4 Subclinical Vitamin C Deficiency Signs that are Extremely Common

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let’s talk about the importance of vitamin c and something called a subclinical vitamin c deficiency now you may have heard the term scurvy before which is a very serious vitamin c deficiency another term for that is called classical vitamin c deficiency but subclinical is that you have some vitamin c but you don’t have the full amount now what does vitamin c do well mainly it works as an antioxidant okay protecting against free radical damage it has a real big important purpose in collagen growth and repair i’m talking about connective tissue ligaments tendons fascia cartilage all the things related to your joints it’s also necessary to make noradrenaline and when you’re low in noradrenaline you’re just not awake you’re tired all the time it’s also necessary in the function of carnitine which has to do with delivering fat to the mitochondria the furnace to burn fat so fat oxidation so if you’re low in vitamin c you’re not going to get the full fat oxidation to make energy also your white blood cells part of the immune system are saturated with vitamin c so if you don’t have enough vitamin c your immune system cannot work when you have a very severe deficiency as in scurvy you have wounds that won’t heal you’ll get gingivitis inflammation of the gums you’ll get peri-follicular hemorrhage now what is that uh that is the little red dots on the follicles on your skin it could be in your butt it could be certain places in your body that’s a vitamin c deficiency fatigue red purple blotches similar to spider veins but you sometimes you see them on the lower leg you’ll see them very commonly with diabetics and there’s a lot of other symptoms as well now how do you get vitamin c these are the foods that have a lot of vitamin c uh papaya which i don’t recommend kiwi which i don’t recommend bell pepper which i do recommend leafy greens a lot of other vegetables are loaded with vitamin c berries cruciferous vegetables and in addition to this a lot of times people take a supplement just make sure that your supplement is not synthetic make sure it’s food based this is a really good source of vitamin c acerola cherry which is very different than the regular cherries that you would eat but this is loaded with vitamin c so in addition to getting your vitamin c from food there’s things that will block or inhibit vitamin c absorption smoking will inhibit vitamin c in your body if you’re pregnant the need for vitamin c goes way up as you get older and you age your vitamin c goes down so you need more vitamin c for repair why because it’s an antioxidant also over training with exercise can inhibit your vitamin c and this is interesting too when you eat sugar you compete with vitamin c so you will not be able to absorb vitamin c if you’re consuming sugar and if you’re diabetic and you have high levels of sugar that’s going to block your ability to absorb vitamin c all right guys there’s more to know about vitamin c check out these videos on this page i’ll see you next time