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Little Known Facts About Vitamin C
Vitamin C is the best-known vitamin. Currently, it is the most popular vitamin supplement.
Lemon juice was discovered to be a treatment for scurvy back in 1742. Back then, no one knew what ingredient in lemon juice treated scurvy. Then in 1928, Vitamin C was discovered to be the magical component in lemon juice that cured scurvy.
Vitamin C is also known as ascorbic acid. This chemical assists scurvy patients. However, Vitamin C is used for much more than just scurvy treatment. It is best known for its capacity to protect our body's cellular function. Vitamin C works as an antioxidant, repairing damage done to our body by the instability of free radicals.
Vitamin C offers a wide variety of benefits and preventive capabilities that are widely touted by pharmaceutical companies and in the health news. But do you know everything there is to know about Vitamin C? Here are some little-known facts about this much-loved vitamin:
- Vitamin C can distort the accuracy of medical tests for diabetes, colon cancer and hemoglobin levels. Inform your doctor if you are taking Vitamin C before going for any of these tests.
- Do not spend extra money on "specialized" Vitamin C supplements such as esterified C. There is currently no evidence to support that they are absorbed more efficiently than plain old ascorbic acid.
- Vitamin C can help avoid re-blockage of arteries following angioplasty surgery. A study of 119 angioplasty patients found that re-blockage occurred in only 24 percent of those who took 500 mg of Vitamin C a day for four months, compared with 43 percent of those who did not take the vitamin. If you or a loved one is undergoing this procedure, you may want to consider supplementation.
- Vitamin C recently came under attack when a small test-tube study found that it may cause genetic damage, potentially increasing the risk of some cancers. But scientists have since identified significant flaws in the study. Many better studies show that Vitamin C provides numerous benefits including the prevention of certain cancers.
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