Vitamin C
Vitamin C is an amazing nutrient. It reduces the effectiveness of fat by reducing its content by actually liquefying, or diluting fat. By diluting the fat, it makes it less effective, and easier to flush out of your system. Vitamin C also works on cholesterol deposits. Vitamin C can also help burn out cholesterol, making it difficult for cholesterol deposits to form in blood vessels. Vitamin C is a water-soluable vitamin.
What Vitamin C is good for:
- helps wounds heal
- strengthens blood vessels
- builds connective tissue
- builds healthy gums, skin and promotes strong teeth and bones
- may boost immunity
Vitamin C also protects the cells of the body from free radicals that cause cell damage that may lead to cancer, heart disease, and other health problems.
Studies suggest that vitamin C supplements taken for ten years can reduce cataracts by more than 75-percent.
Where you get vitamin C:
- Citrus fruits, orange juice, strawberries, green and red peppers, collard and mustard greens, broccoli, spinach, tomatoes, potatoes, kiwi, guava and parsley.
Vitamin C: Keeping Skin Young
Vitamin C and the linoleic acid in foods like oils and nuts may protect skin from aging, while carbohydrates and fats other than linoleic acid may make skin worse. Scientists asked 4,000 women aged 40 to 74 to recall their diets from the previous 24 hours and to allow a dermatologist to examine their skin, as part of the national Health and Nutrition Examinations Survey:
- Women who consumed more vitamin C-rich foods were 11 percent less likely to have a wrinkled appearance and 7 percent less likely to have dry skin associated with aging.
- Women who consumed more linoleic acid (an omega 6 polyunsaturated fat found in oils, especially soybean) were about 25 percent less likely to have skin atrophy and dryness.
- Women who ate more total fat or carbohydrates were more likely to have wrinkles and skin atrophy.
Vitamin C for Stroke?
The higher the level of vitamin C in the bloodstream, the lower your risk of having a stroke. That is what British researchers with the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer discovered when they followed more than 20,000 middle-aged men and women for almost 10 years. Those with the highest blood levles of C were 42 percent less likely to suffer a stroke than those whith the lowest blood levels. The findings held even when other common risk factors for stroke such as smoking, physical activity, blood pressure and age, were taken into consideration.
Vitamin C Deficiency
Vitamin C deficiency causes:
- Scurvy: Deteriorating muscles, unhealing wounds, weight loss, loss of appetite, irritability, and rough, dry skin.
Vitamin C Supplements
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Vitamin C 1000 with Rose Hips |
Buffered Vitamin C Crystals
Getting Too Much Vitamin C?
Too much vitamin C causes:
- Some symptoms of scurvy
- Kidney stones
- Diarrhea
- Breakdown of red blood cells