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let’s talk about the importance of

vitamin c and something called a

subclinical vitamin c

deficiency now you may have heard the

term scurvy before which is a very

serious vitamin c deficiency another

term for that is called

classical vitamin c deficiency but

subclinical

is that you have some vitamin c but you

don’t have the full

amount now what does vitamin c do

well mainly it works as an antioxidant

okay protecting

against free radical damage it has a

real big important purpose

in collagen growth and repair i’m

talking about connective tissue

ligaments tendons fascia

cartilage all the things related to your

joints it’s also necessary to make

noradrenaline and when you’re low in

noradrenaline you’re just not awake

you’re tired all the time

it’s also necessary in the function of

carnitine

which has to do with delivering fat

to the mitochondria the furnace to burn

fat so

fat oxidation so if you’re low in

vitamin c you’re not going to get the

full

fat oxidation to make energy also

your white blood cells part of the

immune system are saturated with vitamin

c

so if you don’t have enough vitamin c

your immune system cannot

work when you have a very severe

deficiency

as in scurvy you have wounds that won’t

heal you’ll get gingivitis inflammation

of the gums you’ll get peri-follicular

hemorrhage now what is that

uh that is the little red dots on the

follicles

on your skin it could be in your butt it

could be certain places in your body

that’s a vitamin c deficiency

fatigue red purple blotches

similar to spider veins but you

sometimes you see them on the lower leg

you’ll see them very commonly with

diabetics and there’s a lot of other

symptoms as well

now how do you get vitamin c these are

the foods that have a lot of vitamin c

uh papaya which i don’t recommend kiwi

which i don’t recommend

bell pepper which i do recommend leafy

greens

a lot of other vegetables are loaded

with vitamin c berries

cruciferous vegetables and in addition

to this a lot of times people take a

supplement

just make sure that your supplement is

not synthetic make sure it’s food based

this is a really good source of vitamin

c acerola cherry

which is very different than the regular

cherries that you would eat

but this is loaded with vitamin c so in

addition to getting your vitamin c from

food there’s things that will block or

inhibit vitamin c absorption

smoking will inhibit vitamin c in your

body

if you’re pregnant the need for vitamin

c goes way

up as you get older and you age your

vitamin c

goes down so you need more vitamin c for

repair

why because it’s an antioxidant

also over training with exercise can

inhibit your vitamin c

and this is interesting too when you eat

sugar you compete with vitamin c

so you will not be able to absorb

vitamin c

if you’re consuming sugar and

if you’re diabetic and you have high

levels of sugar that’s going to block

your ability to absorb vitamin c

all right guys there’s more to know

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