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bull lover · Joined: 02 Jan 2006 Posts: 68

come across this, Ester-C, claim that no Acid. they replace the acid with calcium? will it lead to any other problems?
wat is it about? does a normal healty dog need this? or the normal Vit C(Ascorbite Acid) will do?

Fapsry · Joined: 07 Jan 2006 Posts: 64

wats the best dog food??

Dr. TanDY · Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 4:46 pm Post subject:

Do you have more information about Ester-C? Like what are the ingredients? Which company is selling it? Any website?

bull lover · Joined: 02 Jan 2006 Posts: 68

no info about Ester-C?

bull lover · Joined: 02 Jan 2006 Posts: 68

ohh posting same time ok i go get a site, actually there is quite a few brand out there..

bull lover · Joined: 02 Jan 2006 Posts: 68

http://www.worldwideshoppingmall.co.uk/body-soul/ester-c-500.asp

Dr Nat · Joined: 07 Dec 2005 Posts: 1834 Location: Klang Valley

It has the same nutritional value of vit C. Normal vit C probably wont hurt your dog (in fact, your dog may love it because of the flavour!). But the non-acidic vit C would be easier to give to cats instead. Cos they foam in the mouth on contact with something very sour or bitter.

britmann · Joined: 09 Jan 2006 Posts: 61

Dr. TanDY wrote: Do you have more information about Ester-C? Like what are the ingredients? Which company is selling it? Any website?

Here is a site all about ester-c http://www.esterc.com/

Dr. TanDY · Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2006 7:15 pm Post subject: Scholarly search about Ester-C

Source: http://lpi.oregonstate.edu/ss01/bioavailability.html
Year: 2003

Ester-C®: Ester-C® contains mainly calcium ascorbate, but also contains small amounts of the vitamin C metabolites dehydroascorbic acid (oxidized ascorbic acid), calcium threonate, and trace levels of xylonate and lyxonate. In their literature, the manufacturers state that the metabolites, especially threonate, increase the bio-availability of the vitamin C in this product and that they have performed a study in humans demonstrating the increased bioavailability of vitamin C in Ester-C®. This study has not been published in a peer-reviewed journal. A small published study of vitamin C bioavailability in 8 women and 1 man found no difference between Ester-C® and commercially available ascorbic acid tablets with respect to the absorption and excretion of vitamin C.

***Search in major scientific literature database (e.g. pubmed) also returns very little published scholarly journal articles about this product (and calcium ascorbate in general). I'm not sure how good Ester-C is anyway... however their marketing seems quite good :D

bull lover · Joined: 02 Jan 2006 Posts: 68

i am thinking is this Calcium Ascorbate only for those ppl or animal that hv stomuch problem, that canot consume any acid at all? cos this acid in Ascorbate Acid it not THAT acid, n its not a harmful acid.
n thie Calcium Ascorbate, will it lead to over calcium in the dog body?
because i am thinking, the Calcium Ascorbate n Ascorbate Acid will not make a difference for a healty human or dog. unless they need special care.

ilya · Joined: 25 Dec 2005 Posts: 13 Location: Kuala Lumpur

Fapsry wrote: wats the best dog food??

Azmira Lamb & Barley Formula contains Ester-C® in the ingredients. It also uses USDA Grade A lamb meal, whole muscle meat. Barley is a low gluten grain.

gus-gus · Joined: 03 Jul 2007 Posts: 34

bull lover wrote: come across this, Ester-C, claim that no Acid. they replace the acid with calcium? will it lead to any other problems?
wat is it about? does a normal healty dog need this? or the normal Vit C(Ascorbite Acid) will do?

Hi. Is there any particular reason why you are giving your dog vitamin C?
The reason that I ask is that normal healthy dogs do not need vitamin C supplements because dogs are able to synthesise their own vitamin C unlike human beings.