Miracle vitamins..

“To improve your zest for life-fill it with vitamin Cs: confidence, courage, and cheerfulness”.

You take the healthiest diet in the world, if you gave those people vitamins, they would be twice healthy. So vitamins are valuable, if you take the right and drink enough, your body flushes everything out for you.
What is a vitamin?

Often we all heard by mothers” don’t forget to eat your salad, it is full of vitamins”! But what exactly are vitamins? 

Vitamins and minerals are substances that are found in the foods we eat, there are micronutrients and essential for the proper functioning of our systems.

 There two kinds of vitamins-: fat-soluble(Vit. A,D,E,K) and water-soluble(Vit B1,B2,B6, B12micronutrient and Vit C). The body is one powerful machine, capable to do various tasks by itself, but when comes to vitamins -it can use some help. The key is to eat different foods to get an assortment of vitamins. 

Why vitamin C  is important?

Vitamin C  is important for keeping your body, tissues such as gums, bones and blood vessels in good shape. Vitamin C  is also key if you get a cut or wound because it helps you heal.

This vitamin also your body resist infections. This means that even though you can’t always avoid getting sick, vitamin  C makes it a little harder for your body to become infected with an illness.

Which foods are rich in vitamin C?

Citrus fruits, like oranges 

Strawberries 

Kiwi

Some vegetables like tomatoes, broccoli, cabbage, spinach, bell peppers (green, red, yellow)

Scientific literature  has clearly established  vitamin C to directly promote and stimulate a number of very important  functions of the immune system including :

Enhanced antibody production (B- lymphocytes, humoral immunity)

Enhanced interferon production

Enhanced phagocytic ( scavenger cell) function 

Enhanced T-lymphocytes  function (cell-mediated immunity)
Enhanced B-lymphocytes and T- lymphocytes  proliferation

Enhanced natural killer  cell activity(very important anti-cancer function )

Enhanced prostaglandin formation 

Enhanced nitric oxide production by phagocytes.

Now you learned that vitamin C that this has proven health- benefits, an adult man ‘ recommended daily intake is 90mg while for a female is 75mg.

This vitamin is water-soluble and not produced in your body, to fulfill its need is usually taken by that food which is rich in vitamin C or vitamin C supplements.

Powerful antioxidant 

Vitamin C is strong antioxidants, that makes your natural defense system more it effective antioxidants protecting from harmful free radicals and boost your immune system, prevent by chronic diseases such as heart disease

Fight with high blood pressure 

 Studies have shown that Vitamin C  may help in reducing blood pressure.

Vitamin c lowers heart disease risks.

Prevents gout attacks and reduces blood uric acid levels

Studies tell that taking vit c supplements over 30 days significantly reduced uric acid  in the blood, which linked to developing gout -a painful arthritis

Improving iron absorption  those

Iron is an important nutrient, plays a vital role in your body such as making red blood cells and transporting oxygen throughout the body, vitamin C helps in the absorption of iron hence, this vitamin prevent the risk of iron deficiency,

Can reduce impairment of mental functions 

Studies have told that whose people have a lower level of vitamin C in the blood are suffering from dementia. Low vitamin C affects memory and thinking abilities. 

All these are clinically proven health-benefits, while there unproven health benefits   like can help to prevent deadly cancers, or reduce the risk of the common cold