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Does Your Vitamin C Product Contain
Real Vitamin C or Just Ascorbic Acid?
Does That Matter?

Believe it or not, your Vitamin C supplement probably just has ascorbic acid, and does not actually contain any real vitamin C complex, and it does matter!  Many people today take vitamins, and if you are under a lot of stress or doing something that tends to deplete your body of C or have some of the symptoms of C complex deficiency, it may be a good idea to consider supplementation in addition to increasing the vitamin C in your diet.  However, about 99% of all C vitamin products on the market today are synthetically made ascorbic acid - or variations such as calcium ascorbate, magnesium ascorbate or potassium ascorbate.  Like many other vitamins sold today, this synthetic product has things missing from it.

Despite marketing claims, these laboratory-produced powders like ascorbic acid are NOT natural C complex vitamin - and far from it.  They are chemically synthesized molecules manufactured in a test tube and are often made from genetically modified corn sugar.  These synthetic molecules mimic only one component of the multitude of life-supporting nutrient complexes found in real natural vitamin C complex.  Although some people will go to great lengths to try to convince you that synthetic C such as ascorbic acid is the same as food source C complex, there is much evidence to the contrary. 

Does that mean you don’t get any benefit from synthetic vitamins, like ascorbic acid?  No, but food-based C complex is superior.
 

Vitamin C:  Vastly Superior Benefits of Natural, 100% Whole Food Source Vitamin C Complex - As with Many Vitamins!

In the 1930’s, Hungarian biochemist Dr. Albert Szent-Gyorgi searched for the elusive nutrient factor that prevented scurvy and thus, won the Nobel Prize in medicine for identifying Vitamin C and its many health benefits.  Although he successfully isolated the structure of the ascorbic acid molecule in his research, his studies clearly demonstrated the vastly superior benefits of consuming foods rich in natural vitamin C, rather than the synthetic version.  For this reason, even though he was the discoverer of ascorbic acid, he did not recommend its use!  In fact, Dr. Szent-Gyorgi affirmed repeatedly that the best results occurred when people consumed C in its natural form as present in whole foods.  This shows us again the superiority of getting our vitamins from our foods.

Today, many scientific studies have demonstrated the important health-enhancing and antioxidant benefits of the C complex vitamin.  What many people may not know is that like Dr. Szent-Gyorgi’s research, much of this research has been conducted using foods high in vitamin c, not synthetic ascorbic acid supplements.  This is a very significant distinction - since many scientists and healthcare providers now emphasize the importance of obtaining all our nutrients from whole nutrient sources.
 

Test-Tube Vitamin C Like Ascorbic Acid- No Thanks!

The proven health benefits associated with the C vitamin are actually created by the intricate, complex symphony of phytonutrients and supportive co-factors naturally found only in whole nutrient sources of vitamins, not in isolated, synthesized molecules.  In short, test-tube, synthetic vitamin C such as ascorbic acid simply cannot re-create the magnificent synergy of a whole-nutrient C complex - from sources like camu-camu and acerola berries and barley grass.
 

Synthetic Vitamins, including Vitamin C, Can Cause Health Problems Over Time

Don’t go backwards.  Taking synthetic ascorbic acid can make the body more acidic over time and steals from the body’s calcium reserves, since the body must release calcium to neutralize the synthetic ascorbic acid.  Higher acidity is associated with poorer health.  Over time, taking synthetic ascorbic acid products may have negative effects on your health.  Don’t be fooled by products that advertise Vitamin C products along with rose hips or acerola - they usually contain only token amounts of the “real” nutrients - you’re still getting mostly ascorbic acid or synthetic C.

Symptoms of C Deficiency and Substances That Can Cause C Deficiency Food Sources of Vitamin C Camu Camu Berries - One of the Best Sources of Natural Vitamin C

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Please consult a physician or another health care provider before trying any nutritional supplement, making changes in your diet, or doing new exercises, especially if you are pregnant or have any pre-existing medical conditions or injuries.
 

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