Common usages
The vitamin is added to certain fruits to avoid browning.it is required in the diet of some, including humans and other primates, in order to prevent scurvy, a disease identified by soreness and stiffness of the joints and lower extremes, harshness, swollen and bloody gums, and hemorrhages in the tissues of the body. Vitamin C may not prevent colds, but taking it will help lessen the symptoms. (Encyclopædia Britannica.)
Other usages
Vitamin C is needed for the growth and repair of tissues in all parts of your body. It is used to:
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It is considered as one of many antioxidants.
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How much should you take?
Infants
(University of Maryland Medical Center. Web.) Adolescents
(University of Maryland Medical Center. Web.) Women who are pregnant or breastfeeding and those who smoke, need higher amounts of vitamin C. Ask your doctor what amount is best for you. (University of Maryland Medical Center. Web.)
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Children
Adults
Smokers or those who are around secondhand smoke at any age, should increase their daily amount of vitamin C an additional 35 mg per day. (University of Maryland Medical Center. Web.)
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Definition
Adequate Intake (AI): A recommended intake value based on observed or experimentally determined approximations or estimates of nutrient intake by a group (or groups) of healthy people, which are assumed to be adequate-used when a recommended daily amount cannot be determined.
Hemorrhage: a rapid loss of blood.
Antioxidants: nutrients that block some of the damage caused by free radicals.
Radical: designed to remove the root of a disease or all diseased tissue.
Adequate Intake (AI): A recommended intake value based on observed or experimentally determined approximations or estimates of nutrient intake by a group (or groups) of healthy people, which are assumed to be adequate-used when a recommended daily amount cannot be determined.
Hemorrhage: a rapid loss of blood.
Antioxidants: nutrients that block some of the damage caused by free radicals.
Radical: designed to remove the root of a disease or all diseased tissue.