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Does Your Vitamin C Product Contain Real Vitamin C or Just Ascorbic Acid?
Does That Matter?
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Well, your vitamin C supplement probably just has ascorbic acid, and does not actually contain any real vitamin C complex, and it does matter! 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. 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.
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Vastly Superior Benefits of Natural, 100% Whole Food Source C Complex
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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 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.
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 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.
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Test-Tube Vitamin C Like Ascorbic Acid- No Thanks!
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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, not in isolated, synthesized molecules. In short, test-tube, synthetic 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.
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Synthetic C Can Cause Health Problems Over Time
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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 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.
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