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i did not read through the entire discussion in detail, but did see enough scientifically incorrect statements to think that one should take all that was said there with a grain of salt.

i take esterC, which is calcium ascorbate. since its not acidic, my stomach can tolerate it. it also comes with citrus bioflavinoids to help with absorption.

i'll have to think about the whole concept of ascorbate vs a complex, right now i can't really comment on that.

but an antioxidant doesn't remove oxygen, so that comment about cells being starved for oxygen and antioxidants affecting oxygen isn't true. antioxidants react with free radicals, cleaning up damaging free radicals. that's a good thing if we don't want our good DNA damaged. but apparently those free radicals also attack cancer cells, so that's where the antioxidants might cause a problem. maybe more of a problem for someone who actually has cancer.

there were other problems with their reasoning, that was just one simple example.

i'm not that concerned with GMO in general. sometimes we do have to be careful, like when we genetically engineer in a pesticide that also kills the beneficial insects. but other modifications are no different than what one would get through old fashioned breeding, other than we can now create exactly what we want without having to wait for that one rare mutation to take advantage of.