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VITAMIN C (ASCORBIC ACID) BENEFITS

KEY BENEFITS OF VITAMIN C

    • Supports skin health
    • Supports general immune health
    • Supports antioxidant defenses

ABOUT VITAMIN C

In addition to citrus fruits (oranges, grapefruits), peppers, broccoli, brussels sprouts, and strawberries, vitamin C is also known as ascorbic acid or ascorbate.

 

Due to the fact that the human body cannot synthesize vitamin C, it must be obtained from food, vitamin C is an essential vitamin.

 

A potent antioxidant, vitamin C plays a crucial role in the cellular antioxidant defense system.

 

The ascorbate form of vitamin C is also used to produce the enzymes necessary to make collagen, carnitine, and dopamine.

VITAMIN C FULL BENEFITS

Antioxidant defenses

 

  • Free radical scavenger [1]
  • Supports antioxidant defenses [5]
  • Counters oxidative stress and oxidative cellular damage [1,5]

 

Brain and cognitive function

 

  • Supports memory and learning [6]
  • Supports cognitive health [6]
  • Supports L-DOPA synthesis [7]
  • Cofactor for dopamine-β-hydroxylase (which converts dopamine to noradrenaline) [2]
  • Supports dopamine signaling [8]
  • Supports noradrenaline signaling [9]
  • Influences glutamate signaling [10–12]
  • Influences serotonin (5-HT) signaling [13]
  • Supports acetylcholine signaling [9,14,15]
  • Supports the differentiation of neuronal progenitors [16]
  • Supports neuronal myelination [2,17–19]
  • Influences neuronal calcium channel activity [20]
  • Supports neuroendocrine signaling [21–26]
  • Supports antioxidant defenses in the brain [5,27]
  • Supports neuroprotective functions [5,11,27–30]

 

Immune function

 

  • Supports general immune health [31,32]
  • Supports innate immunity [4,33–35]
  • Supports adaptive immunity [4,33,35,36]

 

Skin health

 

  • Supports skin antioxidant defenses [37]
  • Supports skin in adapting to UV radiation [38–40]
  • Supports collagen synthesis [41]
  • Supports elastin synthesis [42]

 

Mood

 

  • Supports positive affect [5,27,43–47]

 

Vascular function

 

  • Supports endothelial nitric oxide synthase activity and NO production [48–50]

 

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