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500mg vitamin suitable for a 13 year old?
I just bought these vitamins, 500mg, and it says 1 tablet is an adult dosage. I'm 13 years old, would it be safe for me to take one daily?
I just bought these vitamins, 500mg, and it says 1 tablet is an adult dosage. I'm 13 years old, would it be safe for me to take one daily?
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July 13th, 2010 - 10:44
Oh yes – take 10 of them if you’d like. Vitamin C isn’t stored in your body, so you can take a good deal. If the body needs it, it will use it – if it doesn’t need it, it will pee it out.
Lots of people take 1 gram/day – that’s two of your 500 mg pills. That’s not very much – consider that one slice of bread has something like 27 grams of carbohydrate (sugar).
July 13th, 2010 - 10:44
It depends on your weight. You could always consult your doctor if you have concerns. However, some people take 1000mg of Vitamin C per day. The excess vitamin C that the body doesn’t use is flushed out in the urine.
Another person you could consult is your pharmacist and maybe ask if taking Ester-C is better than taking regular Vitamin C. Ester-C I heard is a slow-release which enables the body to use it more efficiently rather than flushing it out.
In your spare time do a bit of reading on Vitamin C and how it is absorbed.
July 13th, 2010 - 10:44
yes it is perfectly alright. i would stay at 500mg for awhile. besides once your body is finished using the vitamin whatever is left is discharged from the body through the urin
July 13th, 2010 - 10:44
I’ve read your question a few times now and I must be missing the part that says you’re talking about vit. C. Is that what it is? If it’s vit. C then you could take that much but if it’s something else I would suggest you find out for sure what the dose is for your age. Some vitamins can be harmful in higher doses.