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I'm sorry, but I have to disagree with you. First are immune system suppression, is a little more complicated than that. Are Immune suppressants , target specific immune cells. If in fact you say that you shouldn't take higher doses of Vit C, then it would be the same to say, you can't eat oranges, tomatoes, bananas, etc., which are high in Vit. C , now as far as the herbs go, you do have to be carful with those, because there are some that do directly affect absorption of are immune suppressers. Long and short, make sure you do your research, from reliable sources, probably the best thing you can do is not eat junk food, soda, drink plenty of water .
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You will find more information in The Journal of Renal Nutrition from a study conducted by Linda Moore et. al. We are so blessed as a transplant community to have such amazing scientists researching on our behalf. The study looks at supplements and herbal remedies including but not limited to:
Vitamin C
St. John’s Wort
Herbal teas: green tea, chamomile, peppermint, dandelion...
Echinacea
Dong quai
Ginseng
Feverfew
Here is a portion of the article which I will cite below as well as a link to the Journal of Renal Nutrition:
"More research is needed regarding how transplant recipients could safely incorporate any of these products into their lifestyle. Until then, clinical teams should help transplant patients understand that these products will affect how their bodies absorb, distribute, metabolize, and excrete the antirejection drugs and could affect the outcome of graft survival."
1. Moore LW. Food, food components, and botanicals affecting drug metabolism in transplantation. J Ren Nutr. 2013 May;23(3):e71-3. doi: 10.1053/j.jrn.2013.02.002. PubMed PMID: 23611558
https://www.jrnjournal.org/article/S1051-2276(13)00061-7/fulltext
Foods known to interact with transplant meds are: grapefruit, grapefruit juice, pomegranate, Seville oranges.
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I was told by my transplant nurse team at Mayo that they don’t recommend taking vitamin C. Do you think that may be because vitamin C is a concentrated higher dose than eating an orange or other fruits?