The Importance of Vitamin C

The majority of people will under-estimate the importance of vitamin c to our
bodies. We simply dont know what vitamin C does or what
we need it for.


The Importance of Vitamin C

The body systems of humans are made up of chemicals. The raw
materials these systems use to keep our bodies healthy are acquired
through the food we eat and the essential substances that our bodies
produce. If our diet doesn't contain enough of certain vitamins, our body
systems can't work properly. This causes our optimum health to decline
and we become undernourished or ill.

One of the most important vitamins our bodies need to stay healthy is
Vitamin C. The shortage of this vitamin in our diets is universal. Most
people don't eat enough foods rich in Vitamin C, to supply their body with
even the minimum amount required to stay healthy. Vitamin C is essential
to life. It is used by our bodies for almost all essential functions. The
brain, lungs, lymph glands, saliva glands, thyroid, kidneys, small
intestines, retinas and pancreas all need ten to fifty times the amount of
Vitamin C that is produced by the plasma in our bodies. The heart muscle,
the skeleton and erythrocytes require at least ten times the amount of
Vitamin C that is produced by plasma.

These statistics show that we need to take Vitamin C supplements in
order to keep our bodies at optimum health. A daily dosage of a minimum
of 250 mg was recommended by doctors in the US, according to a recent
poll. Supplement intake for optimum health was 500 mg a day.

You cannot overdose on Vitamin C. What isn't used is passed from our
bodies through the kidneys.

To keep your body at a healthy performance level, be sure to take at least
500 mg of Vitamin C daily. When you are ill with a cold or flu, take 1000
mg. This will help you to keep healthy and, according to statistics, live
longer.