Why Vitamin C is important for our health?

Today, we are going to explore vitamin C why is this vitamin important for our healthy life.

Let’s start.

Vitamin C:

Vitamin C is also known as ascorbic acid. It is water-soluble vitamin and important for the growth, repair, and development of all our body tissues. It has antioxidants properties and prevents our body from damaging free radicals.

Functions of Vitamin C:

Following are the important functions of Vitamin C:

• Helps in iron absorption
• Proper immune functioning
• Helps wound healing
• Keep our gums healthy
• Prevents heart disease
• Prevents cancer
• Helps in the formation of collagen
• Helps in the maintenance of bones, teeth, and cartilage

Food sources of Vitamin C:

Food rich in Vitamin C are cabbage, coriander, guava, and amaranth leaves.

Fruits like oranges, lemon, mango, pineapple, papaya, and tomatoes are also good sources of Vitamin C but apples, bananas, and grapes are fair sources of Vitamin C.

Deficiency of Vitamin C:

If someone doesn’t take the recommended amount of vitamin C then it can lead to vitamin C deficiency. Deficiency of vitamin C causes weight loss, slows wound healing and fractured bones, reduced resistance to colds and infections, also causes fatigue and joint pain.

Severe deficiency of vitamin C results in scurvy which causes bleeding gums, bruising easily, the tendency for bones to fracture.

Toxicity of Vitamin C:

The toxicity of vitamin C is rare because it is water-soluble vitamin and does not store in our body. But if a person intakes more than the recommended amount of vitamin C which is more than 2g then that person will face gastrointestinal problems.

Some people face kidney stones and iron toxicity if they have iron metabolism disorders and renal disease.

Recommended daily allowance of Vitamin C:

All adults should consume 400 mg of vitamin C on daily basis.

Conclusions:

Vitamin C is important for our body tissue growth and development. It is mostly coming from fruit sources. And its deficiency can lead to scurvy. We should consume balanced meals to stay healthy.

In the next post, I will discuss Vitamin B5 which is also known as Pantothenic acid. So, stay with me and get this health information for your better and healthy lifestyle.

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