Chewable Vitamin C??

flutterbyuk25

Hey all

I bought some chewable Vitamin C tablets (Boots own) as I want to boost my immune system a bit as I'm flying to the US on friday and I always get a cold after being on a plane.

However, I can't stand the taste of these vitamins!

Do they need to be chewed to work best? Or can I just swallow them, like normal tablets?

TIA

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Glass_Half_Empty??

flutterbyuk25 wrote: »

Hey all

I bought some chewable Vitamin C tablets (Boots own) as I want to boost my immune system a bit as I'm flying to the US on friday and I always get a cold after being on a plane.

However, I can't stand the taste of these vitamins!

Do they need to be chewed to work best? Or can I just swallow them, like normal tablets?

TIA

x

Hi, why not just drink pure orange juice or eat oranges? There are also loads of different smooties you can buy from supermarkets made with nothing but pure fruit and they will give you more then enough vitiman C and the healthy balance your body needs to combat the cold. Is much better then cheating with tablets and it takes overall health to beat colds not just tablets

flutterbyuk25

Well I drink a glass of orange juice a day, and eat at least 5 portions of fruit a day too already!

x

RoseFairy

how about the effervescent vit c tablets? theres blackcurrant or orange. about 20 in each pack and the boots ones are cheaper than the haliborange ones. (1000mg) - any excess (say from foods too) will get weed out. it think boots still have the 3for2 offer. just fizz one tablet in a small glass of water - about 150-200ml is alright. and if you have it after your night meal it gets absorbed into body better.

plus some of us need that extra bit of vit c even if we do have our 5aday.

lolly5648

I always swallow the chewable vit c tablets- the ones I use are easy to break in half and then swallow - although I do quite like the taste as it reminds me of sherbert.

Ted_Hutchinson

Vitamin C is water soluble. Once it's absorbed into the body it's half life is measured in minutes. Therefore the only moneysaving form of vitamin c to buy is one that is time release.

We must also bear in mind that the higher the daily dose the lower the percentage absorbed. 75% of 1g will be absorbed but only 50% of 1.5g and 26% of 6g/daily.
So 3 x 500mg time release tablets taken one every 8 hrs will be significanly more effective than one normal 1.5g tablet taken once daily

All the 500mg time release vit c will be absorbed and because it is made available only gradually rather than in a block it will also degrade gradually.

Only 50% of the 1.5g will be absorbed anyway (the rest will be straight down the loo) and the
750mg vit c that is absorbed will be 375g in 30mins and
187.5mg after an hour
94mg in 90mins and
45mg in 2hrs.

Don't buy or use chewable vitamin c only buy/use time release formulations.

nerdymcgeek

I've always like the chewable Basset ones (strawberry or blackcurrant flavour) and I like to think that they help me and my seemingly invincible immune system. You can get them from Boots.

healthconcious

If you are going to take vitamin C supplements you may as well buy a good multivitamin and mineral - same price with the same amount of vitamin C but with lots of other added benefits from the extra nutrients present. Make sure you buy a good one - www.supplementscompared.com have rated lots of different health supplements for their quality and value for money with lots of supermarket and high street brands doing really well - see the link below:

http://www.supplementscompared.com/multivitamins-and-minerals/

sofacat

RoseFairy wrote: »

how about the effervescent vit c tablets?

Yeah I much prefer the effervescent vit c tablets too