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Thanks for doing this, Saloni. It's such an accessible and refreshing alternative to the often bizarre and butchered mainstream coverage most of us are used to!

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Jun 24, 2022Liked by Saloni Dattani

Great job, Saloni! I’m impressed that you have the time to do such thorough summaries. Keep it up!

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Jun 23, 2022Liked by Saloni Dattani

#3 is a surprise to me, I guess I assumed that water-soluble vitamins were more or less universally safe at any dose. 50 mg/kg every 6 hours is a simply massive amount though, right?

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Jun 23, 2022·edited Jun 23, 2022Author

That is a massive dose, yeah! But previous trials, which were small, also used high doses of Vitamin C to treat sepsis and claimed to find a benefit. Here's an example of a review of those older studies, which was very positive about them: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7070236/ The main trial they mention used the same dose as in this study.

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Jun 23, 2022Liked by Saloni Dattani

What a fabulous resource! Thank you for taking the time to write this.

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Thank you very much! I really appreciate that.

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Great work. Looking forward to reading more.

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Thank you! :) I'm excited to write more!

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