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Vitamin C (ang.)

Anti-Aging Properties of Vitamin C

 

Cardiovascular Benefits of Vitamin C

  • Vitamin C may help to prevent abnormal Blood Clotting (by inhibiting the production of Prostaglandin E2) - in one study the daily administration of 2,000 mg of Vitamin C prevented the formation of new blood clots and caused existing blood clots to dissolve
  • Vitamin C may help to prevent/repair Aneurysm
  • Vitamin C may regress the atherosclerotic plaques that are implicated in the development of Atherosclerosis
  • Vitamin C helps to preserve the structural integrity of Blood Vessels (through its role as an essential precursor for the production of Collagen - a major component of Blood Vessels)
  • Vitamin C may strengthen the Arteries (by enhancing the incorporation of Collagen into the walls of the Arteries)
  • Vitamin C may improve the function of the Endothelium in Tobacco smokers
  • Vitamin C may reduce the severity of Raynaud’s Disease
  • Vitamin C may help to prevent Embolism (including Pulmonary Embolism)
  • Vitamin C may reduce Blood Pressure in Hypertension patients
  • Vitamin C may help to prevent Ischemic Heart Disease
  • Vitamin C may help to prevent and treat Angina
  • Vitamin C may help to prevent Heart Attacks and may be useful in the treatment of people who have recently experienced a Heart Attack
  • Vitamin C may help to prevent Tachycardia
  • Vitamin C may help to prevent Thrombosis

 

Digestive System Health Benefits of Vitamin C

  • Vitamin C may reduce the severity of Celiac Disease symptoms
  • Vitamin C may alleviate Constipation
  • Vitamin C deficiency is common in Crohn's Disease patients
  • Vitamin C may help to prevent Gallstones
  • Vitamin C may help to prevent and treat Gastritis
  • Vitamin C (3,000 - 5,000 mg per day) may alleviate Halitosis
  • Vitamin C may help to prevent and treat (chronic) Pancreatitis (due to the Antioxidant properties of Vitamin C)
  • Vitamin C may accelerate the healing of Peptic Ulcers
  • Vitamin C may be useful for the treatment of Ulcerative Colitis

 

Ears/Hearing Health Benefits of Vitamin C

  • Vitamin C (1,000 mg per day) may help to prevent Age-Related Macular Degeneration
  • Vitamin C may help to prevent and treat Cataracts (evidence suggests that supplemental Vitamin C reduces the risk of Cataracts by up to 70%)
  • Vitamin C may help to control Glaucoma by reducing intraocular pressure
  • Optic Neuritis may occur as a result of Vitamin C deficiency
  • Vitamin C may help to prevent (diabetic) Retinopathy

 

Excretory System Health Benefits of Vitamin C

  • Vitamin C may help to prevent Bladder Stones and may dissolve existing Bladder Stones
  • Vitamin C may help to prevent Urinary Tract Infections
  • Vitamin C may help to prevent Diabetic Nephropathy
  • Vitamin C may help to prevent Kidney Stones

 

Musculoskeletal System Health Benefits of Vitamin C

  • Vitamin C may accelerate the healing of Fractures
  • Vitamin C may help to prevent Osteoporosis
  • Vitamin C may alleviate Gout (by facilitating the excretion of excessive Uric Acid)
  • Vitamin C may retard the erosion of Cartilage that occurs during the course of Osteoarthritis and may increase the synthesis of the endogenous Glycosaminoglycans that are necessary to repair damaged osteoarthritic Joints
  • Rheumatoid Arthritis patients often exhibit low levels of Vitamin C and supplemental Vitamin C (1,000 - 3,000 mg per day) may alleviate the Pain associated with Rheumatoid Arthritis
  • Vitamin C (6,000 mg per day) may help to prevent Tooth Decay
  • Vitamin C may alleviate the Muscle Weakness experienced following Exercise and may alleviate Muscle Weakness in Myositis patients. Vitamin C may retard age-associated Muscle Weakness

 

witamina c vegamedicaVitamin C’s Effects on Cells and Cellular Mechanisms

  • Vitamin C may stimulate the Apoptosis (cellular death) of some types of Cancer Cells
  • Vitamin C may inhibit the ability of mutagens and Gamma-Rays to damage Chromosomes and cause Cell mutations
  • Vitamin C may repair damage to the Mitochondria of Cells and may enhance the production of Adenosine Triphosphate (ATP) within the Mitochondria

Immune System Health Benefits of Vitamin C

  • Vitamin C may help to prevent active episodes of (Systemic) Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) in patients with existing SLE
  • Vitamin C may help to prevent Rheumatic Fever
  • Vitamin C may be useful for the treatment of Sjogren Syndrome (due to its role in the production of Prostaglandin E1)
  • Vitamin C may help to prevent and treat many forms of Cancer - Cancer patients are often found to be deficient in Vitamin C and supplemental intravenous Vitamin C has increased the life expectancy of some Cancer patients:
    • Breast Cancer
    • Cervical Cancer
    • Colon Cancer
    • Esophageal Cancer
    • Kidney Cancer
    • Laryngeal Cancer
    • Liver Cancer
    • Lung Cancer
    • Mesothelioma
    • Multiple Myeloma
    • Neuroblastoma
    • Ovarian Cancer
    • Pancreatic Cancer
    • Prostate Cancer
    • Stomach Cancer
    • Skin Cancer:
      • Basal Cell Carcinoma
      • Melanoma
  • Vitamin C may stimulate the Apoptosis (cellular death) of some types of Cancer Cells
  • Vitamin C may increase the effectiveness of the Anti-Cancer Pharmaceutical Drugs used in Chemotherapy when supplemental Vitamin C is used as a co-treatment with Chemotherapy in the treatment of Cancer

 

Respiratory System Health Benefits of Vitamin C

  • Vitamin C may help to prevent Chronic Obstructory Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
  • Vitamin C may alleviate Asthma by reducing the airway spasms that characterize this ailment and Vitamin C may also help to reduce the Histamine excess that is common in Asthma patients
  • Vitamin C may prevent Bronchitis (by increasing resistance to Detrimental Bacteria and Viruses) and Vitamin C may also help to treat Bronchitis
  • Vitamin C may be useful for the treatment of (allergic) Rhinitis
  • Vitamin C (1,000 - 2,500 mg per day) may alleviate and prevent Hay Fever
  • Vitamin C may shorten the duration of Tonsillitis and may help to prevent Tonsillitis

Bacterial & Viral Diseases

  • Vitamin C may help to prevent Respiratory Tract Infections, may reduce the severity of Respiratory Tract Infections and may acclerate the recovery from Respiratory Tract Infections
  • Vitamin C (taken in megadoses) may accelerate recovery from Scarlet Fever (by counteracting the Streptococcus toxins that are responsible for Scarlet Fever)
  • People afflicted with Candida albicans over-proliferation may benefit from supplemental Vitamin C to counteract the increased destruction of Vitamin C that Candida albicans causes
  • Vitamin C may help to counteract Brucella abortus infection
  • Vitamin C may help to counteract Brucella melitensis infection
  • Vitamin C may kill various species of Clostridium
  • Vitamin C may reduce the toxicity of the Exotoxin produced by Corynebacterium diphtheriae
  • Vitamin C may inhibit Escherichia coli
  • Vitamin C may reduce susceptibility to infection by Helicobacter pylori and help to eradicate H. pylori
  • Vitamin C (megadoses) may prevent and alleviate Measles
  • Vitamin C may inhibit Pseudomonas aeruginosa
  • Vitamin C may inhibit Salmonella typhi
  • Vitamin C may prevent infection from Shigella species and may accelerate recovery from Shigella infections.
  • Vitamin C may help to prevent infections from Detrimental Streptococcus species
  • Vitamin C may kill Streptococcus faecalis
  • Vitamin C may inhibit the proliferation of Streptococcus pneumoniae
  • Vitamin C may help to prevent infection from Entamoeba histolytica and may accelerate recovery from Entamoeba histolytica infection
  • Vitamin C may help to prevent Malaria and may facilitate recovery from Malaria
  • Vitamin C may inhibit some types of Viruses (due in part to its ability to stimulate Interferons production)
  • Vitamin C may help to prevent Influenza and may shorten the duration of symptoms in Influenza patients (people who are already infected with Influenza often have a bowel tolerance to Vitamin C of over 100 grams of Vitamin C per day)
  • Vitamin C may inactivate Parainfluenza Viruses
  • Vitamin C may inhibit the replication of Rhinoviruses
  • Vitamin C may inactivate the Cytomegalovirus
  • Vitamin C may help to prevent Hepatitis
  • Vitamin C (orally) may help to prevent further Herpes Simplex Virus
  • Vitamin C (megadoses administered intravenously) may kill the Herpes Zoster Virus

 

Metabolic Health Benefits of Vitamin C

  • Vitamin C may improve the body's utilization of Cholesterol and may lower total serum Cholesterol levels
  • Vitamin C may increase HDL Cholesterol levels
  • Vitamin C may facilitate the conversion of LDL Cholesterol to HDL Cholesterol and may inhibit the oxidation of LDL Cholesterol
  • Vitamin C may reduce Insulin requirements in Diabetes Mellitus patients
  • Vitamin C may help to prevent Insulin Resistance (by lowering Blood Sugar levels)
  • Vitamin C may alleviate and prevent Fatigue (primarily by facilitating the production of the Thyroid Hormone, Thyroxine)
  • Vitamin C (combined with Vitamin E) may improve the Liver function of Cirrhosis patients
  • Vitamin C (14 grams per day or more) may be beneficial for the treatment of Hepatitis C
  • Vitamin C may alleviate the Infections that are associated with Cystic Fibrosis
  • Vitamin C may accelerate weight loss in persons afflicted with Obesity

 

Nervous System Health Benefits of Vitamin C

  • Vitamin C may alleviate Adrenal Insufficiency
  • Vitamin C may help to prevent Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
  • Vitamin C may retard cognitive impairment in Dementia patients:
    • Alzheimer’s Disease
  • Vitamin C (1,000 - 3,000 mg per day for at least three weeks) may alleviate Depression
  • Vitamin C may alleviate Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
  • Vitamin C may protect the body against the toxic effects of Stress
  • Vitamin C may improve the body's ability to handle the Stress associated with Surgery
  • Enhancement of the Nervous System
  • Vitamin C may improve some aspects of human Intelligence
    • Vitamin C may improve Learning ability
    • Vitamin C may improve Memory
    • Vitamin C (3,000 mg per day) may improve Mood

 

Sexual System Health Benefits of Vitamin C

  • Vitamin C (used in conjunction with Vitamin E) may alleviate the pelvic Pain associated with Endometriosis
  • Vitamin C may alleviate Female Infertility
  • Vitamin C (at least 1,200 mg per day taken in divided doses) may alleviate the hot flashes associated with the Female Menopause
  • Vitamin C may help to prevent Enlarged Prostate
  • Vitamin C may alleviate Male Infertility (by improving Sperm motility and quality)
  • Vitamin C may improve Sperm quality, motility and viability in male Tobacco Smokers and may protect the Sperm from the genetic damage that can cause hereditary diseases in offspring
  • Vitamin C may improve Sexual Performance

 

Skin/Hair/Nails Health Benefits of Vitamin C

  • Vitamin C may be useful for the treatment of (atopic) Eczema
  • Vitamin C may facilitate Hair Growth and may retard Hair Loss
  • Vitamin C may alleviate Hives
  • Vitamin C may facilitate the production of Natural Moisturizing Factor in the Skin (by increasing levels of its precursor Filaggrin)
  • Vitamin C may be an adjunct in the treatment of Psoriasis - (by causing general toning and cleansing in Psoriasis patients)
  • Vitamin C (when used in conjunction with Rutin) may cause the complete resolution of some cases of Purpura
  • Vitamin C may alleviate Rosacea

 

Inflamation

  • Vitamin C may alleviate Allergies
  • Vitamin C (1,000 - 3,000 mg per day) may alleviate and prevent Hay Fever
  • Vitamin C may enhance the ability of White Blood Cells to function as Phagocytes

 

Toxins Inhibited by Vitamin C

  • Vitamin C may lower elevated Sorbitol levels in Diabetes Mellitus patients
  • Vitamin C may lower elevated Prolactin levels
  • Vitamin C may minimize the toxic effects of Aluminium and may facilitate the excretion of Aluminium from the body
  • Vitamin C may facilitate the excretion of Arsenic from the body
  • Vitamin C may facilitate the removal of Cadmium from body and may reverse Cadmium toxicity symptoms
  • Vitamin C may inhibit the ability of Cadmium
  • Vitamin C may counteract Copper-induced oxidative damage
  • Vitamin C may counteract the toxicity associated with Fluoride
  • Vitamin C may counteract the toxicity associated with excessive Iron
  • Vitamin C may facilitate the excretion of Lead from the body and may counteract the toxicity of Lead
  • Vitamin C (1,000 mg per day) may reduce blood Lead levels in Tobacco smokers
  • Vitamin C may counteract the toxicity associated with excessive Vanadium
  • Vitamin C may counteract the toxicity of Mycotoxins, Aflatoxin
  • Vitamin C may lower elevated blood Histamine levels
  • Vitamin C (especially when combined with Cysteine and Vitamin B1) may reduce the toxicity of Alcohol
  • Vitamin C (if consumed at the same time as consuming Alcoholic Beverages) may help to prevent Hangovers
  • Vitamin C may reduce the toxic effects of Nicotine attempting to quit smoking
  • Vitamin C may improve the function of the Endothelium in Tobacco smokers (and may thereby help to prevent Atherosclerosis in Tobacco smokers)
  • Vitamin C (1,000 mg per day) may reduce blood Lead levels in Tobacco smokers
  • Vitamin C (liquid solution sprayed into the Throat whenever Tobacco craving occurs) may reduce the craving for Tobacco
  • Vitamin C reduces the incidence of Smoker’s Cough in Tobacco smokers
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