I’ve been drinking vitamin C for a week and the effect my urine becomes more yellow than before. My question, is it okay if vitamin C causes yellow urine? How much daily intake recommended for vitamin C?
Generally vitamin C causes urine more yellow than before and this is normal. According to WebMD, the recommended dietary allowance (RDA) vitamin C from food and supplements are below.
| Category | Vitamin C: Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA)
For children under 1, only an adequate intake (AI) is |
| CHILDREN | |
| 0-6 months | 40 mg/day
Adequate Intake (AI) |
| 7-12 months | 50 mg/day
Adequate Intake (AI) |
| 1-3 years | 15 mg/day |
| 4-8 years | 25 mg/day |
| 9-13 years | 45 mg/day |
| FEMALES | |
| 14 to 18 years | 65 mg/day |
| 19 years and up | 75 mg/day |
| Pregnant | 18 years and under: 80 mg/day 19 years and over: 85 mg/day |
| Breastfeeding | 18 years and under: 115 mg/day 19 years and over: 120 mg/day |
| MALES | |
| 14 to 18 years | 75 mg/day |
| 19 years and up | 90 mg/day |
But, sometime people want to take higher intake of vitamin C because they’re having vitamin deficiency or they think they are need more vitamin C to maintain their health, maybe you are in this type, it is okay but there are also limitation as below.
| Category
(Children & Adults) |
Tolerable Upper Intake Levels (UL) of Vitamin C |
| 1-3 years | 400 mg/day |
| 4-8 years | 650 mg/day |
| 9-13 years | 1,200 mg/day |
| 14-18 years | 1,800 mg/day |
| 19 years and up | 2,000 mg/day |
Wherever you are in, to reduce the thickness of urine yellow colour, it is recommended to drink much water to help vitamin C itself to be dissolved within the water. Therefore, the thickness will be gone. Much water is better because it will help kidney function to work, besides reduces the thickness of urine colour.
You should read more about function of vitamin C to your body.
