DIY Liposomal C - Fast, Effective, Cheap, Make in your Kitchen Liposomal C

Tools required

Blender $20 (any kitchen blender)
Ultrasonic cleaner $150 ( [link to www.ebay.com (secure)] )

Ingredients required

L-Ascorbic Acid Powder $20 ( [link to www.ebay.com (secure)] )
Sunflower Lecitin $15 ( [link to www.ebay.com (secure)] )
Baking Soda $1

Method

This makes about 100 doses of 1000mg/each liposomal c

Pint Jar #1 (C Powder in Water)
Measure 8 level tablespoons (tbs) of L-Ascorbic Acid Powder into a pint jar. This will be 96 grams of powder more or less.

Add an equivalent amount of water to the L-Ascorbic Acid powder, and swish it around. It won't dissolve completely, don't worry about it.

Pint Jar #2 (Baking Soda in Water)
Add a single tablespoon of Baking Soda to a second pint jar.
Add 4 ounces of water (half full) and stir till the Baking Soda dissolves.

Turn the Ascorbic Acid into Sodium Ascorbate... mostly
Pour a little of the Baking Soda water into the Ascorbic Acid water while gently swishing the Ascorbic Acid jar.

It will foam up and you will get a lot of CO2 coming off. Smells like when you open a bottle of Perrier. Its not at all dangerous in this quantity.

Continue to pour the Baking Soda water bit by bit into the Ascorbic Acid until you have used about 3/4 of the Baking Soda jar. Continue swishing the L-Ascorbic Adic jar until there is no more bubbling.

You will no longer need the Baking Soda or the jar its in, just dump it in the sink.

This process will take a minute or two and be about an 80% reaction. This makes the C much easier on the body when you take it in high doses.

Add the Phospholipids!
Now measure 8 even tbs of Sunflower Lecithin into the jar of buffered Ascorbic Acid and water.

Put a plastic lid on the jar and gently swish it back and forth for a minute or two. The Lecithin will still be clumpy, but completely wet.

Blend

Now pour the pint of buffered C + Lecithin into the blender. The mixture is slimy at this point, and a bit tends to stay in the jar. Just add a little more water to the jar, place the lid on, and shake it a little... pour the remainder in the blender with the rest.

Blend the mixture on medium for about 5 minutes. Some blenders are very powerful and if set on too high, can heat the mixture significantly. You do not want the mixture to heat. Keep the blender on medium or low if necessary.

Ultra-Sonic it!

Now set up your ultra-sonic cleaner and fill the bath with water.

Pour the C mixture out of the blender into a beaker or into the pint jar you just mixed it in.

Set the jar containing the mixture into the ultrasonic cleaner bath.

Glass should not touch the stainless steel bath pan of the cleaner, so either buy a cleaner that has a little jar holder (like this one: [link to www.ebay.com (secure)] ) or just nestle a dish towel into the ultrasonic cleaner bath around the jar such that it completely supports the jar.

Set the cleaner for a 15 minute cycle and let it do its thing.

HEAT: Again, this mixture cannot get hot. You don't even want it particularly warm. Some ultrasonic cleaners have heater settings, turn these off. Other ultrasonic cleaners sort of automatically heat the bath (via induction). If this is the case with yours, just add ice to the bath. Keep it cool.

Also, remember not to put your finger in the cleaner bath while it is on. There is a lot of sonic energy in there, and it can induce air bubbles in the blood in your finger... among other things. Its not a huge danger, but, you know, just turn the thing off if you want to check the temp with your finger.

Round 2

Now just pour the mixture back into the blender and give it another 5 minute whirl.

Finally put it in the ultrasonic cleaner again for a second 15 minute jostle.

Pour into a clean pint jar, cover with a plastic lid, and refrigerate.

Drink Up!

At this point you have a real, and very good liposomal c. In manufacturing there are other steps to stabilize, dry, emulsify or other things. But this is the essence of the process.

Use a plastic lid on the jar, as the Ascorbic Acid reacts strongly with metal.

There are 96 Teaspoons in a pint, and we used 96ish grams of L-Ascorbic Acid, so if you add a bit of water to your finished Liposomal C so that it makes a full pint, your dosing will be 1 gram liposomal C per teaspoon.

Storage / Shelf-Life

My experience is that this can last about a month in the fridge. I usually use it in about 2 weeks.

Of course, you can make half this amount very easily if you won't use as much as I do.

Price

After you make the initial investment of the blender and the ultra-sonic cleaner, the price per gram (the way I buy it on ebay) is about $.02 a gram (not including labor)... which is awesome!

Questions? Comments?