Vitamin C is a vitamin that the human body needs, this vitamin can play a role in improving the body's function, to help enhance the role of immune function. If always in the fall and winter season on the cold, then more than the body may lack of vitamin C, resistance to decline, this time you can eat more fruits or vegetables to supplement the body needs of vitamin C, to help enhance the immune function. However, vitamin C is not supplemented the more the better, if the intake of excessive, but will bring side effects. So, what are the side effects of taking too much vitamin C?

Vitamin C is water-soluble, which means the body is able to excrete the excess through urine, so reaching toxic levels is difficult. But consuming too much vitamin c can still have negative consequences, one of which is increased oxalate production, and sensitive people can easily get kidney stones as a result.

1, overdose of vitamin c supplements in the short term can produce side effects such as polyuria, dysentery, and skin rashes;

2, long-term overdose of vitamin c supplements can lead to oxalate and uric acid stones;

3, overdose during the growth period of the pediatric population is prone to bone disease.

4, one-time intake of vitamin c 2500-5000 mg or more, may lead to a large number of red blood cell rupture, hemolysis and other critical phenomena.

Note: Abuse of vitamin c weakens the body's immunity and may accelerate arteriosclerosis.