Vitamin 'C' (Ascorbic acid)

(Majeedi, Karachi)

Vitamin ‘C’ (Ascorbic acid) is an essential vitamin to keep us healthy and fresh. Nowadays, life is becoming more stressful as compared to few decades ago, we have a lot of facilities today but we have many health problems as well. The main reasons behind these health problems are environmental changes and unhealthy life style. We can do exercise but still we need some food supplements and vitamin C is the best one.

Vitamin C is an antioxidant, which prevents oxidation process (in and outside of our body i.e., skin) caused due to free radicals. Free radicals are found in our external environment (in the form of pollution, Ultra violet light etc.) as well as in our body. When we have any food it converts into energy and form some free radicals, which cause damage to our overall health.

It is a water soluble vitamin, present in various fresh vegetables e.g., cabbage, cauliflower and other green vegetables and in fruits, especially in citrus fruits such as lemon, orange, tomatoes etc. It boosts our immune system, helps to make collagen, a protein necessary to heal wounds. It is extremely beneficial in cardiovascular diseases and in blood pressure. In heart diseases, the walls of blood vessels thicken because of accumulation of plaque (fats or low density lipoprotein or bad cholesterol), blood vessels become stiff and prevent appropriate flow of blood and consequently, cause heart diseases. Vitamin C has great power to reduce these ominous vascular changes.

The most significant benefit about this vitamin is its anti-aging and anti-carcinogenic (against cancer) properties. As we age, our body looses flexibility, and this vitamin has miraculous effect on increasing flexibility and freshness of our skin. It helps in common cold, inflammation of gums and in swelling etc. Deficiency of vitamin C causes a disease called ‘scurvy’ and many other diseases.
If we want to keep doctor away, so, that’s an excellent and cheapest source of being healthy.

 

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