All Vitamin C
June 16th, 2010 | 
Author: Here are some benefits that we can get having vitamin C intake in our body:
1. Vitamin C is also a potent antioxidant- critical during the first phase of the body’s detoxification process, this process occurs in many types of tissue, but it is especially active in the liver.
2. Vitamin C is present in breast milk- generally considered safe in breastfeeding mothers. It is currently produced by mixed fermentation and chemical synthesis, the new enzyme provides the potential to engineer microbes to produce vitamin C by a simpler one-step process.
3. Vitamin C is involved in every step of its synthesis- “stronger than steel wire of the same weight.”.It has recently been shown that it is itself destroyed in certain reactions involved in the synthesis of collagen.
4. Vitamin C is also known as ascorbic acid- required to synthesize other important connective-tissues including bone, elastin, fibronectin, and fibrillin. It helps to regulate the body’s ability absorb, transport, and store iron essential for the healing of wounds, and for the repair and maintenance of cartilage, bones, and teeth.
5. Vitamin C is also important in the immune systems surveillance and defense against foreign invaders and tumor cells. Vitamin C is important in preventing cardiovascular disease by facilitating fat metabolism and protecting tissues from free radical damage with its powerful function as an antioxidant. Vitamin C is essential for the production of collagen, which is an important structural protein in the body that is found in tissues such as the skin and nails.
