Vitamin C and Canker Sores

Vitamin C and Canker Sores

Dear N.P.:
I'm not taking any vitamins currently but feel pretty good. I'm going to start on a multi, but I have to be careful: I find that some I've tried -- Centrum and One-a-Day -- really give me an upset stomach, even when I take them with food.
The real question I have is about vitamin C. I love to drink juice but find that when I do -- even a glass of O.J. or grapefruit juice each day -- I get canker sores in my mouth. Is there too much acid already in my system, or what?


Vitamin C usually spells the end of canker sores. However, some people are more sensitive to acid than others. Zinc and vitamin A can fix that most of the time, but when that fails, the salt form of vitamin C is helpful. This is vitamin C as ascorbATE, instead of ascorbIC ACID, and it can include sodium, calcium, potassium, magnesium or a mixture of the four. Any type is okay, though I prefer capsules.

I use pretty high doses for today's high-stress world . . . a minimum of 1000mg twice a day.

For the record, I have never had much in the way of positive results from multivitamins that only contain the recommended daily allowance (RDA).
Good Health,
A.N. Spreen, M.D.

http://www.ivillage.com/diet/features/herbs/qas/0,,165838_2776,00.html?arriva...

When takine ascorbic acid, it should be mixed with baking soda, it helps absorb more of the Vit C and makes it buffered.
Only ascorbic acid crystals is real Vit C...
Example One level teaspoon of ascorbic acid and one half teaspoon of baking soda, use that as a measurement, half of the baking soda to what every amount of ascorbic you use, in an 8oz glass of water or juice.
The tablet form is no good, of a 1000mg tablet you will be lucky to absorb 200mg of ascorbic acid.