Function:
- growth and repair of tissues in all parts of your body.
- Form an important protein used to make skin, tendons, ligaments, and blood vessels
- Heal wounds and form scar tissue
- Aid in the absorption of iron
- remedy for the common cold.
- Antioxidant
https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/002404.htm
Overdose: over 200 mg
https://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/VitaminC-HealthProfessional/#h8
Excess: excreted in the urine
Type: water soluble vitamin
https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/002404.htm
Side effects of hypervitaminosis C:
- gastrointestinal disturbances
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12134712?dopt=Abstract - increased risk of cardiovascular disease mortality in postmenopausal women with diabetes.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15531665?dopt=Abstract - kidney stones
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15579526?dopt=Abstract - In pregnancy can lead to shortage of vitamin C in the baby after delivery
https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/002404.htm - tissue damage in hereditary hemochromatosis patients
https://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/VitaminC-HealthProfessional/#h8 - increasing prothrombotic effects in cancer patients
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26139164
Recommended daily intake= 90 mg
- Peppers, hot chili, green, raw:
Contain: 242 mg
%DV: 404% - Guavas, common, raw:
Contain: 228 mg
%DV: 381% - Peppers, sweet, yellow, raw:
Contain: 183 mg
%DV: 306% - Thyme, fresh:
Contain: 160 mg
%DV: 267% - Orange peel, raw:
Contain: 136 mg
%DV: 227% - Parsley, raw:
Contain: 133 mg
%DV: 222% - Lemon peel, raw:
Contain: 129 mg
%DV: 215% - Kale, raw:
Contain: 120 mg
%DV: 200% - Kiwi fruit, (chinese gooseberries), fresh, raw:
Contain: 92.7 mg
%DV: 155% - Broccoli, raw:
Contain: 89.2 mg
%DV: 149%
Deficiency symptoms
- Scurvy disease
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10570371 - Appearance of skin wrinkles
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17921406 - Easy Bruising
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3027858/ - musculoskeletal symptoms consisting of arthralgia, myalgia, hemarthrosis, and muscular hematomas
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15797491 - weak bones
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18806103/
increased cold duration and severity
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25010554
