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pazimzadeh on Oct 13, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Sodium ascorbate treatment for sepsis moves to nex...

It's the delivery method that is the difference, not just the dose. Vitamin C IV is pro-oxidant (promotes damage to mitochondria (cancers have famously messed up mitochondria already), etc) whereas Vitamin C that passes through the gut is anti-oxidant.

https://www.cancer.gov/research/key-initiatives/ras/ras-cent...

thenerdhead on Oct 13, 2023 | [–]

Ah yes! That's one I was looking to link. Specifically Mark Levine's work. i.e. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15068981/

nikolay on Oct 14, 2023 | [–]

I've read that vitamin C over 500mg even oral causes mitochondrial damage.

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