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C. Jay Hoyt, MD
La Mesa, Calif

JAMA. 1980;244(15):1674.

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To the Editor.—

I was interested in the article "Runner's Trots: Gastrointestinal Disturbances in Runners" (243:1743, 1980), which discussed diarrhea in runners.

There is another interesting source of a milder runner's diarrhea. Many runners have been advised that generous doses of vitamin C (1 g/day or more) will lessen musculoskeletal symptoms. Such doses of vitamin C frequently produce diarrhea, the source of which may be unrecognized for a long time. . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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