What is Vitamin C?
Vitamin C is type of antioxidant. (1, 2)
Vitamin C is a type of vitamin.
What does Vitamin C do?
helps reduce inflammation after an injury (1)
vitamin C plays an important role in glutathione oxidation (2)
consuming 400 to 800 mg per day of lowered the incidence of cataracts by 77 percent in women in a study. (2)
What is the RDA for vitamin C?
according to the National Institutes of Health: (4)
- Infants 0-6 months: 40 mg (adequate intake, not RDA)
- Infants 7-12 months: 50 mg (adequate intake, not RDA)
- Children 1-3 years: 15 mg
- Children 4-8 years: 25 mg
- Children 9-13 years: 45 mg
- Boys 14-18 years: 75 mg
- Girls 14-18 years: 65 mg
- Men 19 years and older: 90 mg
- Women 19 years and older: 75 mg
- Pregnant teens: 80 mg
- Pregnant women: 85 mg
- Breastfeeding teens: 115 mg
- Breastfeeding women: 120 mg
People who smoke or who are exposed to secondhand smoke are advised to consume an additional 35 mg of vitamin C per day.
Bioavailability
Heat
Resources
1. https://www.livestrong.com/article/303683-foods-that-help-heal-muscle/
2. https://honehealth.com/edge/health/best-glutathione-foods/
3. https://healthfully.com/nutrients-for-the-cornea-6581667.html
4. ChatGPT 4, 7/1/23
