Hello nscrbug,

The buffering minerals in Buffered Vitamin C is easier on the stomach than other vitamins Cs. However, individual bowel tolerance will vary. The first full dose should be taken right before breakfast – or on an empty stomach just before eating.

You have to find your bowel tolerance by performing a Vitamin C flush with buffered C.

Caution: Performing a vitamin c flush will cause diarrhea

1. Take your first dose: 1 tsp in 8 ounces of water.
2. Every 30-60 minutes take ½ tsp in 8 ounces of water.
3. Keep track of how many doses you take during the day.
4. Stop taking once you experience diarrhea.
5. Subtract the last dose - that’s what you should take each day in divided doses.

For example, if you took 1 tsp (4,000mg) the first hour and then took three ½ tsp doses (2,000mg x 3 = 6,000mg) over the next few of hours, then you should take a total of 2 tsp each day in divided doses (4,000mg x 2= 8,000mg).

If the first dose gives you diarrhea, wait a day then try a ½ dose and then a ½ dose every hour. You can even sip on a glass and see how that works for you. If that’s too much, try a ¼ dose.

The first time I took it, just the one dose gave me diarreha.

Most full doses of Buffered Vitamin C are usually 4,000-5,000 mg. Thomas Levy MD, author of: Vitamin C Infectious Diseases and Toxins: Curing the Incurable (2002); suggests taking 6,000-12,000mg each day of buffered vitamin C in divided doses. Some people have a lower bowel tolerance and may need to work up to that amount.

Emotional stress or physical stresses on the body such as ingestion of heavy metals, cigarette smoking, immune impairment, extreme temperatures, and chronic use of certain medications such as aspirin also signal the need for increased intake of vitamin C.

Humans and primates are the only animals that do not make their own vitamin C. When animals are under stress – some animals make 100,000mg of vitamin C when stressed.
If you perform a flush when you feel a cold coming on you can actually flush the cold and not get sick. It’s worked for everyone I know. You can’t OD on vitamin C because your body only takes what it needs and it’s water soluble. Dr. Levy uses high doses of intravenous vitamin C to cure infectious diseases. Google: 60 minutes new Zealand swine flu to see a video about a guy in New Zealand who was dead (but on life support) from swine flu and miraculously recovered after he was given intravenous vitamin C.

So to sum it up:
-Use buffered vitamin C
-Figure out your tolerance with a flush (make sure it’s a day when you are home)
-If your tolerance is low, slowly work up to higher doses.
-When under stress, your body can tolerate more.