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That's way more than your body needs. Anything over 100mg is mainly disposed of through the kidneys. Also you could, without realising, cross over the recommended daily limit for vitamin C by consuming large amounts of fruit as well.
But, the bottom line is, 100 mg per day is enough, anything above that is totally unnecessary.

"Vitamin C dissolves in water and is not stored in the body, so we do need a consistent supply to maintain adequate levels,” says registered dietitian Jillian Greaves. “The recommended daily intake is about 75 mg per day for women and 90 mg per day for men.” For women, you could get more than your daily requirement by eating one kiwi and men could have half a papaya and call it a day.

The real problem with taking more vitamin C than you need is that it all goes to waste. “Up to 100 mg a day of vitamin C will get almost completely absorbed, says Francesco-Maria Serino, MD, PhD. “Above 100 mg a day and the fraction of vitamin C absorbed is progressively smaller. If you take more than 1 gram (1000 mg) of vitamin C per day, less than 50% is actually absorbed and it’s eliminated by the kidneys.”

That literally means that a 500 mg vitamin C supplement mostly gets peed down the drain."

You have to watch supplements if you are on medication. I found a while ago that taking magnesium completely blocked out one of my antidepressant's and I was lucky I wasn't put in a straight jacket. I made the connection, stopped the supplement and in about a week, I was back to normal. Some other supplements can have the opposite effect and enhance other medications. You have to be careful when mixing supplements and medications. A pharmacist or doctor can help out there.

New research on omega 3 fish oils suggests it's not as beneficial as we have been lead to believe, particularly when it comes to heart disease. For years we've been told of the benefits of omega 3 fish oil and suplements have been many peoples way of taking omega 3. However as far as helping to prevent heart disease, there is now clear evidence that taking omega 3 suplements over a period of time does not reduce the chances of developing heart disease, or have any effect on cholesterol levels. In fact there is a suggestion that LDL cholesterol levels could increase by taking omega 3 suplements.....Not that the likes of Holland and Barrat are going to tell you that.

Certain foods can have a effect on medications too. there is a common food that really enhances opioids. I won't say what it is here but if you eat this food with opioids, you could end up od'ing and die from it.