Vitamin C
Vitamin C is one of the most common of the high dosage vitamin therapies in use in the general public. This is due in large part to the work of Dr. Linus Pauling, a Noble prize winning chemist in the 20th century. From a chemist's point of view, ascorbic acid occurring naturally in lemon juice or synthetically produced in isolate form in the lab is the same thing. However, many have shown in earlier and more recent work that the entire vitamin C complex is of value and can be more effective than the ascorbic acid alone. I highly recommend food and food based supplements over the synthetic vitamin containing large doses of ascorbic acid.
Rich in the following foods...
Berries (acerola, strawberries)
Broccoli
Brussels sprouts
Cantaloupe
Carrots
Cauliflower
Kiwi Fruit
Oranges, Lemons
Papaya
Red Bell Peppers
Greens - Parsley, Kale, Mustard Greens
Paprika
Supports the following systems...
Cardiovascular (assists in cholesterol metabolism)
Blood (aids in iron absorption)
Immune (aids in fighting infection)
Musculoskeletal (connective tissue formation)
Nervous (neurotransmitter formation)
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