What positive/negative effects have you had from taking vitamin C daily?
Also, what maximum amount ( in milligrams) of vitamin C is okay to take daily?
what is worse, smoking ciggarettes or smoking weed?
Answer:
I'm translating some things from an article I found some time ago; some of the medical terms might not be 100%correct.
Vitamin C is the vitamin of life. It is not at all toxic in any way. You cannot overdose with vitamin C. If you take too much the body just takes what it needs and eliminates the rest through urine in 24 hours.
!!Vitamin C is EXCELLENT for:
-its antioxidant action=fights against the free radicals that kill the cells and cause aging.
!!-great for fixating calcium! without vitamin C, calcium is only half as effective
-GREAT for our imune system!
-great defender of the tiroxine molecules produced by the thyroid gland; these molecules affect positively our energy levels and fat retention, but they are kind of weak and easyly destroyed by the free radicals
-very good for our eyes
-good for asthma
-antiinflamatory and antialergic action
-great skin tonus(30 minutes after eating vitamin C fruits, the colagen production increases 6 times)
-great for keeping blood vessels unclouted(good for fighting arteriosclerosis)
-it regulates the percentage of iron in our body
-great for teeth health>fights germs and cavities
-Great Great Great positive influence over our psychological well beeing; it stimulates and protects the pituitary gland, making possible the secretion of 10 types of hormones
which affect: sexuality, growth, stress, tiroid functions.
-great help in the synthesis of noradrenaline, a substance that has an exciting action, activates the circulation, makes us feel energetic
-great help in the syntesis of serotonin, which helps us relax and sleep
-latest scientifical reports show that vitamin C greatly helps in the transmition of the neural impulses, thus stimulating memory and concentration;lack of vitamin C may contribute to neural damage and cerebral aging>Alzheimer
---2 lemons a day are great for our health; not only the juice but the flesh also!!, it has some very important substances;with honey it really tastes good
Lack of vitamin C signs:
-bloody gums
-frequent colds
-persistent fatigue
-overweight
-hemmorhoids
-tendency for inflamated mucous membranes
-circulatory disorders in the feet area
-nervousness
-concentration problems
-insomnia or sleep problems
-depressive moods
-wrinkles and skin creases
-hair loss
-general physical weekness and lack of mental energy