# Vitamin C and disease prevention

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vitamin-c-and-disease-prevention/327258>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [October 21, 2005, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vitamin-c-and-disease-prevention/327258 "2005-10-21T14:45:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_chao_goes_mu/32/3191_2.png) [@The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Chao_Goes_Mu)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2005, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vitamin-c-and-disease-prevention/327258/1 "2005-10-21T14:45:58Z")

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From this  
[**Classic Cecil**](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_412a.html)

Ok, I take a 500mg tablet of C every day basically with the mindset that hey, it can’t hurt.  
One thing I had heard in a high school science class that since Vitamin C is water soluble, it’s really hard to overdose on it. The only negative side effect I’m aware of his a little case of the hershey squirts.  
What other cons are there to taking too much?

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**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2005, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vitamin-c-and-disease-prevention/327258/2 "2005-10-21T15:53:16Z")

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> [@The Chao Goes Mu](#):
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> From this  
> [**Classic Cecil**](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_412a.html)
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> Ok, I take a 500mg tablet of C every day basically with the mindset that hey, it can’t hurt.  
> One thing I had heard in a high school science class that since Vitamin C is water soluble, it’s really hard to overdose on it. The only negative side effect I’m aware of his a little case of the hershey squirts.  
> What other cons are there to taking too much?

Very expensive pee.

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**Author:** ![The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_chao_goes_mu/32/3191_2.png) [@The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Chao_Goes_Mu)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2005, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vitamin-c-and-disease-prevention/327258/3 "2005-10-21T17:02:39Z")

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> [@naita](#):
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> Very expensive pee.

Um that should be “poo.”