•Address the Cause(s)
poor diet –
lack of fruit, vegetables, potato and XS of pasta & rice, poor teeth/chewing, heavy smoking and
asprin/NSAIDs
•
•Dietary Advice
healthy
eating – fresh vegetables, fruit/juice, potatoes +
skins
•
•Supplement with appropriate amounts of
nutrient
Ascorbic
acid 200 – 500 mg/day for 8 weeks
Adverse
effects rare: Safe Upper Levels 1000 mg
•Consider need for other nutrients
Anaemia
(iron) and folate lack are possible/likely
•
•Once main deficiency corrected
If healthy
diet cannot be guaranteed long term supplement 200mg/day may be needed by a few elderly,
heavy smokers High
doses may increase risk of cataract in steroid
users, increase breast cancer risk and rarely
oxalate renal stones
(see Safety of
Supplements www.stewartnutrition.co.uk )