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I was mildly horrified to learn of this because I was given high doses of vitamin C as a child to "bolster my immune system."
I also recently learned that sugar reduces the body's ability to uptake vitamin C, and the body is also able to recycle vitamin C quite efficiently, so there is no need to supplement vitamin C since you only need a small amount from your diet.
Correct! glucose and vitamin c both compete with the GLUT-4 transporter.... if you dont have excessive glucose, then you don't have excessive competition. This is why the zero-carb diet avoids scurvy!