Category Archives: Vitamin C

Roughly 50 Essential Factors

Posted on January 30, 2016 by Robert Barrington
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Predicting Vitamin C Requirement Is Difficult

Posted on November 22, 2015 by Robert Barrington
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Cherries: Good For Gout

Posted on November 12, 2015 by Robert Barrington

Gout is a form of periodic inflammatory arthritis that results from the accumulation of uric acid crystals in the joints. Hyperuricaemia is associated with attacks of gout and drugs that decrease uric acid formation or increase its elimination are the … Continue reading →

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The Effects of Vitamin C On Uric Acid

Posted on November 4, 2015 by Robert Barrington

High serum levels of uric acid (hyperuricaemia) are a risk factor for the development of gout. Gout is a medical condition whereby uric acid crystallises out of solution and accumulates in the joints of the body. This causes inflammation in … Continue reading →

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More on Vitamin C and Cardiovascular Disease

Posted on October 26, 2015 by Robert Barrington

Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) is an important water soluble antioxidant in humans. In this role, vitamin C interacts primarily with glutathione and vitamin E to protect the cell from oxidative stress. Vitamin C can by synthesised in most mammals, but … Continue reading →

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Insulin Resistance And Oxidative Stress

Posted on October 25, 2015 by Robert Barrington

Insulin resistance is a likely driver of weight gain. Insulin resistance is characterised by a deterioration of the strength of the signal elicited by insulin on the cell, and as a result the insulin signal becomes less efficient at stimulating … Continue reading →

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More Evidence of Vitamin Deficiencies: Hospital Patients

Posted on October 12, 2015 by Robert Barrington

Vitamins are organic molecules that are required in the diet in small amounts for normal metabolic function. In most cases vitamins are required as cofactors for enzymes in metabolic pathways (although vitamin E and vitamin C for example act as … Continue reading →

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Vitamin C and Oxalate: Another Myth, Let’s Put this One to Bed

Posted on October 7, 2015 by Robert Barrington

Some choose to take supplemental vitamin C (ascorbic acid). Such supplements are usually in the gram range which is considered more than can be obtained from a high fruit diet (~600 mg from such a diet is possible). Many ‘experts’ … Continue reading →

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Gram Doses Vitamin C Stimulate Immunity

Posted on August 31, 2015 by Robert Barrington

In vitro studies show that vitamin C has the ability to modulate the function of immune cells. For example, vitamin C can enhance the motility of neutrophils and monocytes. Vitamin C deficiency in humans causes detrimental effects on the immune … Continue reading →

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Does Vitamin C Interact with Vitamin B12?

Posted on August 26, 2015 by Robert Barrington

The main cobalamins with vitamin B12 activity in human nutrition are adenosylcobalamin, methylcobalamin, aquacobalamin and the conjugate base of aquacobalamin, hydroxocobalamin. Cyanocobalamin is a synthetic vitamin B12 analogue that can be converted in animals to active vitamin B12. It has … Continue reading →

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