Remember how our mother used to warn us to stay out of the rain? I can cause colds, coughs and sore throat, they said. And they always followed it up with, “don't forget to take your vitamin C.”
Vitamin C- it's an anti-oxidant that can help our body fight free radicals that may cause heart disease and cancer. Vitamin C can prevent a wide range of illnesses from the ordinary, like the common cold, to the extraordinary, like cancer.
Did you know that Ascorbic Acid, the Scientific name for vitamin C, mean “without scurvy”. Scurvy is the disease caused by a deficiency in Vitamin C. Some of the symptoms are gum disease, pain in the muscles and joints, fatigue and bleeding.
Human beings are only among the few species that cannot produce their own supply of vitamin C. That's why we have to obtain Vitamin C through our food and supplements.
Vitamin C serves as the primary ingredient for collagen. Popularly advertised as the base for most moisturizers and lotion, Collagen is actually the glue-like substance that binds cells together to form tissues. That's why even simple scrapes and bruises heal faster when we have enough vitamin C in our bodies.
So whether we get soaked in the rain or face day-to-day stress of work or school, research has shown beyond doubt that any “trauma” we are exposed to can be better handled if we have ample Vitamin C in our system.
