Liposomal Vitamin C 1000 mg by Dr. Mercola

If you’re looking for liposomal vitamin C because tablets upset your stomach or you want steadier blood levels, this fits. It’s useful if your Vitamin C, Plasma is low, you smoke, you’re under heavy training, or your diet is light on fruit and vegetables. People after surgery or with gum bleeding from low C often notice improvement within 2 to 8 weeks. Vegans on highly restrictive diets and dialysis patients, who lose vitamin C during treatment, also tend to benefit from a reliable daily dose.

Vitamin C drives collagen building, so skin, gums, tendons, and blood vessels repair better when levels are adequate. It also regenerates other antioxidants and helps white blood cells function during infections. The liposomal form encloses vitamin C in a phospholipid shell, which improves absorption and is gentler on the gut than plain ascorbic acid. That means you can reach higher Vitamin C, Plasma levels with less bowel urgency. For colds, routine vitamin C does not prevent them in most people, but it can shorten duration modestly in regular users.

The suggested use is two capsules daily, which provides 1,000 mg total. Take with food if you’re prone to nausea, or split morning and afternoon for steadier blood levels. If your Vitamin C, Plasma is very low, clinicians often use higher short-term doses, then step down to maintenance. Pairing vitamin C with non-heme iron at meals increases iron absorption, which is helpful in iron deficiency but not desirable if your Ferritin, a marker of iron stores, is already high.

If you have a history of calcium oxalate kidney stones, chronic kidney disease, or very high Ferritin from iron overload, use lower doses and involve your clinician. People with G6PD deficiency should avoid high-dose vitamin C outside medical supervision. Very large doses can skew some fingerstick glucose meters, so rely on lab glucose or a meter known not to be affected. If you are on specific chemotherapy regimens, ask your oncologist before starting antioxidants, including vitamin C.