Dr. Rhonda Patrick
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Yeah.
So high dose caffeine would be something that's going to impair performance.
Right?
Antioxidants, anti-inflammatories.
But are they always combined?
Have you seen a vitamin C by itself blunting?
Like, and what dose, if you have?
I don't think so.
I've seen a lot of combined.
Vitamin E is a very powerful antioxidant.
Yeah.
So I'm always, you know, it's something I'm very interested in because...
There's definitely a good amount of evidence that taking vitamin C in the dose range above 250 milligrams a day can help prevent some upper respiratory tract infections, particularly in high-volume training endurance athletes.
Do you think the timing of it, let's say someone works out in the morning and you're
They take their vitamin C like with dinner.
Or vitamin C. It's not very long.
No, it's going to be pretty transient.
It's like a couple hours in the plasma.
I bring that up because I don't know the answer.
It's a really good question.