Vitamin C, also known as ascorbic acid , it exists in fresh vegetables and fruits in nature.
First of all, vitamin C has a strong antioxidant effect. Oral vitamin C has the effects of whitening and lightening spots, enhancing skin moisturizing functions, promoting collagen synthesis, promoting wound healing, enhancing skin elasticity, and improving pore size; applying VC externally has the effects of resisting ultraviolet damage, reducing melanin formation, and reducing inflammation and allergies. Secondly, vitamin C has improved the utilization of iron, calcium and folate . Vitamin C can promote the intestinal absorption of iron, improve the liver's utilization rate of iron, and help treat iron deficiency anemia . Vitamin C can also promote the absorption of calcium, promote the reduction of folic acid, and prevent the anemia of megacute red blood cells. Again, promote steroid metabolism, eliminate free radical in the body, participate in the synthesis of neurotransmitters, promote antibody formation, enhance human disease resistance and detoxification effects.
If the human body lacks vitamin C, it will cause point-like bleeding in the body, loose gingivals and bleeding, causing collagen synthesis disorders. "Reference Intake of Dietary Nutrients for Chinese Residents" recommends that adult vitamin C intake be 100 mg per day.
The main sources of vitamin C are fresh vegetables and fruits. Vegetables with rich content include peppers, tomatoes, rapeseed, cauliflower, cauliflower and mustard greens , etc. Fruits with high vitamin C content include cherry, pomegranate, citrus, lemon, grapefruit, strawberry , sea buckthorn, kiwi and jujube , etc.
