| Why is Vitamin C so important? | | | | deterioration in collagen, anaemia, and slow healing of |
| Vitamin C, also called ascorbic acid, maintains the | | | | sores and wounds. You will see yourself aging faster, |
| ligaments, tendons, and other supportive tissue. It is | | | | thyroid insufficiency, and your resistance to all |
| found in fruits and in potatoes. Because it's an | | | | infections will be very low. Its deficiency enhances |
| antioxidant it helps regulate your blood cells, keeping | | | | the toxic effect of drugs and environmental poisons. |
| blood cells from becoming deformed from the toxics | | | | Mild deficiencies of vitamin C may appear in the form |
| in the air, which in some cases can cause cancer. | | | | of lassitude, fatigue, anorexia, muscular pain, and |
| The best function of vitamin C is the formation of | | | | greater susceptibility to infection. Long deficiency |
| collagen, a protein substance that keeps the cell | | | | may cause scurvy, which is very dangerous. |
| together. Vitamin C enhances the absorption of iron. | | | | Scurvy is a disease that results from insufficient |
| It is needed for buoyant health, vitality and | | | | intake of vitamin C. This can leads to formation of |
| endurance. It keeps your skin clear, with a fresh | | | | livid spots on the skin, soft spongy gums and |
| complexion and healthy gums and teeth. It is very | | | | bleeding from mucous membranes. A quote from |
| important for the functions of all glands and organs. | | | | Enchanted learning.com, "Many sailors on long trips |
| This vitamin maintains the bones and proper | | | | got scurvy, which at first debilitates and then kills the |
| functioning of the adrenal and thyroid glands. It | | | | victim. When the cause of scurvy was determined to |
| promotes healing and protects against all forms of | | | | be a dietary deficiency, limes and other foods high in |
| stress - physical and mental. | | | | vitamin C were brought on long sea journeys, putting |
| So what happens if you don't take enough vitamin c? | | | | an end to the problem of scurvy. Bringing limes |
| If you become deficiency of vitamin C you will have | | | | aboard is why sailors used to be called "limeys. |
| soft gums, skin haemorrhages, capillary weakness, | | | | |