Another Vit C question! - Vitamins & Supplements Message Board

Cowspots · 04-05-2006, 10:59 AM

I keep hearing Vit C with bioflavonoids (thanks 6ft 3) is the best to take. What about Ester C with bioflavonoids.......just as good?

Thanks,
Cowspots

elmhar · 04-05-2006, 11:07 AM

Opinions vary ... some think that Ester-C w/bioflavs is best for the manufacturer's profit margin. And it is a lot more expensive than garden variety ascorbic acid.

Personally, I've been using Ester-C w/bioflavs for over a decade. Our family buys it in powder form, 8 oz. jar, which is the most economical.

I like the fact that the Ester-C is not acidic & it does a good job in your body. But if I could only afford the ascorbic, that would do the job as well.

Best wishes.

6foot3 · 04-05-2006, 11:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Cowspots

I keep hearing Vit C with bioflavonoids (thanks 6ft 3) is the best to take. What about Ester C with bioflavonoids.......just as good?

Thanks,
Cowspots

Hey Cowspots.....I'd always take Bioflavanoids with any form of vitamin-C as they will enhance each other especially when it comes to Collagen production...Ester-C is supposed to be absorbed better however i've always done well with Ascorbic Acid. Also Linus Pauling who was the worlds foremost expert on vitamin-C , always prefered Ascorbic Acid until he died in his 90's....So if you want nice skin that doesn't droop later in life take those Bioflavanoids....(also cancer protector and heart health) Oh yeah they are almost always found together in nature...