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    Everything You Need to Know About Vitamin C

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    27 May at 06:09 from atlas

    A lot of people have taken vitamin C at some stage in their life, but how much do you really know about ths commonly used vitamin.

    Well to start with there is a good chance that the vitamin C you may have taken, was in the form of synthetic ascorbic acid which is a low-cost, manufactured mimic of food-state vitamin C. Non food-state ascorbic acid is made via a chemical laboratory process and therefore doesn't contain the co-factors and bio-markers that food-state vitamin C  does. It is far better to take a natural food-state vitamin C  because it has no chemical tag-alongs, and because of its bio-markers and co-factors, the body naturally recognises, assimilates and utilises the nutrient more readily.

    A Few Facts About Vitamin C

    • Vitamin C is a water-soluble vitamin
    • The human body cannot synthesise its own vitamin C therefore it must be acquired from the diet
    • Only very small amounts of vitamin C are stored in the body therefore it is necessary to ingest vitamin C on a regular basis for good health
    • Vitamin C is an unstable vitamin that is sensitive to heat and light, and is easily lost during cooking of foods, making it more readily available in raw foods
    • Vitamin C is almost non-existent in animal foods. The highest food sources of vitamin C are fruits and vegetables
    • Vitamin C is an important co-factor for transformation and utilisation of many of the other vitamins
    • Vitamin C plays a role in hundreds of metabolic processes in the body
    What Increases the Need for Vitamin C?
    • Alcohol consumption
    • Smoking
    • Stress
    • Viruses
    • Infections
    • Heavy metal contamination
    • Taking of pharmaceutical medications
    • Exposure to toxins
    What is Vitamin C Good For?
    • Vitamin C promotes collagen production which maintains healthy skin and blood vessels, and effective wound healing
    • Vitamin C is important for good adrenal health
    • Vitamin C promotes healthy gums
    • Vitamin C improves immunity
    • Vitamin C is a good anti-oxidant i.e it assists in "mopping up" free-radicals in the body that cause tissue damage
    • Vitamin C aids detoxification
    • Vitamin C aids the metabolism and conversion of other nutrients, such as tryptophan and tyrosine, into "feel good" neurotransmitters that are important for mental and emotional well-being
    • Vitamin C is good for cardiovascular health issues such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and atherosclerosis
    • Vitamin C may assist in relieving constipation. Higher dosages of vitamin C can cause the stools to become loose
    Good Food Sources of Vitamin C Amla, acerola cherries, citrus, berries, quavas, persimmons, kiwifruit, capsicum, tomatoes, broccoli, onions, leafy greens, peas, brussel sprouts, cabbage, parsley and sprouted seeds.  If the dietary sources of vitamin C are inadequate or the body's vitamin C requirements are increased due to contributing factors as mentioned previously, Power of Nature recommends either of these all natural food-state Vitamin C supplements: Amazonia organic Raw Vitamin C Complex, Premier Research Labs Premier Vitamin C  capsules or Lifestream Organic Vitamin C  powder 

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