Vitamin C
The American scientist Glen King, April 4, 1932 the world’s first identified vitamin C. Since then, scientists have conducted many studies examining the impact of this vitamin in the human body. Having established the fact that the lack of vitamin C a person is sick and even dying, scientists still had several times to question his seemingly unquestionable benefit.
The first study of the influence of vitamin C in the human body (called ascorbic acid), which gave sensational results were produced in 1970 by Nobel Prize winner Dr. Linus Pauling. That he came to the conclusion that the horse dose askorbinki beneficial effect on immunity for colds. Experiments have confirmed this theory, and since every self-respecting doctor would not forget to remind the patient: it is necessary as much as possible use of vitamin C. The recommended dose – 60 mg per day.
Japanese scientists have conducted experiments on rodents and found that a lack of vitamin C leads to premature aging, four times as accelerating this process. But in Russia, conducted a study which showed that residents of our latitude is much more than others, suffer from a lack of vitamin C – mainly because of the long, dark winter during which we not only have no fruit, but have long to live in Winter dim light. It turned out that to generate the majority of vitamins need natural sunlight.
Most often, we suffer from a deficiency of vitamins C and B. Today, it is difficult to imagine it, but only 100 years ago, a lack of vitamin C led to the development of scurvy. And although today to bring himself into such a state is not easy to avoid the disease, it is necessary to eat oranges and lemons, as well as traditional Russian black currant, cranberry, sorrel, and cabbage. But despite the fact that the problem is identified, and it would seem, it is easy to solve, not so simple. Scientists calculated that the daily rate askorbinki contained in 2.5 kg of apples. Since then, they argue about what dose of vitamins should be considered optimal. In particular, the dose of vitamin C, needed a man for life, also came under question. Some experts argue that all unnecessary easily excreted, while others believe that excess vitamin C is harmful. And if people are not sick with scurvy, this does not mean that he is healthy. So how much vitamin C is necessary for health? For example, large monkeys, body weight which corresponds to the human, eat oranges and bananas, and consume a day on average 2-4 g of vitamin C. However, to ensure that the human body in such a quantity of the vitamin, we will have to switch completely to food sweet peppers or currants. Who is ready for such a gastronomic feat?
It turns out that to obtain the necessary amount of vitamin C have to take it in pill form. And here’s the question: how much to take vitamin C, so as not to harm the body? After all, every doctor knows: any substance, even the most beneficial to health, in excessive quantities can be poison. The so-called hypervitaminosis as well-known to doctors as scurvy. However, there is no reason for panic, since the worst of what awaits in the case of overdose, – allergies and diarrhea. Another thing, if it is a complex reception synthetic vitamins, when simultaneously in one capsule in the body receives almost the whole spectrum of nutrients. Specialists of the Russian Research Institute of Gerontology, found that the wrong intake of vitamins can trigger the formation of kidney stones. Not all vitamins and minerals as easily deduce from the body, as to swallow a pill, washed down with her mouthful of water. If you remove them from the body fails, the kidneys begin crystallization. And after some time may form a stone.