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    Ascorbic Acid Is An Essential Food For Human Beings. People Who Receive No Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C) Become Sick and Die.

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    Ascorbic acid, also known as vitamin C, is an essential nutrient that humans must obtain through their diet. Without sufficient vitamin C intake, people can develop scurvy and ultimately die if intake is zero. Vitamin C plays important roles in collagen production, immune function, and acting as an antioxidant. A lack of vitamin C was historically a problem for sailors and soldiers until it was discovered that citrus fruits could prevent and cure scurvy.

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    Ascorbic acid, also known as vitamin C, is an essential nutrient that humans must obtain through their diet. Without sufficient vitamin C intake, people can develop scurvy and ultimately die if intake is zero. Vitamin C plays important roles in collagen production, immune function, and acting as an antioxidant. A lack of vitamin C was historically a problem for sailors and soldiers until it was discovered that citrus fruits could prevent and cure scurvy.

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    Ascorbic acid, also known as vitamin C, is an essential nutrient that humans must obtain through their diet. Without sufficient vitamin C intake, people can develop scurvy and ultimately die if intake is zero. Vitamin C plays important roles in collagen production, immune function, and acting as an antioxidant. A lack of vitamin C was historically a problem for sailors and soldiers until it was discovered that citrus fruits could prevent and cure scurvy.

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    "Ascorbic acid is an

    essential food for


    human beings.
    People who receive
    no ascorbic acid
    (vitamin C) become
    sick and die." --
    Linus Pauling
    Scurvy

    • Common in soldiers, sailors, travellers


    • Hippocrates recorded in 400BC
    James Lind
    • British naval doctor
    • First clinical trial
    • Test for citrus fruit
    cures scurvy (1747)
    • Pioneered health
    benefits for sailors
    • Preventive medicine
    • Treatise on the
    Scurvy, 1753
    Scurvy in other animals

    1907
    Scurvy in other animals
    Vitamins
    • 1912 – Food deficiency and vitamines

    • 1928 – arctic peoples do not get scurvy


    Vitamin C
    Ascorbic Acid

    • 1933 isolated

    • 1934 synthesised
    Synthesis of Vitamin C

    Glucose Vitamin C
    L-ascorbate
    What does Vitamin C do?
    • Collagen

    • Carnitine

    • Norepinephrine

    • Antioxidant

    • Metabolism of cholesterol
    (?)
    How much Vitamin C?

    • 10 mg per day can prevent Scurvy


    Recommended Daily Dosage
    • UK 40 mg per day

    • WHO 45 mg per day

    • Canada 60 mg per day

    • USA 60 – 95 mg per day


    Alternative recommendations

    • Linus Pauling Institute 400 mg per day


    • Professor Roc Ordman 500 mg per 12 hours
    • Vitamin C Foundation 3,000 – 30,000 mg
    • Colorado Integrative Medical Centre
    – 6,000–12,000 mg per day
    • Linus Pauling personal use
    – 6,000–18,000 mg per day
    Prevention of Chronic Disease
    • Cardiovascular Disease

    • Coronary Heart Disease

    • Stroke

    • Cancer

    • Lead Toxicity
    Treatment of Disease
    • Cardiovascular Disease
    • Vasodilation
    • Hypertension
    • Cancer
    • Diabetes Mellitus
    • Common Cold
    Sources
    • 5 servings of fruit and vegetables
    – 200 mg per day (average)
    • Supplements
    • Natural vs Synthetic
    • Mineral ascorbates
    • Vitamin C with bioflavonoids
    • Ascorbate and vitamin C metabolites
    • Ascorbyl palmitate
    • Natural Vitamin Complex

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