Health benefits of Vitamin C
Vitamin C plays a key role in controlling infections and healing wounds, and is a powerful antioxidant that can neutralize harmful free radicals. Vitamin C helps make several hormones and chemical messengers used in the brain and nerves. It is considered an essential vitamin, which simply means that your body is unable to produce it naturally. It is a water-soluble supplement and has many roles impressive health benefits.
Additionally, there is evidence that vitamin C works well with other supplements like quercetin (well-known flavonoid) to exert synergistic antiviral action due to overlapping antiviral and immunomodulatory properties. Vitamin C also has the capacity to recycle quercetin, increasing its efficacy.
Vitamin C is a safe, effective and cheap intervention to help improve your health.
How does vitamin C work?
Vitamin C is required for the synthesis of certain neurotransmitters, collagen, and L-carnitine(which derives energy from fats), and it is required for protein metabolism, brings about absorption of iron from plant-based foods, and regenerating other antioxidants, such as vitamin E. Vitamin E also strengthens our immune response. Therefore, it is an important vitamin that promotes the health of the body and keeps it up and running by being involved in the mentioned processes (Vitamin C, 2021).
How might it help prevent COVID-19?
By enhancing the immune system function and acting in stress response vitamin C exerts its beneficial effects against COVID-19. Several studies have established its valuable role as a synergistic and adjunct therapy in tackling COVID-19 severity (Medical Evidence, n.d.).
How much should I take as per the FLCCC guidelines?
According to FLCCC guidelines, a daily dosage of 500mg-1000mg of vitamin C twice daily is recommended as a synergistic and immune system-supporting therapy for COVID (I-MASK+ PREVENTION & Early Outpatient Treatment Protocol for COVID-19, 2022).
Complications of too much vitamin C
Too much vitamin C can result in gastric disturbance such as stomach pain, diarrhea, and flatulence. This could occur if you consume more than 2,000 mg all at once. Devided doses over the day is usually better tolerated. These symptoms should subside when vitamin C supplement intake is decreased or stopped (Vitamin C, 2020).
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