Did i take too much vitamin c?
there is no such thing as overdosing on vitamin C; as was mentioned by an earlier respondent, the body can only use so much vitamin C at any given time; as it is water-soluble, any excess beyond what the body currently needs will be expelled (BTW, all water-soluble vitamins will be expelled when there is more than the body needs); the 3,000 mg is the known maximum within a specific time period but the body can process quantities far beyond 30,000 mg (that’s right, not 3,000 but 30,000) – it just have to be spaced properly (say 3,000 mg thrice a day) otherwise you will just be throwing away money; some people complain that large amounts of vitamin C makes their stomach acidic or cause a diarrheal-like symptom; in this case, I recommend taking an ascorbate (this is a form of non-acidic vitamin C) – there are many variants of ascorbates but the most popular is sodium ascorbate; if you have to watch your sodium intake, try to look for other variants, like potassium ascorbate, magnesium asc
