits of pre/probiotics?
yep unless you have copper poisoning as he stated in the video
i've had some success with sodium ascorbate, i don't take it often only for flu or infection but regular ascorbic acid seems not to work at all even in high doses
I bet you're buying tablets and not pure powder
Oh it will probably produce some salt as well, which does stack with Vitamin C for more immune strength.
The body can only recognise natural foods,not synthetics and I really don’t care what type of information that comes out there,you decide what’s best,a friend of my brother healed his cirrhosis stage 4 cancer just by drinking kumquat juice mix with water,the question is can you heal with synthetics? You can answer that question
He did answer that question but as stated by you, "I really don’t care what type of information that comes out there" or you would have gained the knowledge.
*❤ NATURAL is BEST 😃*
Animls make ascorbic acid not food type
I appreciate that you find a use for all forms of vitamin C, and are not dogmatic about things.
I do find it a bit disturbing that there was no mention in this video about truly "whole" food sources of vitamin C... I mean, the video is called "we finally know what type of vitamin C is best" NOT "...vitamin C SUPPLEMENT" is best. So they really should have included whole foods sources given that title.
Ascorbic acid is just a part of the whole vit C molecule, but the definition of vit C to ascorbic acid to help push the synthetic vit C in the store. so just eat citric fruits for you vit C instead of buying supplements
As stated in detail why both have their place to achieve a variety of outcomes one may need, for instance if you have high copper levels or not.