I agree totally. Too much of the religious/political/personal debating on here that seems to be souring a few threads. We already had a thread for that, but just wasn't enough I guess. In fact, Russ has forums for these arguments alone, but they are barely used.

Anyway, Tracy I know someone who is allergic to vitamin C too. My Mum's husband. He cannot handle it either. It can happen to some people. He stays away from it.

I had some problems with proper vitamin C when it was encouraging more elimination of mercury from my tissues, but I knew what it was. Only reason it did that was because the mercury had already been pulled into accessible areas by a DMPS IV injection and didn't take much to encourage further elmination. I gather vitamin C can do that sometimes.

It is not a chelator though I dont think, but it's action can encouarage some mercury detox when that mercury is in areas where it's easier to move/remove. It also helps with gluathione levels (which is needed for detox).

But if you cannot handle it and you are certain of allergy, then for sure I'd leave it well alone. You can get enough vitamin C from tomatoes and other veges etc.