Archive for 'Vitamin C'
With Vitamin C, There’s No ‘Gout’ About It
Researchers: Vitamin C a ‘Useful Option’ in Gout Avoidance Late last summer I wrote about gout. For those unfamiliar with the condition, gout is a type of chronic arthritis that causes severe pain in and around the joints, all thanks to the overproduction of uric acid. Uric acid is something that all bodies produce, [...]
Posted: March 30th, 2009 under arthritis, Vitamin C.
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Vitamin C for Healthy Blood Pressure
A study has been published in the December issue of Nutrition Journal that details findings which indicate significant links between vitamin C and low blood pressure. There is strong evidence from the research that “vitamin C is specifically important in maintaining a healthy blood pressure,” said lead researcher, Dr Gladys Block from the University of [...]
Posted: January 5th, 2009 under Blood Pressure, Vitamin C.
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Eat Your Way to a Diabetes-Free Life
The Archives of Internal Medicine recently published a study in which Vitamin C was used as a preventative measure against Type 2 diabetes. The study was performed by the Institute of Metabolic Science at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in England. Its focus was of middle-aged and older participants and how Vitamin C would affect their risk through [...]
Posted: August 11th, 2008 under Diabetes, Vitamin C.
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Vitamin C as a Safer Cancer Cure
The suffering and horrors associated with cancer is not due to just merely the disease itself. Chemotherapy pumps drugs into the body and leaves behind the side effects of general pain, nausea and vomiting, memory and hair loss and the depression of the immune system. Researchers at the National Institutes of Health published an alternative [...]
Posted: August 8th, 2008 under Cancer, Vitamin C.
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Vitamin C May Reduce Risks of Stroke
A European based study has recently been released stating that increased intake of Vitamin C along with large dosages of fruits and vegetables on a daily basis offered significant benefits to the men and women of this study. Strokes occur when blood clots or an artery bursts in the brain, which therefore interrupts the blood [...]
Posted: January 8th, 2008 under Stroke, Vitamin C.
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Vitamin C Benefits Dramatically Reduced by Intake of Dietary Fats, Study Finds
As most people know, I’m a big fan of vitamin C and the benefits that it brings with it. What some people don’t realize is that their vitamin C supplementation may be a waste of time if their diet is all wrong. The last thing I like to see is the effects of something I [...]
Posted: June 18th, 2007 under Vitamin C.
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Benefits of Vitamin C Exhibited Yet Again: Lowers Arthritis Risk, Study Shows
A study published in the Annals of Rheumatic Disease suggests that consuming vitamin C rich foods can offer protection from a form of rheumatoid arthritis that affects at least two joints called polyarthritis. Conversely, in people who consumed small amounts of fruits, vegetables and vitamin C, risk of polyarthritis was increased. The chances of developing polyarthritis were [...]
Posted: May 31st, 2007 under Vitamin C.
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