Large Doses of Vitamin C Do Not Cause Kidney Stones
28 Feb 2019
There’s been an ongoing myth for years that large doses of vitamin C cause kidney stones. It’s hard to know how these falsehoods get started. But the very opposite is true. The fact is that vitamin C increases urine flow, results in a slightly acidic urine, and prevents calcium from binding to oxalate causing calcium oxalate stones, the most common type of kidney stone.
Dr. Andrew Saul, is one of the world’s authorities on nutrition. In his book, “Orthomolecular Medicine for Everyone”, he reports this interesting finding. In 1946, Dr. William J McCormick wrote, “I have observed that a cloudy urine is generally associated with a low vitamin C status. But as soon as vitamin C is given (500 to 2,000 milligrams) the urine sediment clears in a matter of hours.”
Because of this myth some people are missing out on the other benefits of vitamin C.
Benjamin Disraelie, a former British Prime Minister, once remarked, “There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.” Maybe we could add a 4th: “Myths”.
