Vitamin C - sodium ascorbate or...... ?

[Toolip]

I know there's a vitamin C thread where I should probably be asking this question, but I cannot find it!!

Anyway, I know that sodium ascorbate is the vitamin C that everyone recommends but then I read this article, and they mention every form but sodium ascorbate.

Why is the sodium so important?

Thank you!!!

[tanyalynn]

http://mothering.com/discussions/sho...ight=ascorbate

Here's the long thread. It discusses why the sodium part. I use Perque's vitamin C for some things, but combining cost and taste, for daily use I use SA.

[Golden]

I've only found it in powder form, or in Emergen-C packets, again powdered, but flavored. My kids take Jungle Juice wich is SA and AA, but it is chewable and palatable, unlike SA powder in a small cup of water. It's salty. When I am sick, I take an Emergen-C packet and add more SA to it.