Vitamin C

Follow the links to information on the benefits and role of vitamin C (ascorbic acid or ascorbate) in the diet.

Reviewed January 2012

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Title:   Scurvy
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Scurvy is a disease caused by severe and chronic vitamin C (ascorbic acid) deficiency. Symptoms include feeling generally unwell and bleeding gums. Babies and young children can suffer complications from scurvy including stunted bone growth. Good dietary sources of vitamin C include citrus fruits and green vegetables.
Date:   Oct 2011
Title:   Nutrition during breastfeeding
Publisher:   Virtual Medical Centre.com
Description:   Eating a healthy diet while breastfeeding is important because what a mother eats determines the energy, protein, nutrient and vitamin content of her breast milk.
Date:   Sep 2011
Title:   Water soluble vitamins
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   This topic is about vitamin C and the B group vitamins - the water soluble vitamins.
Date:   Sep 2011
Title:   Vitamin C for preventing and treating tetanus
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Tetanus is a disease caused by tetanus toxin, which is produced by the bacterium Clostridium tetani. This bacterium typically infects penetrating wounds contaminated by foreign material such as soil. In developing countries, poor hygiene after childbirt...
Date:   Aug 2011
Title:   Vitamin C for preventing and treating pneumonia
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Pneumonia is an infection of the lungs caused by bacteria, viruses or other infectious agents. Its clinical diagnosis is sometimes difficult. Pneumonia is more common in young children and in the aged. In low-income countries it causes two million death...
Date:   Apr 2011
Title:   Antioxidant supplements for liver diseases
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Beta-carotene, vitamin A, vitamin C, and vitamin E cannot be recommended for treatment of liver diseases. An imbalance between too much oxidative stress and too little antioxidative defence has been suggested to cause a variety of liver diseases. There...
Date:   Feb 2011
Title:   Vitamin C for preventing and treating the common cold
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   The term 'the common cold' does not denote a precisely defined disease, yet the characteristics of this illness are familiar to most people. It is a major cause of visits to a doctor in Western countries and of absenteeism from work and school. It is us...
Date:   Feb 2010
Title:   Drinks for babies and toddlers
Publisher:   Queensland Health
Description:   This factsheet is about the sugar content of drinks and how to encourage children to drink more water and milk rather than juices, soft drinks and Vitamin C drinks.
Date:   Aug 2009
Title:   Vitamin C supplementation for asthma
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease of the airways characterised by wheeze and breathlessness. One theory for the observed increase in the number of people with asthma is the 'western' diet with it's lack of nutrients from fresh food. We reviewed e...
Date:   Oct 2008
Title:   Vitamin C and superoxide dismutase (SOD) for diabetic retinopathy
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Diabetic retinopathy or eye disease is the leading cause of blindness in developed countries. Laser therapy currently is the primary means in the treatment of diabetic retinopathy. It nevertheless is a procedure which destroys important cells in the eye...
Date:   Jun 2006
Title:   Vitamin C supplementation in pregnancy
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Not enough evidence to determine if giving women vitamin C during pregnancy helps prevent babies dying, being born too soon or being born small. Having a low intake of vitamin C may be associated with complications in pregnancy such as pre-eclampsia, an...
Date:   Sep 2004
Title:   Drugs for preventing lung cancer in healthy people
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   It has been suggested that antioxidant nutrients such as beta-carotene, vitamin C, vitamin E, selenium and zinc may help reduce the incidence of cancer. This review addresses the effectiveness of these supplements in preventing lung cancer in healthy pe...

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