Overview
Vitamin-C (ascorbic acid) — An excess won’t hurt you, but a deficiency will ruin you.
Vitamin C is an essential cofactor for enzymes involved in the synthesis of collagen — the chief structural protein in muscles, vascular tissues, skin, bones and cartilage — and also plays roles in the synthesis of hormones and neurotransmitters, in immunity, and in prevention of oxidative damage.
Major vitamin C deficiency weakens vascular tissue — a condition called ‘scurvy’ — and causes widespread capillary bleeding, bleeding gums, and loosening of the teeth. Lesser deficiencies can be caused by insufficient C intake, physical or psychological stress, smoking, alcohol use, and infections. Symptoms include:
- fatigue, lassitude, drowsiness
- loss of appetite
- insomnia
- irritability
- lowered immunity.
According to clinical studies, vitamin C:
- suppresses cancer, heart disease, Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s
- speeds wound healing.
In other studies, vitamin C supplementation:
- decreased the incidence, symptoms, and duration of colds (1000 mg/day or more)
- reduced the risk of pneumonia by 80% (1000 mg/day or more)
- reduced cold and flu symptoms by 85% (1000 mg/hour for the first 6 hours followed by 3000 mg/day).
ABOUT THE POWDER FORM: A level quarter teaspoon of Vitamin C powder weighs about 1200 mg.
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Vitamin C is an essential cofactor for enzymes involved in the synthesis of collagen — the chief structural protein in muscles, vascular tissues, skin, bones and cartilage — and also plays roles in the synthesis of hormones and neurotransmitters, in immunity, and in prevention of oxidative damage.
Major vitamin C deficiency weakens vascular tissue — a condition called ‘scurvy’ — and causes widespread capillary bleeding, bleeding gums, and loosening of the teeth. Lesser deficiencies can be caused by insufficient C intake, physical or psychological stress, smoking, alcohol use, and infections. Symptoms include fatigue, lassitude, loss of appetite, drowsiness, insomnia, irritability, and lowered immunity.
According to clinical studies, vitamin C suppresses cancer, heart disease, Parkinson’s, and Alzheimer’s; it speeds wound healing. In other studies, vitamin C supplementation (at 1000 mg/day or more) consistently decreased the incidence, symptoms, and duration of colds, and reduced the risk of pneumonia by 80%. In a study of 700 students, Vitamin C (at 1000 mg/hour for the first 6 hours followed by 3000 mg/day) reduced cold and flu symptoms by 85%.
