Brad Stanfield

Brad Stanfield on Vitamin C

Reported use

13 episodes · 37 references · 2021–2025

Based on dated public statements, not confirmation of use today.

Brad Stanfield has reported taking Vitamin C. Referenced across 13 episodes with 37 total references.

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Consumption Evidence (1)
Reported useVitamin C7:36

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Benefits (6)

“It's required for our bodies to produce collagen... it's vital for things like our skin, our joints, and our blood vessels.”

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“Antioxidants like vitamin C help to protect the skin, and fruits and vegetables are a rich source.”

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“One of vitamin C's functions is to act as an antioxidant, helping to maintain a balance between oxidants and antioxidants.”

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“Vitamin C helps with our immune system and it helps improve the absorption of non-heme iron... the iron found in plants.”

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“Vitamin C plays a critical role in immune function. It's also required to build collagen, neurotransmitters and is heavily involved in protein metabolism.”

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Best practices (5)
Best practiceVitamin C4:06

“The recommended daily intake for vitamin C is only 90 milligrams... while it's important to reach the recommended daily intakes, we don't necessarily want to exceed it.”

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Best practiceVitamin C1:00

“The recommended daily intake is 90 milligrams for males and 75 milligrams for females.”

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Best practiceVitamin C3:20

“The authors conclude that simple ascorbic acid is the preferred source of supplemental vitamin C.”

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Best practiceVitamin C10:46

“Our cells have got all of the vitamin C that they need at daily intakes of only 100 milligrams.”

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Best practiceVitamin C9:13

“We've got a tolerable upper intake level for vitamin C, which is 2,000 milligrams for both men and women.”

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Cautions (17)

“The carnivore diet, on the other hand, can lack vitamin C. There was a famous example recently where James Blunt was diagnosed with a vitamin C deficiency after eating a meat-only diet.”

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“One of the biggest problems with vitamin C supplements is that it blunts the positive effects of exercise. It blunts that oxidative stress signal to our cells and diminishes the training-induced adaptations within skeletal muscle.”

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“If we're taking high dose vitamin C and antioxidant supplements, it can blunt those [exercise] effects.”

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“When higher doses are tested in humans, there's no benefit seen, so there's no improvement on cardiovascular disease, cancer, or death rates.”

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“People with a history of kidney disease have developed kidney failure after treatment with IV vitamin C, and there are increased risks of kidney stones, fluid overload, and hemolysis.”

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Recommends against (8)

“So be it high-dose vitamin C, echinacea, garlic, mega-doses of vitamin D, they've all been tested in human clinical trials, and none of them are effective.”

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“Overall looking at this data, I am not going to be supplementing with vitamin C because already my diet is filled with vegetables... it doesn't look like supplementing with vitamin C is going to give me any more benefit.”

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“The next supplement to avoid is high-dose vitamin C... vitamin C supplements often have orders of magnitude higher dosages than the recommended 90 milligrams, which can disrupt the balance between oxidants and antioxidants.”

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“They concluded that dietary but not supplemental intakes of vitamin C reduce the rates of heart attacks.”

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“Results from most clinical trials suggest that vitamin C supplementation alone offers no benefit in the prevention of cancer.”

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