Which is better Ascorbic acid or L-Ascorbate acid?

Which is better Ascorbic acid or L-Ascorbate acid?

L-Ascorbate is better than ascorbic acid as it is made from whole food sources & also includes:
1) potassium
2) magnesium
3) calcium
4) zinc

Ascorbic Acid does not contain these minerals. 12foru uses only non gmo L-Ascorbate acid. Ascorbate is however still synthetically produced although better than ascorbic acid it should only be used in conjunction with whole vitamin C as the LIPO C recipe reflects.

What makes our Lipsomal Vitamin c different?

• We use non gmo L-Ascorbate acid combined with a small amount of Non GMO Citric acid for taste. (This has magnesium, calcium, zinc, and potassium in it)
• We use whole foods Hibiscus powder, Coriander powder, Rosehips powder & frankincense powder along with the ascorbate acid (hibiscus, coriander, and rosehips all have more vitamin c than citrus fruit)
• We use a small amount of grain alcohol for much better absorption rate to form the liposomes & stabilization.
• We use non gmo liquid sunflower liposomes

 Why take Lipsomal Vitamin C?

• Ascorbate aids in the maintenance of cellular membranes, cellular respiration, the peroxidase cleansing system, the restoration of vitamin E /selenomethionine complexes, and sulfhydryl enzymes such as glutathione synthetase, thereby helping to detoxify various drugs and chemicals.

Vitamin C is also involved in hormone biosynthesis and maintaining the integrity of connective tissue, cartilage, capillaries, bones, and teeth. Vitamin C is , therefore, important in wound repair and tissue healing. Vitamin C has been shown to increase cellular resistance to many common viral infections (most probably due to its interferon-like activity) and enhance specific parameters of immune function.
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• Scurvy resistance: improved blood vessel and cardiovascular integrity
• Enhances hormone health and reduces hormone unhealthy actions
• Enhances neurotransmitter functions healthy and reduces unhealthy actions
• Promotes immune system health and reduces unhealthy actions
• Enhances nitrous oxide (NO) functions
• Enhances and repairs detoxification functions
• Enhances ATP energy compound production
• Enhances healthy bone formation
• Enhances and rebuilds glutathione functions
• Promotes iron balance [uptake and release]
• Reduces bioaccumulation of toxins
• Improves transit time
• Protects DNA from oxidative damage
• Reduces toxic minerals in body This is enhanced with ascorbate form.
• Enhances natural anti-cancer surveillance
• Direct tumor cytolytic effects
  
  

Need for Vitamin C?

• Many of us eat only small amounts of vitamin C-rich foods.
• Studies of the effects of vitamin C seem to be confusing.

NOTE: Generally, when small doses are used (1 gram or less), little to no significant effects were reported. When larger doses are given (20-200 grams/day), significant positive changes are typically reported.

Almost all conditions, acute or chronic, can have shortened courses and patients respond favorably. Vitamin C has virtually no side effects. Vitamin C has been given up to 300 grams per day, taken intravenously, without reported side effects.

This approach to determining your need for Vitamin C is of the next generation and builds upon the experience gained with “bowel tolerance” determination of Vitamin C with ascorbate needs. Our livers would be making vitamin C steadily, with increases commensurating with distress, if we had not lost that key enzyme. Thus, for best health, it is important to take Vitamin C regularly and steadily. Often gas, cramps, and diarrhea occur at rather low doses of ascorbate (below 10 grams).

If a person wants to or must stop Lipo C for any reason, it is important be taper gradually. Sudden cessation of Lipo C liposomal vitamin C does not allow the body time to accommodate to the change, and the body will continue to metabolize/excrete large amounts. You must reduce your Lipo C level by several grams/day over a sufficient period (depending on how much you were taking) to prevent this from occurring. Using the C Flush is important. Many helpful things happen at the vitamin C saturation level that will not happen otherwise.

Appropriate doses are recommended throughout life and Lipo C can effectively charge up the cellular electron pool, promoting cellular healing and metabolism, purging the body of foreign invaders, and providing a base on which to build health. Over a period of Lipo C use, the amount of vitamin C necessary to achieve bowel tolerance changes and fluctuates. During stress or illness, many times more can be taken (and is appropriate to take) than at other times. 

***Dr. Cathcart also notes that low dose vitamin c had basically no effect, but high dose vitamin c, when taken at 80-90% of bowel tolerance, produced a significant and dramatic reduction of symptoms in his patients. 


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