Benefits Of Vitamin C

Question: What are the health benefits of Vitamin C?

Answer: Vitamin C is essential for healthy teeth, gums and bones. It helps heal wounds and scar tissue, Fractures; prevents scurvy; builds resistance to infection; aids in the prevention treatment of the common cold; gives strength to blood vessels; aids in the absorption of iron. It is required for the synthesis of collagen, the intercellular cement which holds tissues together. It is also one of the major antioxidant nutrients. For more information about treatment and products go at:

Question: benefits of vitamin C 1000 and fish oil (omega-3)? i just bought fish oil omega-3 and vitamin C 1000, the fish oil is 300mg and i take it 3 times a day. the vitamin C 1000 is 1000mg and i take that once a day in the morning. is that how much i should be taking? what are the benefits of those? how long will i start seeing improvement? thanks everyone

Answer: Hello Wolf. Most commercial fish oils have 1.000 mg of fish oil (with 180 mg of EPA and 120 mg of DHA, the active ingredients in fish oil). You will have to know how much EPA and DHA are there in your 300 mg per capsule fish oil. What I recommend is 3.000 mg per day of fish oil (close to 900 mg of EPA plus DHA) as a preventive measure if you are healthy and at your ideal weight. If you are overweight, have hypertension, diabetes, high triglycerides, etc…I recommend starting with 6.000 mg of fish oil. Basically, fish oil is an essential fat and it goes to the membranes of each of your body cells to make them more flexible. This flexibility in the membranes creates a number of benefits in every part of your organism, it decreases general inflammation (important in your cardiovascular, neurological and immune systems) and improves omega 3/ omega 6 ratio balance (we should have a 1/1 ratio but normally have 1/20). There are more than 55 fish oil benefits, please read more at http://www.omega-3-fish-oil-wonders.com/fish-oil-benefits.html Vitamin C is an antioxidant. Every time you move or spend energy you produce waste from your body cells. This waste is in the form of burned oxygen that could attack your other body cells producing accelerated aging. But if you have enough antioxidants to counterattack, you can cut the damage from oxidants. Some people recommend 500 mg per day of vitamin C, I personally use 3x 1.000 mg, one with each meal. Good luck, Alfredo E. www.omega-3-fish-oil-wonders.com www.seguroz.com

Question: what are the benefits of vitamin C to my skin?

Answer: Heres a link telling you all about vitamin c hope this helps x http://www.smartskincare.com/treatments/topical/vitc.html

Question: What evidence is there for the benefits of high vitamin c doses as prophylaxis?

Answer: Prophylaxis of what? The common cold is often given as an example. The last time I had a discussion about it with one of my pharmacy lecturers, they said there's currently no conclusive evidence to support it. However, I know there are some long term studies that are ongoing.

Question: What are the benefits of Vitamin C?

Answer: If you drink a glass of O.J. every morning it will boost your amune sisteme so u will rearly get sick. I try to drink one every morning and I get sick maybe once every year and a half, and I never get flew shots ether.

Question: What are the benefits of vitamin C? why is it important? why do we need it? what does it help with?

Answer: One of the main benefits of vitamin C is its function as an antioxidant. If you leave an iron nail outside, it will rust. Slice an apple in half, and it turns brown. Both are examples of oxidation, defined as a chemical reaction that involves the loss of an electron from an atom. Dip a sliced apple in lemon juice, however, and the rate at which the apple turns brown is slowed. That's because the vitamin C in the lemon juice slows the rate of oxidative damage. Free radicals are molecules with an unpaired electron. In this state, they're highly reactive and destructive to everything that gets in their way. Although free radicals have been implicated in many diseases, including heart disease and cancer, they're actually a normal part of your body chemistry, and can help to keep you healthy. White blood cells, for example, use free radicals to "attack" viruses and bacteria. Optimal health, however, requires a balance between free radical generation and antioxidant protection. One of the functions of an antioxidant is to "quench" these free radicals before they create too much damage. However, there is research to show that vitamin C may act as a pro-oxidant [15]. In other words, vitamin C, under certain conditions anyway, may act in a manner that is opposite to its intended purpose. This has raised concern among thousands of people who supplement their diets with vitamin C because of its antioxidant benefits.

Question: wht are the benefits of vitamin C? benefits of vitamin C + foods which contain vitamin C.... plss give detailed answer, 10 points

Answer: Improves immunity Healthy skin Reduces chances of influenza and fever etc Vit. C(ascorbic acid)is a water soluble vitamin which makes it easier to absorb because it can be absorbed with existence of water However,excess Vitamin C can cause problems,this is known as Vitamin Poisioning/Toxification(hypervitaminosis) In excess Vit. C works as laxative which causes diarrhea or vomitting or both simultaneously

Question: What are the benefits of taking Vitamin C ? Self explanatory.

Answer: What ever anybody says or those "studies" that were done. being a pharmacy technician we learned about vitamins. Vitamin C doesnt help prevent colds, if you took vitamin C every time you had a cold for a year, it would reduce the days you had the symptoms by one. one day less of symptoms for an entire year. although. Vitamin C does help your immune system. it contributes to it, but its not as powerful as everybody makes it out to be. Don't get me wrong, you do need it, but it's not some magical cure. what is does specifically: increases the phagocytic functionings of leukocytes, anti-inflammatory activity, promotes healing and plays a role in the immune system.

Question: Benefits of vitamin C + Vitamin E? I've heard through taking a combination of vitamin E/C results in cognitive functioning. Can anyone specializing in nutrition elaborate/provide specifics "increased" (for the sardonic perfectionists out there)

Answer: By David Stauth, 541-737-0787 Source: Maret Traber, 541-737-7977 CORVALLIS, Ore. - A new study has found that supplements of vitamin C can largely stop the serious depletion of vitamin E that occurs in smokers, demonstrating for the first time in humans a remarkable interaction between these two antioxidants as they work together. The research also suggests a possible mechanism by which smoking can cause cancer. The findings are being published Wednesday in Free Radical Biology and Medicine, a professional journal, by scientists from the Linus Pauling Institute at Oregon State University. The results of the research were based on a placebo-controlled, double-blind clinical study with smokers and non-smokers, and showed that supplements of 1,000 milligrams of vitamin C per day could reduce by up to 45 percent the rate of disappearance of one form of vitamin E in smokers. In general, vitamin C supplements helped protect the function and plasma levels of vitamin E, so that smokers who took supplements had about the same level of antioxidant protection as non-smokers. "A lot of nutrition research in the past has been done by studying one nutrient or another in isolation, sometimes with conflicting results," said Maret Traber, a professor of nutrition at OSU and lead researcher in the Linus Pauling Institute. "What this and other studies like it are showing is that the protection we get from proper diet or supplements often comes from combinations of nutrients working together. This has implications not only for smokers but also for many other people." Vitamin E is one of the first lines of defense in human lung tissue against the ravages of cigarette smoke, Traber said, which creates destructive free radicals. If the body has adequate levels of vitamin E, this protective antioxidant can interact with the peroxyl radicals created by cigarette smoke and prevent the destruction of lung membranes. In this process, however, vitamin E can itself be made into a destructive radical. If adequate levels of vitamin C are present, it can help the vitamin E return to non-radical form and continue its protective role. But in the absence of adequate vitamin C, this process breaks down. The new study is one of the first to ever demonstrate this phenomenon in humans. This and other studies at the Linus Pauling Institute have also shown that in smokers, vitamin E is being depleted from tissue concentrations in order to keep up its levels in the blood. "We've known for some time that smokers are under oxidative stress, because the smoke itself is an oxidant that creates free radicals and cell mutations," Traber said. "The immune response of the body also tends to cause inflammation, and this inflammation is one reason that smoking relates not only to lung cancer but other serious health problems such as diabetes, hypertension and heart disease." By having a rapid loss of protective antioxidants, Traber said, smokers face special challenges. "Think of a bucket that's filled with water but has holes in it," she said. "If you want to keep the water level, you have to keep adding water. But with smokers, the holes in the bucket are bigger and the water level goes down faster. In the case of nutrition, you have to add more and more nutrients to stay even." With smokers, she said, that rarely happens. In the general population, research has shown that only 8 percent of men and 2.4 percent of women have adequate dietary intake of vitamin E. And studies indicate that smokers often have a diet with lots of meat but low intakes of the fruits and vegetables that provide most antioxidants. So although smokers require higher levels of antioxidants to gain their protective benefits, their diets usually contain even lower dietary intakes than most people - and nearly 50 million Americans smoke cigarettes. For antioxidant vitamins to play a role in disease prevention, experts say, they usually have to be present in advance. They are less successful in addressing existing disease. According to Traber, many of the studies showing "no benefit" from improved nutrition or vitamin supplements have been done in people with existing disease, or studying one nutrient at a time rather than combinations. In this research, participants were asked to eat a diet low in fruits and vegetables for three months so they had low levels of vitamin C. Some members were then given vitamin C supplements, and others a placebo. Smokers who got vitamin C supplementation had a plasma vitamin E disappearance rate about the same as non-smokers. But smokers who were still deficient in vitamin C lost alpha vitamin E about 25 percent faster than non-smokers, and gamma vitamin E about 45 percent faster. Other collaborators on this research were from Columbia University, The Ohio State University, the University of Washington, and Brock University in Canada. Richard Bruno, a doctoral student from The Ohio State University, was also a co-author. The research was funded by the National Institutes of Health. "What this clearly shows is that to perform their vital roles, vitamins C and E work together," Traber said. "They have a synergistic effect that will not be gained just by intake of one or the other, and adequate levels of these nutrients are especially important for people who smoke." About the Linus Pauling Institute: The Linus Pauling Institute at OSU is a world leader in the study of micronutrients and their role in promoting optimum health or preventing and treating disease. Major areas of research include heart disease, cancer, aging and neurodegenerative disease.

Question: What are the benefits of taking vitamin C?

Answer: -enhances immune system and prevents getting a cold -improves the absorption of iron -takes part in the synthesis of collagen (skin is repaired much faster) -protects from oxidizing free radicals (a result of eating a lot of trans and saturated fatty acids) -helps the chemical activity of vitamin e (which is essential to the body!)

Question: what are the benefits of vitamin c ?

Answer: good for fighting colds and its the one vitamin your body can not store so its a good idea to take them every day

Question: health benefits of taking a vitamin C tablet daily? i have tons that my mom stopped using. i heard that vitamin C helps increase libido, sesitivity, and vag taste so im interested in taking them. is this true? aslo, what other health benefits would i gain by taking them? any side effects/cons? and no my mom wont mind me taking them if theyre healthy in other ways other than sexual. aslo, im 17 if that matters

Answer: Extra vitamin C helps to boost your immune system so you will get fewer colds.

Question: Vitamin C is volatile and deteriorates fast... how to avoid that and what do I take? I've heard about how vitamin C is volatile and loses its benefits quickly. so which brand of vitamin C supplements should I take to avoid that and get the full benefits of vitamin C?

Answer: Vitmain C is vitamin C. But to get more vitamin C in your body, i recommend taking vitamin c with rose hips. Rose hips is very high in vitamin C-more than some citrus fruits. Not only does rose hips contain high amounts of vitamin C, it also contains vitamins A, B, D, and E.

Question: what evidence is there for the benefits of high vitamin c doses as prophylaxis? of common cold and CVD's

Answer: Prophylaxis for what? A cold? Not very convincing I'm afraid. The Cochrane Collaboration, assessed a group of trials involving over 11,000 people, they found that, "regularly taking vitamin C doesn't reduce the risk of catching the common cold." "Vitamin C may reduce the duration of a cold, but only by eight percent in adults. Put in context, the average 12 days of illness a year due to the common cold is reduced to 11." "However, for people under extreme physical stress, such as marathon runners or skiers, taking vitamin C halves the amount of time a cold will last. Vitamin C supplements also reduce the risk of this group of people catching a cold. But for most people, the researchers say, it isn't worthwhile taking vitamin C supplements to avoid the sniffles." I am not aware of any newer studies that are strong enough to suggest otherwise.

Question: No vitamin C in Ribena? Now that the makers of Ribena have admitted in court that their advertising has been misleading the public for years into believing that the product had health benefits (high vitamin c levels) how do you feel about this con?

Answer: yeah its pretty terrible.....both my kids grew up on Ribena...now we find out that Ribena is just as bad as Coke!...I sure feel like sending our kids dentists bills to Ribena :(

Question: What benefits can I get from vitamin C? What kind of benefits can I get from taking vitaminC supplements? I took it once, and when I burped it left a nasty taste in my mouth! It was like medicine-ish and bitter taste and that turned me off so bad I stopped taking it. I decided to go back to it though. Can it help my hair grow faster?

Answer: Vitamin C is needed because we are all affected by the toxins in food, water, and air as well as hazardous radiations. It can be taken in the form of calcium ascorbate, ascorbic acid or sodium ascorbate. Calcium ascorbate is the least irritating to the stomach. It promotes healing in any disease and has even helped bring cancer patients back to health. It also prevent tooth decay, bleeding gums and the effects of drugs. If you are experiencing a slight sore throat, which could be the sign of a worse infection, take a level tsp of calcium ascorbate four times a day. The sore throat will probably be gone by the next morning. (Large doses of garlic are even more effective) Natural sources: Rose hips, capsicums or green peppers, sprouting beans and seeds, chick peas, buckwheat, corn, alfalfa, brown rice, citrus fruits and fresh kale.