VitaCessay
By: Seth Munger
Vitamin C is a water soluble vitamin with a number of biological functions.
Vitamin C acts as an antioxidant. You can obtain it by eating such foods as red
berries, kiwi, red and green bell peppers, guava juices, oranges, grapefruit,
broccoli, and spinach. These are just some of the foods containing vitamin C.
Vitamin C is to protect a thing called LDL cholesterol suffering from
oxidative damage. Ackward wording. This situation can lead to heart diseases.
Also it may protect against heart disease by reducing the stiffness in your arteries
and the tendency of your platelets to clump with each other.
Also vitamin C is important because it forms a tissue called collagen, this
helps to hold tissue together. Vitamin C also helps the body absorb iron and
calcium, aids healing wounds, and helps brain function.
I looked at multiple sites (sources?) saying recommended amounts of
vitamin C for both sexes. One website said the recommended daily amount for
adult women is 75 mg, and the daily recommended amount for adult men is 90
mg. Then I looked on a Vitamin C site about teens and the recommended daily
amount for teen girls was 65 mg, and the recommended daily for teen boys was
75 mg. So evidentially you see that when you get to become and adult you need
a higher dose of vitamin C per day. I would say the rules laid down by the RDA
aren’t strict enough. Although people at Oregon University are calling for the
amount daily be changed to at least 120 mg per day.
An interesting little tidbit about vitamin C is that studies show that vitamin
C helps prevent diseases in smokers even more. Therefore smokers should intake
more vitamin C per day. For smokers its recommended daily for women is
110mg, and 125 mg recommended daily for men.