Vitamin C Can Prevent Pregnancy Complication
by: By Maureen Williams, ND
Women who supplement their diet with a small amount of vitamin C during the second half of pregnancy reduce their risk of one contributor to premature birth, according to the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (2005;81:859-63).
The end of pregnancy and the beginning of the birth process […]
Posted on December 22nd, 2007
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Why Vitamin C Is Important
by: John Sanderson
There’s been a great deal of research concerning the many ways in which Vitamin C is beneficial to health. Also known as ascorbic acid, this nutrient serves the body in a variety of ways. In addition to the long established means of helping to maintain health, there’s a great […]
Posted on October 24th, 2007
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Why is Vitamin C Important?
by: Steve Parker
Vitamin C, also called ascorbic acid, maintains the ligaments, tendons,
and other supportive tissue. It is found in fruits and in potatoes.
Because it’s an antioxidant it helps regulate your blood cells, keeping
blood cells from becoming deformed from the toxics in the air, which in
some cases can cause cancer.
The best function […]
Posted on September 5th, 2007
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Vitamin C or Ascorbic Acid was first isolated from lemons in 1932. The C in this very important vitamin is debatable and may stand for citrus, cold, or collagen for the following reasons.
Fruits found with the highest concentration of Vitamin C are citrus fruits, rose hips, cherries, papayas, cantaloupes, and strawberries. Common vegetable sources are […]
Posted on July 11th, 2007
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Those who start eating lemons at first symptoms of the common cold should slow down. According to a recent study, Vitamin C does nothing to prevent the common cold.
Australian and Finnish researchers after analysis of 55 studies say that the only effect that Vitamin C can have is to shorten the duration of a cold. […]
Posted on May 23rd, 2007
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Carboloading of a different variety.
Saturday in Tucson before the 1982 version of the Tucson Marathon we were sitting on the Gentle Ben’s patio with some of our running friends from Albuquerque having some carbohydrates of the liquid variety. Bob would consume 18 Dos Equis and run a blazing 2:31 marathon the next day. Sitting at […]
Posted on March 28th, 2007
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We all know that vitamin C is one of the most popular health supplements which acts as a stimulant for the immune system of our body. Recent research has revealed that vitamin C could play a part in cancer prevention.
Food Sources
Some of the sources of vitamin c are cabbage, cauliflower, guava, kiwi, papaya and strawberries.
Who […]
Posted on January 31st, 2007
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Vitamin C is important to all animals, including humans, because it is vital to the production of collagen. Vitamin C is also important because it helps protect the fat-soluble vitamins A and E as well as fatty acids from oxidation. Vitamin C prevents and cures the disease scurvy, and can be beneficial in the treatment […]
Posted on December 13th, 2006
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A dose of vitamin C may give a quick boost to the poorer-than-average blood circulation seen in healthy young smokers, a study suggests. The study of 25 healthy men found that although smokers initially showed poorer results on a test of blood flow to the heart that changed after they took a large dose - […]
Posted on October 18th, 2006
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Women who supplement with a small amount of vitamin C during the second half of pregnancy reduce their risk of one contributor to premature birth, according to the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (2005; 81:859?63).
The end of pregnancy and the beginning of the birth process is marked by rupture of the walls (membranes) of the […]
Posted on August 23rd, 2006
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