Vitamin C neutralizes chlorine dioxide - you don't want it prominently in your bloodstream if you want MMS1 to do its work. Wait till after taking it for the day before taking vit C...
Sorry to revive an old thread, but I didn't really want to start a new one, as my question(s) are related, and I keep reading around this issue, but I'm still not sure I've got the whole picture accurately:
In what sense does vitamin C neutralise the chlorine dioxide? I don't think we are talking about acid-alkali (pH) balance here are we?
As I understand it, chlorine dioxide is an oxidising agent, and vitamin C is an anti-oxidant.
I assume this is where the neutralising comes in, and in terms of chemistry, I suppose there is some exchange of electrons, but my chemistry is rusty, so I won't say any more about that.
But this is where I come unstuck: I gather some people are using lemon juice (I assume home-made, nothing added) as an activator. But surely such lemon juice would be rich in natural vitamin C and why would that not be an issue?
And I am still not quite clear as to the status of home-made, nothing-added orange juice, either as an activator, or as a mixer for taste reasons.
I seem to have picked up that "natural vitamin C is OK, but synthetic vitamin C is not", but can anyone explain why?
I'm aware that they are not really the same thing, and I suspect that part of the story is that natural vitamin C is a lot more than an anti-oxidant, but that reductionist mainstream medical science has latched on to the anti-oxidising property, without taking on board other possible properties.