Pingping is a straightforward person and has been troubled by buying vitamin C these two days.
It turned out that last weekend, the day after eating hot pot, Pingping developed oral ulcers, so she went to the pharmacy to buy some vitamin C to relieve it.
After entering the store, Pingping directly asked the clerk to get a bottle of vitamin C, but the clerk recommended him a fruity vitamin C chewable tablet , saying it was extracted purely and has good effect, and a bottle costs 108 yuan.
Pingping refused and directly said her request, asking for the medicinal vitamin C with a two-yuan bottle and a dose of 100mg. However, the clerk was still reluctant to give up and recommended another one to Pingping... It is said that the kind that Pingping wants cannot be taken frequently, which will harm her health.
Pingping didn't understand. She had eaten vitamin C for a few dollars a bottle since she was a child, and she had nothing to do. What is the difference between a few dollars of vitamin C and a few hundred dollars?
1. What can the body gain if one piece of vitamin C every day?
Vitamin C is an indispensable nutrient in the human body and has many effects on human health.
It is a water-soluble vitamin . Since the human body cannot synthesize itself, it can only be obtained through food. Supplementing enough vitamin C does have multiple benefits for the human body.
, promote the formation of collagen
vitamin C can activate PH and LH, and these two substances are key steps in collagen synthesis, so supplementing enough vitamin C can promote the formation of collagen in the interstitial plasm of tissue cells.
. Treat scurvy
Intake enough vitamin C can help strengthen collagen between blood vessels and make blood vessels more elastic. Once lacking, the microvascular vessels are prone to rupture, which may cause scurvy.
, promote iron absorption
Vitamin c can reduce Fe3+ in the food eaten to Fe2+ (absorbable by the human body), thereby promoting the production of hemoglobin in the human body, thereby preventing iron deficiency anemia .
, improve immunity
Intake enough vitamin C, which can promote the proliferation of T cells and NK cells (a weapon for the human body to defend against foreign enemies) to improve human immunity and better resist the invasion of diseases.
, allergic
One of the effects of vitamin C includes antihistamines, bradykinin , so it also has a certain relief effect on allergic diseases such as asthma and urticaria.
In short, vitamin C is a good thing. As long as we can use it reasonably, it can indeed bring us a lot of gains.
2. What is the difference between vitamin C for a few dollars and a few hundred dollars?
When buying vitamin C, many people often get into trouble because of price issues. Some cost a few dollars, while others cost a few hundred dollars. Is there anything special about this?
These two vitamin C are indeed very different. One is the vitamin tablets prescribed by the hospital (the quality of drug production needs to meet the GMP standard), and the other is the nutritional and health vitamin tablets, the latter price is significantly higher than the former. There are two main reasons for this: one is different in cost. The cost of nutritional and health vitamin tablets is usually huge in advertising. so it is easy to inflate the price ; the other is that the ingredients are different. In addition to some vitamins, other ingredients such as inositol , choline and may also be added (of course this is just a promotion).
But be careful, some of these costs are not suitable for everyone, and blind consumption may endanger health. Therefore, everyone should choose vitamin C according to their actual situation. is not the higher the price, the better .
3. Vitamin C functions more, the more supplements you, the better?
Many people think that since vitamin C is so good, can I eat more so that my health will be better? Of course not. The appropriate dosage of is the best .
Generally speaking, when vitamin C is lacking, mild fatigue, burnout, gum pain and inflammation, skin pectoris, etc. In the early stage, severe may cause scurvy , gum bleeding, atrophy, joint pain, osteoporosis, etc.
So, vitamin C should be supplemented in time at this time, but you must master the dosage. Excessive supplementation of
can speed up the gastrointestinal motility, and some sensitive people may experience diarrhea; while some people with poor kidney function may increase the kidney load, which may induce kidney stones .
So how much vitamin C is the most suitable to supplement?
According to the recommendation of "Reference Intake of Dietary Nutrition for Chinese Residents": the per capita intake of is 30mg-200g, and within this range, the absorption rate can reach 80%-100%. If it exceeds 500mg, the absorption rate will begin to drop to 75%, and the more it exceeds, the more the absorption rate will drop.
So, in order to avoid waste and improve absorption rate, everyone should pay attention to controlling the dose and replenish it in batches every day.
So what method can be added? The preferred method is dietary supplements, especially fruits and fresh vegetables, which are rich in vitamin C.
, fruit
prickly pear , jujube , fresh jujube ( winter jujube ), hawthorn, strawberry , lychee, etc.
, vegetable
bell pepper, kale , pea seedlings , vegetable melon , bitter melon, broccoli , etc. Among these fruits and vegetables, stinging pears, bell peppers, and jujubes can be preferred. They have the highest vitamin C content, but it is recommended that you eat them together, which can better supplement nutritional elements.
In addition, when supplementing vitamin C, you should pay attention to the method. Vitamin C is afraid of "heat". It is easy to lose under high-temperature cooking methods such as blanching, steaming, and stir-frying. , so it is recommended to stir-fry quickly to shorten the ripening time of the dish , thereby reducing the loss of nutrients.
extension - if you have oral ulcers, supplementing vitamin C is not effective!
Pingping thought of the first way after she found out that she had oral ulcers was to supplement vitamin C. In fact, this actually didn't work.
Oral ulcers are simply a localized injury condition that occurs in the oral mucosa. When the disease occurs, the patient may feel obvious pain, which greatly affects the patient's daily diet, speech, etc. There are many reasons for oral ulcers, and irritation is one of them, but ulceration in the mouth does not necessarily mean irritation, so even if eats more fruits and vegetables and vitamin C tablets, it doesn’t work.
On the contrary, blind supplementation will only make the situation worse. If put vitamin C on the ulcer, it may stimulate the ulcer surface , aggravate the symptoms; the fruit acid in the fruit may further stimulate the ulcer surface, so supplement it carefully.
So, what should I do if I have an oral ulcer? The most correct way to should be to supplement vitamin B, because when vitamin B2 is lacking, inflammation of the skin and mucous membranes, such as oral ulcers.
Fish, meat, eggs, and milk are good sources of vitamin B2 . You can eat more in moderation. If necessary, you can take vitamin B tablets under the guidance of a doctor.
Summary: Although vitamin C has many effects, it should not be supplemented randomly. Excessive supplementation and improper supplementation will be detrimental to health, so everyone should take it correctly and use vitamin C rationally.
Reference materials:
[1] "What are the functions of vitamin C? Top medical journals have given the answers one by one! 》. Health Times .2019-06-21
[2] "Detailed explanation of one picture: Vitamin C that has appeared in the world-renowned scientific journal". Life Times. 2020-11-19
[3] "Can vitamin C prevent and treat colds? Stop making trouble, what it can really do is these》.CCTVLife Circle.2019-06-28
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