Mega doses of vitamin c has no proven health benefits.
https://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/VitaminC-HealthProfessional/
https://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/VitaminC-HealthProfessional/
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It said studies are conflicting; some showed benefit and some didn’t. Since there’s no harm in taking it, and it has other benefits, I’ll likely keep doing it.
It didn't say that there was no harm in taking it either:
"Vitamin C has low toxicity and is not believed to cause serious adverse effects at high intakes [8]. The most common complaints are diarrhea, nausea, abdominal cramps, and other gastrointestinal disturbances due to the osmotic effect of unabsorbed vitamin C in the gastrointestinal tract [4,8]."
Yes, but if you take too much and that happens, you just back off the dose. When I say harm, I’m talking about something that would/could affect you for more than an evening.
It specifically says, and you just quoted, “not believed to cause serious adverse effects at high intakes.”