Vitamin C: Why Do We Love It? Benefits, Resources And Disadvantages: It's Not as Difficult as You Think

 

Vitamin C

Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) has great antioxidant properties. We can find it in abundance in vegetables and fruits.

Vitamin C is a water-soluble vitamin. Vitamin C is important in many biological reactions such as tyrosine oxidation in the formation of norepinephrine and hydroxylation of proline in collagen synthesis.

Benefits and reasons why we like it:

Vitamin C acts as an antioxidant and prevents the conversion of nitrites and amino acids into carcinogenic nitrosamines.

You know, the presence of vitamin c in the intestinal tract greatly improves iron absorption.

Foods rich in vitamin C have been suggested to reduce the incidence of oesophageal & gastric cancer.

Vitamin C is very helpful for healthy and healthy skin. as it acts as an antioxidant it protects the skin from damage due to free radicals.

You will often see a dermatologist who will advise you to eat citrus fruits or give you vitamin C supplements for light and healthy skin.

It is important for healthy gums.

Recommending a daily diet or taking a sufficient amount of vitamin C daily will keep you healthy and prevent some common ailments.

Sources:

Food sources include citrus fruits, tomatoes, and raw vegetables.

Amla & Guava are very rich sources of vitamin c.

Lemon and Lychee are fruits that contain a gene for vitamin C.

Oranges are also a very good source of vitamin c.

Vitamin C deficiency:

Scurvy is a classical disease (disease) of vitamin C deficiency.

When there is a deficiency of vitamin c it leads to bone loss.

There is bleeding in the skin (petechiae, ecchymoses, & perifollicular haemorrhages.)

You can see unhealthy, burning and bleeding gums.

There may be internal bleeding in the joints, the peritoneal cavity, the pericardium (a serous membrane with two layers covering the heart), the adrenal gland.

Wound healing is delayed if you lack vitamin c.

The presence of infection can be seen in some cases.

Non-abnormal bone growth in children. Symptoms of feature tenderness (pain in depression) of bones & follicular hyperkeratosis (abnormal tightening of the skin).

Other common changes in radiological radiation can be seen mainly around the knee joint.

Treatment:

Administration of vitamin C at 200 mg per day improves symptoms in a few days.

High doses of vitamin c (1-2 gm per day) are given to reduce the duration and symptoms of high respiratory infections.

You can get a vitamin C supplement in chewed tablet form or in a dispersed tablet form.

Regenerative vitamin C pills are consumed as chocolate and vitamin C dispersible tablets are taken with water. about 100 to 200 ml of a glass of water is taken and a vitamin c tablet spreads is spread on it. within a few minutes the tablet is completely melted and you are ready to use a yummy drink.

Toxins and dangers:

There is a certain risk of toxicity or danger when ingesting high doses of vitamin c. The following are some of the toxic effects: -

Extremely high doses (more than 2 to 3 gms per day) can cause abdominal pain, diarrhea, nausea.

There is a risk of iron overload in patients receiving iron supplements.

Sudden withdrawal after ingestion of high levels of vitamin C can cause 'skin rejuvenation'.

Conclusion:

Vitamin C is important for our body. Its deficiency causes other diseases. It is important to identify them as they are easily treated with vitamin c supplements.

People should use a food balance to prevent its deficiency and should not rely solely on supplements as a regular use; considering the toxicity of some of these vitamins.

So, more is about Vitamin C & I hope you have some basic knowledge about it !!