{"id":20120,"date":"2022-03-09T08:00:55","date_gmt":"2022-03-09T07:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.asssa.es\/en\/?p=20120"},"modified":"2022-03-10T09:43:19","modified_gmt":"2022-03-10T08:43:19","slug":"lets-not-forget-about-vitamin-c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.asssa.es\/en\/lets-not-forget-about-vitamin-c\/","title":{"rendered":"Let&#8217;s not forget about Vitamin C"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Vitamin C, or ascorbic acid, is a water-soluble vitamin that&#8217;s essential for humans and is not stored in your body<\/strong>, so it must be consumed regularly to avoid low levels and deficiencies.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Vitamin C has many <strong>functions, <\/strong>including, in particular:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It acts as a powerful antioxidant that dissolves in water and is essential for the immune system.<\/li>\n<li>It minimises and delays the ageing process.<\/li>\n<li>It plays a role in the absorption of iron by the gastrointestinal tract.<\/li>\n<li>Its benefits endothelial integrity, which is essential in carnitine, collagen and lipoprotein metabolism.<\/li>\n<li>It&#8217;s important for wound healing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>How it&#8217;s obtained<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This vitamin can be obtained naturally or synthetically. The natural way is through food, especially <strong>fruit and vegetables, especially citrus fruits<\/strong>. It&#8217;s rapidly absorbed in the small intestine (duodenum) and any excess is excreted in urine.<\/p>\n<p>Prolonged or inadequate storage and cooking of foods rich in this vitamin can reduce their vitamin content.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Vitamin C deficit<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Vitamin C deficit is seen more in elderly people with limited food intake, macrobiotic diets, malabsorption syndrome, alcoholism, hypothyroidism, diabetes and cancer.<\/p>\n<p>Most of the clinical manifestations of vitamin C deficiency are secondary to a defect in collagen formation. The most frequent symptoms include anorexia, joint pain, lethargy, anaemia, deficient wound healing, weight loss, angular stomatitis, glossitis, denuded (geographic) tongue, etc.<\/p>\n<p>In its more advanced stages, it causes <strong><em>scurvy<\/em><\/strong>, characterised by coagulation disorders, purpura and haemorrhages, ecchymoses in extremities, loss of teeth, jaundice, oedema, fever and, in the final phase, death.<\/p>\n<h6><u><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asssa.es\/en\/insurance\/health-insurance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ASSSA Health Insurance<\/a><\/strong><\/u><\/h6>\n<h6><em>The information published in this media neither substitutes nor complements in any way the direct supervision of a doctor, his diagnosis or the treatment that he may prescribe. 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