Vitamin C

Vitamin C is an essential nutrient for the human body. It exists in nature as a water soluble and as a fat soluble vitamin. Vitamin c is responsible for a wide range of metabolic reactions and benefits of vitamin c include help fighting viruses and bacterial diseases. Most plants and a good number of animals can make vitamin c internally. Humans however have lost this ability a long time ago. Vitamin c deficiency is widely known as a cause for scurvy. Scurvy can lead to formation of spots on the skin, bleeding and swollen gums, bleeding mucous membranes, loss of teeth and even in to opening wounds and eventually death.

The human body cannot store the water soluble vitamin c and can only store small amounts of fat soluble vitamin c. Foods high in vitamin c include citrus fruits, strawberries, broccoli, melons, peppers, collards, green leafy vegetables, onions and radishes.

Facts on vitamin c can be found in any vitamin list. These facts include functions of vitamin c in the human body, acceptable ranges of dietary intake, natural sources and deficiency/overdose related problems.

Ascorbic acid is an organic acid that operates in the body as an antioxidant. This acid is usually a white or light yellow powder that is water soluble. Ascorbic acid manufacturers produce this supplement in various forms.

Vitamin c serum is one way of being able to apply vitamin c to your skin. Manufacturers of serums say that they do not use a derivative of the vitamin c that the body can use but through offering the serum they use the one vitamin c compound that the body actually can use effectively.

Too much vitamin c usually does not lead to a vitamin c overdose. If the human body receives an overdose of vitamin c some headaches and smaller problems might appear but in general the excess vitamin c will be flushed out of the body.

Hypertension in humans can be resolved or reduced by using either garlic or vitamin c as a natural treatment. Vitamin c in this case works as an antioxidant and reduces stress on the health system.

Vitamin c indicator is widely used to detect the presence of vitamin c in foods and other materials by using the materials ability to change color if vitamin c is present. The color of the solution can be compared to a calorimeter to also find out how much vitamin c exists in the tested substance.

Topical vitamin c powder is supposed to reduce and prevent redness and inflammation in the skin. The idea behind this is that by directly applying vitamin c to the skin way more vitamin c can kill bacteria, heal wounds and prevent inflammation directly than by oral intake. This is also supposed to help with acne problems by stimulating collagen and elastin in the skin.

Liquid vitamin c is yet another form vitamin c supplements can be found on the market. For lots of people it is easier to drink a liquid than to swallows a pill and this product can also easily be given to children if needed.

In school science classes and science fairs vitamin c experiments are a often used to teach young children about vitamin c.