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“According to animal research, even mild vitamin C deficiency may impact fetal hippocampal development, a part of the brain crucial for learning and memory. From the article: > "Even marginal vitamin C deficiency in the mother stunts the fetal hippocampus, the important memory centre, by 10-15 per cent, preventing the brain from optimal development," says Professor Jens Lykkesfeldt.”

“Vitamin C's immune-boosting and antioxidant properties can mediate the body's inflammatory response, reducing the symptoms or risk of various diseases. Evidence suggests that vitamin C can lower C-reactive protein, a marker of inflammation.”

“Vitamin D2 (plant-based) and Vitamin D3 apparently have a very important difference when it comes to athletes. Vitamin D2 worsens muscle damage post exercise, vitamin D3 enhances recovery. It is possible that the D2 inhibits or competes for an enzyme that is required to produce D3.”

“A recent meta-analysis found that vitamin C treatment shortened the duration of mechanical ventilation among patients in the intensive care unit. The investigators looked at the findings from eight trials involving 685 patients.”

“Vitamin C may have a special role in reducing stress-induced cortisol release: > In contrast, others have shown that vitamin C infusion enhances adrenal glucocorticoid production or has no effect on the serum cortisol response to ACTH. Our data suggest that within the context of prolonged and intensive exertion, high vitamin C intake significantly lowers serum cortisol levels.”

“Also, early phase 1 clinical trials showed that the combination of high-dose, intravenous vitamin C with standard chemotherapy or radiation was well tolerated and improved patient outcome. Larger clinical trials are now underway.”

“Intravenous vitamin C increases blood levels that are 100-500 times higher than levels that can be achieved with oral ingestion. It is this VERY-high concentration of vitamin C in the blood that generates hydrogen peroxide that selectively kills cancer cells.”

“From the article: > Exercise improves health in overweight and obese adults but can be hard to incorporate into a daily routine. New findings show that taking vitamin C supplements daily instead can have similar cardiovascular benefits as regular exercise in these adults.”

“The study participants included 167 male and female patients (average age, 55 years) with sepsis and ARDS. Every six hours for four days, the patients received either intravenous vitamin C (50 milligrams per kilogram of body weight) or a placebo.”

“Participants that were given vitamin B supplements for 4 weeks before exposure to concentrated air pollution for 2 hours reversed the bad effects on the heart rate by 150% and total white blood count by 139%.”