Polski
Since I’ve been answering the same questions lately I decided to create a shor FAQ section here about our vitamin C and its preventive use.
What’s the difference between your syrups??
There are two types of ABC syrups::
classic, which contain 1000 mg of vitamin C per teaspoon (5 ml)
and
a version with sulfur, which contains 500 mg of vitamin C and 500 mg of MSM per teaspoon (5 ml).
The basic ingredients of each syrup is the same, i.e. raw honey from an apiary and fruit pulp (raspberries or organic oranges).
The orange version is made of 100% organic ingredients (excellent honey plus ecological citrus fruit straight from the trees in Sicily), although without any certificates, because such a document does not change the composition, but it does increase the price. So no one really needs it 😉
The raspberry version is always made from Polish raspberries, but from conventional cultivation.
The orange syrup is thinner, separates more easily and needs to be stirred more vigorously before use.
And that’s it for the differences.
In the meantime, in response to the requests of parents of small children, who are generally not given honey, I created the BABY version that is based on organic coconut sugar. It also includes completely ecological ingredients and similartly comes without a certificate, because… see above 😉
This syrup can be given to children of all ages once you start introducing organic citrus fruits into their diet (hint for those who are uncertain – not until they are at least 6 months old).
If you are allergic to citrus fruits you still might consider giving it a go because most people are not allergic to the fruit itself, but to the chemicals used in their transport.
This syrup is also milder in taste, as it contains 500 mg of vitamin C per teaspoon (5 ml).
Soon there will also be a ZERO version – without any sugar, for those who avoid it.
It will be based on erythritol and blackcurrants, and will have the usual vitamin C content of 1000 mg per teaspoon 🙂
We need some more time before we introduce it.
And now for the most frequently asked questions:
1. How much vitamin C per day should you give to your child prophylactically?
Wise pediatricians recommend 1000 mg of vitamin C per day for nursery school children, and correspondingly more for older children. To increase bioavailability, it is best to divide the administered dose into at least two servings (morning and evening).
Vitamin C is soluble in water, so it is excreted by the kidneys on an ongoing basis – smaller doses delivered more often will be absorbed better than larger doses administered less frequently.
2. How much vitamin C should an adult take per day?
Various calculations show that an adult resident of a polluted city should take about 4000 mg of vitamin C per day. Such a dose will support his immunity and detoxification of environmental pollutants with which he comes into contact on a daily basis.
A teenager who weighs as much as an adult falls into the same category.
3. Can vitamin C be taken during pregnancy?
According to Dr. Klenner’s reports and numerous reports of our colleagues and clients who used much higher than recommended doses of vitamin C during pregnancy – it is even necessary.
I strongly encourage you to read this post: https://anna-bee.com/en/blog/klenner-report-vitamin-c-in-planning-and-going-through-pregnancy/
and to share it with other potentially interested people, as well as women who are only planning pregnancy.
And yes, the MSM version can also be used during pregnancy and breastfeeding, because sulfur is a building block of collagen, which in turn is essential for both the mother and the developing skeletal system of the baby.
However, due to dosage, it is better to use the classic version of the syrup as the primary source, and add the MSM version as a bonus.
More about MSM (organic sulfur): https://anna-bee.com/en/blog/msm-a-wonderful-cure-for-all/
4. Can ABC be dissolved in water?
Absolutely! The syrup can be taken using a spoon or a small glass, but you can also dissolve it in sparkling water, juice, yogurt, pudding, pour it over ice cream, use is as the base for vinaigrette sauce – you can mix it with anything that is not too warm (the beneficial ingredients oxidize above 38 degrees). You can even freeze it.
5. Can vitamin C be given using a metal spoon?
This question comes back like a boomerang, because somewhere there is a rumor that when it comes into contact with metal, vitamin C evaporates.
A king’s ransom to whoever can produce evidence for this claim – so far, I have not found any.
I also regularly drink an isotonic drink with our syrup in a steel bottle and… it works 🙂
But even if this were true, how much vitamin C could evaporate in 30 seconds of contact with the surface of a spoon?
6. Can vitamin C be given every day or should I take any breaks?
The level of ascorbic acid in the blood is a maximum of 400 mg and it drops by 50% every hour.
As one of the few mammals, humans do not produce their own vitamin C. They also cannot make reserves in the body for too long, although – contrary to popular opinion – they have some reserves in tissues and the brain. However, they are used up on an ongoing basis, so without constant replenishment, the shortages
quickly deepen.Given how poor in vitamins most of us are, we should take vitamin C every day and we should not take any breaks. The more natural the formula of the supplement, the better its bioavailability and the less excess is removed with urine.
You should also remember that if you want to reduce the dosage from high to low, you should never do it drastically, because you can end up with (temporary) symptoms of scurvy.
7. How to find an individual dose for immune disorders, chronic ailments, etc.?
4 grams of vitamin C per day as a preventive dose for an adult is just a general recommendation.
Some will need less, others more.
To make it even more difficult to determine the perfect dose, the same body needs different amounts of ascorbic acid when it is in good condition and different when it is burdened with stress, illness, pollution, heavy metals, lack of sleep, etc.
The current maximum dose can be determined on an ongoing basis by looking for the saturation point.
I described how to do it exactly in the following post: https://anna-bee.com/en/blog/how-to-determine-the-right-daily-dose-of-vitamin-c-for-yourself/
8. Can I take MSM syrup prophylactically instead of vitamin C alone?
Of course you can, but remember that it has half the dose of vitamin C per teaspoon compared to the classic version of syrup.
At home, we use MSM syrup every day, because sulfur has additional bonuses for joints, immunity, eyesight, detox, skin, nails, etc.
But during an infection, we always switch to one of the versions of the syrup with 1000 mg of vitamin C because it has the most vitamin content, so you can take less to take more – logical, right? 🙂
How to take vitamin C during an infection to recover as soon as possible is described in this post:
https://anna-bee.com/en/blog/beat-viruses-with-vitamin-c/
9. How to extend the expiry date of Anna Bee’s C?
Anna Bee’s C is raw and has a relatively short expiration date – 3 months from the day of production regardless of whether the bottle has been opened or not. It also always needs to be stored in the refrigerator.
However, after this expiry date the syrup does not spoil, but changes, and the syrup that is not stored in the cold simply changes faster.
I wrote about how to extend the validity of syrup and how it behaves naturally here: https://anna-bee.com/en/blog/how-to-extend-the-expiry-date-of-anna-bees-c/