Greetings, it's Eric Bakker, naturopath from New Zealand. Thanks for coming back. We're talking
about vitamin C still. Is it true that buffered C forms of vitamin C are gentler on the stomach
than just pure straight ascorbic acid? A five, 10 minute look on iHerb or you go to
Amazon or sites like that, you'll soon find that most forms of vitamin C are not buffered. They're
just basically plain, straight out the ascorbic acid in tablets or powders or things like that.
You'll see plenty of them, loads of them around, ranging in price from cheap to crazy.
Yes, they can cause problems, especially in people that are a bit overweight or people with diabetes,
people with metabolic syndrome, people with low functioning stomachs, which is so common today,
can get very much issues with acidity. People who smoke, people have got a hiatal hernia here,
all sorts of reasons why a lot of people are very prone to indigestion. But lots of other
people who are not in that category are also prone to indigestion for many types of reasons.
And for that reason, we look at a buffered product. Ascorbic acid can be quite hard on the
stomach because the stomach has got hydrochloric acid in it and two acids can sometimes, kapow,
create a reaction. The stomach produces a huge amount of mucus and various digestive enzymes,
particularly to bust protein down. Now, many people I've discovered in my clinic that used to
see me have not got a good functioning stomach. Stress is one of the biggest reasons why people
don't have well functioning stomachs today. This is why every time I've created a vitamin C powder,
and I've made some good ones in the past, it's been buffered. But the best
vitamin C powder I've ever made to date is the C-3k Plus, this one here, from NZ Formulations.
I don't think you'll find a much better powder than this one on the market currently.
Like anything, it's good to use things, but then as time goes by, those things become
outdated and superseded by brand new tech, by brand new developments. It's always good to get
something that's, just something that's got a pedigree basically. Let's have a look at how
a buffered product is better on the tummy. Well, when we mix ascorbic acid in a chemical reaction,
we can create ascorbates, we can basically marry vitamin C
and minerals together and particularly calcium and magnesium and potassium.
Those three ascorbates really lessen the blow of ascorbic acid on the stomach. It doesn't have
that powerful reaction with the hydrochloric acid now, it's got a very gentle reaction.
Many people will find the C-3k Plus to be very, very easy to take without reflux or burping or
sourness or heartburn or indigestion, they won't get that. That's why I made this formula,
based on my experiences and looking at a lot of crappy products out, there wanting to make the
best product for my patients. Mixing a buffered with water is good, but even better when a formula
has got a little bit of sodium bicarb mixed in with it, because it creates effervescence,
a little bit of fizz. People like fizz, fizz also improves uptake. It gives it a better mouthfeel,
it's going to better uptake. And a lot of people like these soda kind of
drinks, don't they? But without the sugar in it. There's Stevia rebaudiana in here as well,
which is a natural form of sweetness, which marries perfectly in with the buffered solution.
Gentle on the tummy, gentle on the bowel, you're not going to have too many issues.
If you're worried about diarrhea or very loose stools, you're certainly going to worry with
ascorbic acid, but with a buffered solution, I've always found that patients can take more
without having to run to the bathroom. Give it a go. It's called C-3k Plus,
it's available right now on canxida.com. Don't tell anybody. Thanks for tuning in.