Vitamin C is a water-soluble vitamin, and is also known as Ascorbic Acid. It was first isolated in 1928 by the Hungarian biochemist and Nobel prize winner, Dr. Szent-Gyorgyi. Two-time Nobel prize winner, Dr. Linus Pauling was the first to realize vitamin C's importance in a healthy immune system. Most animals can produce their own vitamin C. Man, primates apes, chimps, etc., and guinea pigs, however, have lost the ability. They instead have to get it through their diet. It was a Scottish physician named James Lind, back in 1753, who first said that fresh vegetables and ripe fruit could...
take in high doses. Some develop diarrhea after as little as a few grams, while others are fine with ten times that amount. Vitamin C taken in large amounts, can take away the body's copper – an essential nutrient – and can increase the absorption of iron. It can thicken the walls of the carotid arteries, vessels in the neck that supply blood to the brain, cause a toxic release of inorganic iron which can be fatal for some, damage to outer layer of teeth if tablets are chewed, abnormal heart rhythms, and a variety of other medical problems.