Does High Dose Vitamin C Cause Kidney Stones?

 The debate over Vitamin C contributing to the formation of kidney stones has raged for decades. And just when it seems the question has been settled a new study pops up to renew the debate. Vitamin C was first postulated to be a cause for calcium oxalate kidney stones, the most common kind of kidney stone, because ascorbic acid (vitamin c) can be converted to oxalate, which when combined with calcium can accrete into kidney stones.

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My personal recovery

 I was twenty when I first got to know that I had a paranoid psychoses. This was in 1987. For the next 12 years I got the usual treatment with antipsychotics such as clozapine and later on seroquel. During these twelve years, I felt more or less comfortable with my medication however being fairly unstable in terms of recovery.

Vitamins Found to Curb Exercise Benefits

 This interesting article appeared in the NYTimes which seems to contradict other studies on vitamins an exercise. We probably have a very simplistic view of the role of free redicals in the body. Obviously, free radicals and reactive oxygen species-despite their bad press-are, in fact essential to life-the question is, is too much of a good thing bad? This study seems to suggest there is a beneficial sweet spot of physiological oxidation/reduction below which, or beyond which, the body is harmed. 

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