Substances That Can Deplete Vitamin C Levels in Your Body
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Smoking can cause a serious depletion of vitamin C, so if you haven’t stopped smoking yet, you might want to make sure you eat lots of foods high in C, and/or take a supplement.
Other substances that can cause reduced levels of vitamin C include alcohol and many medications, like oral contraceptives, steroids, antidepressants, analgesics (like aspirin and acetaminophen), anticoagulants and tetracycline. Injury or trauma has also been shown to use up very large quantities of the C complex, including the injury to cells that occurs with surgery.
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