{"id":79696,"date":"2025-12-26T12:52:36","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T07:22:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=79696"},"modified":"2025-12-26T12:52:36","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T07:22:36","slug":"vitamin-c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/vitamin-c\/","title":{"rendered":"Vitamin C"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Vitamin C Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recent research suggests that large doses of vitamin C may provide our lungs with a degree of protection from the harmful effects of fine particles in the air. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Vitamin C<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vitamin C, also known as <\/span><b>ascorbic acid<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, is a <\/span><b>water-soluble vitamin.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Function<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>needed for the growth<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>repair of tissues<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in all parts of your body. It is <\/span><b>used to:<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Form <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">an important <\/span><b>protein called collagen, used to make skin, tendons, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ligaments, and<\/span><b> blood vessels.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Heal wounds <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b>form scar tissue.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Repair and maintain cartilage, bones,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>teeth<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Aid<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the <\/span><b>absorption of iron.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>powerful antioxidant<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that can neutralize harmful free radicals.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span><b>helps make<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> several <\/span><b>hormones and chemical messengers used in the brain<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and nerves.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>body doesn&#8217;t make vitamin C<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It comes from the diet.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Sources<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vitamin C comes from <\/span><b>fruits and vegetables.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Good sources include <\/span><b>citrus, red and green peppers,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> tomatoes, <\/span><b>broccoli<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and greens.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some juices and cereals have added vitamin C.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vitamin C is <\/span><b>sensitive to heat<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, so some of its <\/span><b>nutritional benefits can be lost during cooking. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Raw foods are more beneficial as dietary sources.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vitamin C is <\/span><b>not stored in your body, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">so <\/span><b>deficiency can happen quickly.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sometimes, vitamin C <\/span><b>deficiency can lead to scurvy.<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Scurvy symptoms and signs can include <b style=\"font-size: inherit;\">anemia, exhaustion, spontaneous bleeding, l<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">imb pain, swelling, and sometimes <\/span><b style=\"font-size: inherit;\">ulceration of the gums and loss of teeth.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/a-common-vitamin-could-help-protect-your-lungs-from-air-pollution\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SA<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vitamin C is a water-soluble antioxidant essential for collagen formation, wound healing, iron absorption, and protection against oxidative damage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":79730,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[3815,23,4425],"class_list":{"0":"post-79696","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"tag-prelims-pointer","9":"tag-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","10":"tag-vitamin-c","11":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79696","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79696"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79696\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}