Vitamin C - or ascorbic acid - is a vitamin that is found in a variety of foods, such as citrus fruits, peppers, broccoli and brussels sprouts. The main function of vitamin C in the body is to protect cells, which enables them to stay healthy, as well as helping the process of wound healing and maintaining healthy bones, cartilage, skin and blood vessels.

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What Is Vitamin C?
Dr. Carolyn Dean
Vitamin C - or ascorbic acid - is a vitamin that
is found in a variety of foods, such as citrus
fruits, peppers, broccoli and brussels sprouts.
The main function of vitamin C in the body is
to protect cells, which enables them to stay
healthy, as well as helping the process of
wound healing and maintaining healthy bones,
cartilage, skin and blood vessels. Vitamin C
does this as it is important in the synthesis
of collagen - a protein that makes up the
majority of our connective tissue.

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metabolic processes and
reactions, as it helps the body
to acquire energy from food
that has been consumed.
Discovered in 1912 and
isolated in 1928, in 1933
vitamin C became the first
chemically produced vitamin.
Vitamin C cannot be easily
stored in the body, so it is
important to get it from a
healthy daily diet. Typically,
an adult will require between
40 and 100mg every day from
foods such as kiwis, kale, red
peppers and oranges.
A
n essential
nutrient in
the repair
of tissue,
vitamin C
is a vital
ingredient
in the
production of certain
neurotransmitters and is
required for several enzymes
to function. Important for
the healthy function of the
immune system, a severe
lack of vitamin C will result
in scurvy. Vitamin C is also
important for a number of

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