Vitamin C

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

Reviewed January 2009

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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:   May 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 for preventing and treating tetanus
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Vitamin C administration for preventing tetanus and treating people with tetanus. Tetanus is a disease caused by tetanus toxin, which is produced by the bacterium Clostridium tetani.
Date:   Apr 2008
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:   Jan 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:   Jan 2008
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:   May 2007
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....
Date:   Sep 2004
Title:   Drugs for preventing lung cancer in healthy people
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Antioxidant nutrients (such as beta-carotene, vitamin C, vitamin E, selenium and zinc) has been suggested as a elements that could help to reduce the incidende of cancer. This review address the potential role that vitamins and other drugs could have fo...
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