The role of vitamin C with human health

When the body lacks vitamin C, you would be susceptible to gingivitis, bleeding tooth, hematoma under bone, increase the hornfels in the hair follicle. If no are added in time, can lead to death by bleeding massively or ischemic heart muscle.

Currently, the common nutrition disorders in the body increases, increases the incidence of acute, chronic, reduced life expectancy, quality of life ... The cause of the phenomenon is caused by the body lack vitamins and minerals needed. In particular, the lack of the vitamin can be due to many causes such as lack of nutrition, the diet is not adequate or not reasonable, especially older malnutrition often lack many vitamins. However, there are cases full dining but due to gastrointestinal disease or taking medication that had this status.

Vitamin C with osteoporosis, osteoarthritis

According to Dr., doctor Nguyen Huu Toan, former Dean of nutrition, Cho Ray Hospital, HO CHI MINH CITY, the elderly need to get adequate amount of vitamins, calcium every day to prevent osteoporosis.Although calcium is found in many different foods such as small fish eat shrimp eat bones, always in shell, green vegetables, beans, but elderly people often eat less calcium intake at the child should put into the body from the daily diet will not be enough, whereas the risk of osteoporosis by them.

Vitamin C increases bone density in the spine and femoral neck so with nutrition, lack of substance that can increase the risk of fractures.

In addition to vitamin D to be absorbed from the Sun to support bone growth in infants until adulthood, vitamin C increases the synthesis of collagen type I, osteocalcin expression necessary for the activity of alkaline phosphatase enzymes, and biochemistry of bone mineral. Some research shows that vitamin C increases bone density in the spine and femoral neck so with nutrition, lack of substance that can increase the risk of fractures.

Beneficial effects of vitamin C on the progression of degenerative joint based on antioxidant properties and ability to regulate genes coding the synthesis of collagen type I, II and aggrecan. Here are the two principal components that make up the substrate in addition to cells of the cartilage of the joints. The experiments on animals show that the animals be provided adequate vitamin C markedly improved the condition of cartilage than other animals.

A study investigating the diet said, although not reduced the rate of osteoarthritis according to the amount of vitamin C, but if used in high doses would reduce clinical symptoms and trauma Radiology of degenerative knee.

The role of vitamin C in the body

Normally, vitamin C made the process of promoting the chemical reactions in the body, exists in two forms in nature have the catalytic enamel and antioxidant. Lack of vitamin C affects collagen fiber creation process, especially in the capillaries, connective tissue, bone tissue. The form of spin is the quick suppression of free radicals, produced during allergic reactions of the cell. Vitamin C interfere with metabolic process carnitin, joining a long chain fatty acid mounted on granules mitochindrie fiber so lacking in vitamin C will do the tired body. In addition, also involved in metabolism of iron and folic acid, increases the absorption of iron.

So prone to infections and depression, the extensive bruising on the skin (subcutaneous hemorrhage plate) as well as the lack of symptoms caused by lack of vitamin C.

Lack of vitamin C, adults become inflamed, bleeding tooth, hematoma under the membrane skeleton, hemorrhagic spots, increasing the hornfels in the hair follicle. If not timely additions can death by bleeding massively or due to ischemic heart muscle. Older mothers also often due to artificial diets, bleeding under the membrane skeleton, especially extremities, easy bleeding under the skin, wounds long healed. Add to that, so prone to infections and depression, the extensive bruising on the skin (subcutaneous hemorrhage plate) as well as the lack of symptoms caused by lack of vitamin C.

Vitamin C deficiency treatment

As well as all the other vitamins, the body does not synthesize vitamin (except vitamin D). Vitamin C has many in yellow fruits such as oranges, mangoes, papaya, carrots, tomatoes and dark colored vegetables such as amaranth, spinach, green cabbage. However, vitamin C is destroyed quickly and easily lose about 50 to 80% during cooking. The substance is absorbed in the small intestine, the amount of the vitamin from 60 to 180mg a date and time of sale cancel between 8 and 40 days, mainly via the urine.

Vitamin C needs increased in the elderly, pregnant women, smokers, infection status, emergency. According to the expert, with a dose of 10 mg per day can be avoided the disease scurvy, and 60mg a day can avoid shortages of vitamin c. A scientific research in America has recommended women take daily from 60 to 75mg, about 90mg men and need additional 35mg in people who smoke.