Many of you have most likely heard of the "ascorbate flush" or the vitamin c flush as a means to help your body detoxify. It is something that anyone can do and for a healthy person it should be completely safe, but to get the effects that are wanted, you need to do it the correct way, and use the correct supplements to make it happen.

Vitamin C is probably one of the most important supplements that one can have in their cabinet, as it isn't in any way dangerous even if you use it "too much" and by taking it on a regular basis (even 1-2g per day) you aren't risking of getting too much of it. The lack of vitamin-c in your body does deplete your glutathione levels, which is one of the most important nutrients in your bodys' detoxification system.

Functions of glutathione:
• Most important antioxidant in the body
• High impact on free radical levels
• Regulates nitric oxide
• Important detoxifier of carcinogens, heavy metals and other compounds that originate outside the body.
• Important DNA repairer
• Important for the Nervous system

I don't need to write every place in the body where glutathione has been found important, because this article would simply turn in to a list of human anatomy and physiology. Basically what you need to take from this is that glutathione is very very important, and that the lack of vitamin-c is the most important reason for one to have depleted glutathione levels. The lack of glutathione has actually been tought to be one of the early signs (1) to trigger automated cell death (apoptosis).

How To Do The Vitamin C Flush

This is the part what you have been lookin for, not a lecture on the importance of vitamin C, but how to actually perform the flush. Many people do it on a regular basis and a lot of people have found it to be quite helpful.

What do you need to do the ascorbate (vitamin-C) flush:
• 100% L-Ascorbate powder for best results
• Fully buffered mineral ascorbate
• Proper ratio of different minerals

Based on this we have one supplement that we can recommend. The Buffered C Powder from Thorne Research. They are a high quality supplement manufacturer and you can be certain that their products contain what they say they do, and that the purest form available. Basically you are getting your moneys worth with them.

Now that you have the right product for the job, it is time to start using it the right way. The whole process is very simple, and it will not take much dedication, but you have to do it the right way to get the results you are after - and that is to flush your system and replenish your vitamin-c and glutathione levels back to optimal. Depending on your current levels you might have to do a vitamin-C flush frequently, or not frequently at all. Also it might take you less or more vitamin C to get to the point where you are done.

Listed below are the steps that you will have to take to complete the flush. It is recommended that you follow the advice to the maximum.
• Start the first thing in the morning, on an empty stomach. Preferably on a non working day - it can take that long.
• Dilute one scoop of the ascorbate powder in 3oz (about 1dl) of water or more.
• Make a note of each dose you take. Just take a pencil and paper, and write down the time you took the dose.
• Drink the solution of the vitamin c powder and water.
• If you consider yourself healthy, take one dose every 20 minutes.
• If you consider yourself very unhealthy, take two doses every 20 minutes. This means you have an illness why you are doing the vitamin C flush.
• Anything in between, work an average, of 1,5 doses every 20 minutes.
• Continue taking the dose every 20 minutes until you have completely liquid stool. Loose isn't enough!
• You are not flushing out the toxins if you stop too soon.
• If you don't feel anything after three doses, double the dosage. You should hear your gut by now.

If you do this on a regular basis, you will soon notice that each time it will take you less and less to get to the point of "evacuation". This means that your body is now using the vitamin-c better, and that it isn't so depleted anymore. This is what you have been looking for.

When your flush is completed, continue taking 75% of the vitamin c on a daily basis that it took you to reach the flush. So if you had to take 10 scoops to get to the flush, you will have to take 7.5 scoops daily until the next flush. It is recommended that you do the vitamin c flush once a week until you are at the point where you need less than 10 grams (4 scoops or less) of vitamin c on a daily basis.

Important things to take in to account
• Drink adequate water during the flush, and after it. Use at least the 3oz per scoop of ascorbic acid during the flush, but after the flush, drink more.
• The amount of ascorbic acid needed, varies per person - A LOT! Some need 50 grams, some need 10 grams, some even less.
• Some people with hemorrhoids, IBS or other intestinal problems can notice an improvement in their condition.

Most people find out that they feel very good after doing the flush, and realize that they have been very toxic. If you had to take a lot of vitamin C to get to the desired results during the vitamin-C flush, you will have to take quite a lot of vitamin-C during the off days to get to the 75% rule.

We recommend using the same supplement because it is of a very high quality. That is why you should automatically order more than one tub of it - most people need 10-20g to do the flush, which means they will have to take 7.5-15 grams daily. The 225grams bottle won't last two weeks with them, and you should continue doing the flush weekly until your 75% is about 5 grams.

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