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Taking a 24 hr urine test & was told to avoid vit c intake prior to test. what does vit c do to the urine that would interfere w. the results?

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Dr. Ed Friedlander answered

Falsifies tests: You have to take a lot of vitamin c to get a false-negative on the glucose and the blood screens, but it's been done.

Answered 2/22/2016

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