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<\/p>\nHello People!<\/p>\n
During ongoing corona virus pandemic many health experts are advising people to consume Vitamin- C everyday. It is among the treatments due to it’s various immune enhancing properties and possible antiviral effect.<\/p>\n
So, here is our third blog for #HealthTherapy discussing about Vitamin- C.<\/p>\n
WHAT IS VITAMIN- C\/Ascorbic acid\/Ascorbate??<\/p>\n
– Water soluble element, can not be naturally produced in body, found in fruits and veggies.<\/p>\n
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– Vitamin-C is a powerful antioxidant and protect from harmful molecules called free radicals (When free radicals accumulate,they can promote a state known as oxidative stress which has been linked to many chronic diseases) .<\/p>\n
– It promotes phagocytosis by producing lymphocytes and kill harmful substances.<\/p>\n
– It relaxes the blood vessel and carry blood from heart which reduces blood pressure.<\/p>\n
– It prevents deposition of uric acid in the joints and protect against gout attacks or arthritis.<\/p>\n
-It lowers bad cholesterol level.<\/p>\n
– Supports periodontal health by synthesis of collagen.<\/p>\n
– Produce immune cells and prevents gingival infection.<\/p>\n
– Facilitate healing of the periodontium due to strong antioxidant capacity that allows to inactivate ROS (review of system) which damage structure and function of tissues.<\/p>\n
RDA (recommended dietary allowance) for Vitamin- C
\n75mg for women &
\n90mg for men.<\/p>\n
Sources of Vitamin- C are shown in the picture below.<\/p>\n
Dr. Fatema Tabassum Anam<\/strong> Hello People! During ongoing corona virus pandemic many health experts are advising people to consume Vitamin- C everyday. It is among the treatments due to it’s various immune enhancing properties and possible antiviral effect. So, here is our third blog for #HealthTherapy discussing about Vitamin- C. WHAT IS VITAMIN- C\/Ascorbic acid\/Ascorbate?? – Water soluble element, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2007,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2006","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.toothfairybd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2006","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.toothfairybd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.toothfairybd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.toothfairybd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.toothfairybd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2006"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.toothfairybd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2006\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2008,"href":"https:\/\/www.toothfairybd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2006\/revisions\/2008"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.toothfairybd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.toothfairybd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.toothfairybd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.toothfairybd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nHealth Activist & PR officer
\nTooth Fairy Foundation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"