Vitamins are required by the body in tiny amounts (hundredths of a gram in many cases) as the key ingredient for Healthy life. We get vitamins from three sources viz. Foods, Beverages and Our own bodies – vitamin K comes from bacteria within our intestines and vitamin D is produced with the help of ultraviolet radiation on the skin. Some important key benefites of Vitamin C in our body are as follows:
Vitamin C is also important because it helps protect the fat-soluble vitamin A and vitamin E as well as fatty acids from oxidation. Vitamin C prevents and cures the disease scurvy, and can be beneficial in the treatment of iron deficiency anemia.
Vitamin C may help prevent lead poisoning, and some scientists believe it can be used in the treatment of cancer.
In addition to preventing Scurvy, vitamin C has been shown to reduce the length of colds and to alleviate their severity.