Vitamin C is an essential, water-soluble vitamin that cannot be manufactured by or stored in your body, so needs to be replaced on a daily basis. Your daily requirement for it is higher than any other water-soluble nutrient because, unlike most other animals, you cannot manufacture it in your body. Vitamin C is very unstable, so storing, peeling, freezing & cooking food can deplete the vitamin C content in it. What does it do?
- Helps in the growth & repair of tissue
- Helps support healthy skin, bones, tendons & joints
- Involved with iron absorption
- Acts as a powerful antioxidant; helps support your immune system & fight infection
- Helps to maintain normal blood cholesterol levels
- Involved in fat metabolism In nature, vitamin C occurs in a food complex, including many bioflavonoids that assist its absorption in the body: these are also present in the Food State form. Food State Vitamin C has the same p H as in food, so is less acidic than ascorbic acid & therefore far gentler on the stomach. Most vitamin C sold on the market today is the isolated molecule of ascorbic acid, which is highly acidic & does not contain other food factors. Nature's Own Vitamin C with Bioflavonoids Vegan Tablets are free from gluten, corn, wheat, soya & dairy. They do not contain any GM ingredients. Suitable for vegetarians & vegans. [I] Ingredients: Vitamin C incorporated in citrus pulp; vegetable stearic acid, vegetable magnesium stearate, silicon dioxide, vegetable protein (zein).[/I]