Stay Connected With Dr. Weil - Get Free Newsletters Right In Your InboxQDoes vitamin C help strengthen the immune system? Find out more about this book: YOU: The Owner's Manual, Updated and Expanded Edition: An Insider's Guide to the Body that Will Make You Healthier and Younger See All 2 Answers I'm wondering about taking supplements while breastfeeding and how to categorize them. We're talking mainly vitamins, minerals and Bulletproof products. Vitamins a-ok, except for folic acid (fairly toxic form of folate). Unbalanced D/K2 or megadosing anything may pose a problem. Definitely get your K2, though. MK-4 and MK-7, for good measure. Very important for early-stage bone development. Minerals you probably have to be more careful about. Specifically ones with more toxic potential, like zinc, copper, selenium, iron etc. All of these could fall under "recommended" or "not safe" depending on dosage and mother's status. A very light dosage is recommended, especially if deficiency is suspect.
Bulletproof products I would be a little careful. MCT oil is probably ok. Coffee and chocolate have been known to be contaminated with cadmium, and are stimulants, so I'd probably keep a lower dosage. I'd personally stay away from GABAWave (basically a drug) and anything resembling a nootropic. A lot of BP products have pregnancy/lactation warnings, so check those. I am in no way an expert on the matter, so do not take my advice too seriously. They're amateur educated guesses. Always err on the side of caution when babies are involved. I am not taking BP supplements, just an array of prenatal multi, seaweed fish oil, and a calcium. I just wanted to comment because I took a cheap fenugreek supplement and ended up deathly ill for 3 days. I do not recommend any capsules of fenugreek as a result and do not consider them safe. Other women have had luck, I guess, though! ...megadosing anything may pose a problem. But DO megadose vitamin C. At least 10 grams/day in divided doses for Mom.
For baby, 100 mg for every month of age until 10 months old, then it's 1 gram per year of age until they're 10 yo. This is especially important if you're planning on vaccinating as this causes a great deal of stress and oxidative damage that rapidly consumes an infant's vitamin C supply. More on Mother/Baby (w vitamin C) Sign In or Register to comment.We all know that vitamin C is an important part of a healthy immune system, but its critical role in adrenal function is no less valuable, and far less well known. In addition to its role in hormone production and immune response, Vitamin C also has many other important roles in your body. Vitamin C is water-soluble, so it is quickly processed and eliminatedIt is important to take your vitamin C in smaller (500-1,000mg) doses evenly spaced throughout the day as opposed to one mega-dose. few dangers in taking vitamin C, however you should be aware that if you are taking a therapeutic dose during an illness, it is important to
decrease your intake gradually, so your body doesn't develop withdrawl symptoms that mimic scurvy (vitamin C deficiency). important if you are pregnant or nursing, as your baby will have become accustomed to the higher levels of vitamin C as well. way to determine how much vitamin C your body needs is by monitoringWhen your stools become loose and watery (diarrhea-like), you have reached what is called bowel tolerance, and you can drop your dosage down by 500-1000mg. This diarrhea is temporary and should resolve itself with a reduction in intake, so don't be alarmed.Expect to take anywhere from 2,000mg-5,000mg in a day if you are dealing with adrenal fatigue, and possibly more if you are particularly stressed or feeling under the weather. While actual scurvy is rare in modern countries with well-rounded diets, milder symptoms of vitamin C deficiency include gums that bleed when you brush your teeth, tooth loss, easy bruising of the skin, poor
wound healing, and frequent colds or respiratory infections. The Pill, smoking, antidepressants and OTC painkillers all dramatically reduce the level of Vitamin C in your body. Smokers may need to take 25-50% more vitamin C than non-smokers to maintain the same levels in Vitamin C is Ascorbic Acid, which can cause stomach upset, so you should always take a buffered form to neutralize the acid . Vitamin C supplements include bioflavonoids, which facilitate the absorption of Vitamin C. Look for whole food sources of vitamin C, as well as the "Ester-C" form. Ester-C is a form of Vitamin C that is easy on your stomach and highly effective. C is another option for people who don't like the larger tablets that vitamin C traditionally comes in, and also is reported to alleviate the loose stool issue and stomach upset that can be common with higher doses of vitamin C. By encapsulating the vitamin C in phospholipids, the vitamin C passes directly into your bloodstream without
being damaged by the digestive system. Because of this, your body should be utilizing more of what you take in, and you should ultimately not need to take as much as you would of another form to get the same results. Unlike a tablet or capsule, lypospheric vitamin C is a--well, for lack of a better word, goo--that you squeeze into a small glass of water or juice, and swallow. It does not dissolve or mix into whatever liquid you put it in, it stays in soft globs that you just swallow in theYou don't taste anything besides the carrier liquid as long as you don't hold any of it in your mouth and deliberately try to rub it aroundJust drink your liquid and let the goo slide down the hatch! I like to take vitamin C from several different sources throughout the day, including a multivitamin, an ACES+Zinc combo, and then adding any additional vitamin C as needed. allows me to take the daily maintenance amount with my regular vitamin regimen, and boost my Vitamin C intake by itself when I feel like I'm