Vitamin C


	VITAMIN C


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Little Known Facts About Vitamin C

Vitamin C is probably the best known vitamin and is currently the most used vitamin supplement. It was back in 1742 where lemon juice was found to be a treatment of scurvy.

At the time, no one was really sure what in the lemon juice treated scurvy, but in 1928 Vitamin C was discovered as the magical ingredient in lemon juice that cured the disease. Vitamin C is also known as ascorbic acid, and it is this chemical that provides the assistance to scurvy sufferers. Nowadays, Vitamin C is known for so much more than scurvy treatment and is most commonly known as a protector of our body's cellular function. Vitamin C works as an antioxidant, repairing damage that is created in our body through the instability of free radicals.

Vitamin C has a wide variety of benefits and preventative factors that are widely touted by pharmaceutical companies and in Health News. Here are some little known facts that you may not have heard about Vitamin C in the news or from your Doctor:

Vitamin C can distort the accuracy of medical tests for diabetes, colon cancer, and hemoglobin levels. Let your doctor know if you are taking it before you have any of these tests.
Do not spend extra money on any kind of "specialized" Vitamin C supplementation such as esterified C. There is currently no evidence to support that they are more efficiently absorbed than plain old ascorbic acid.
Vitamin C may also help reblockage of arteries after an angioplasty surgery. A study of 119 angioplasty patients found that reblockage occurred in only 24% of those who took 500 mg of Vitamin C a day for four months, compared with 43% of those who did not take the vitamin. If you or a loved one is undergoing this procedure, supplementation is something you may want to consider.
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 preventing certain cancers.

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