What does vitamin C do? How much Vitamin C per day do we need? Do you need to supplement? Learn about vitamin C and the immune system, signs of deficiency and toxicity, AND some real things you can DO with this information to improve your health.
TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 Intro
1:34 Can vitamin C prevent us from getting sick?
1:43 Can vitamin C prevent chronic disease?
2:20 Vitamin C research on COVID-19 patients
2:50 Can vitamin C prevent COVID-19?
3:04 Vitamin C deficiency
3:17 10 mg vitamin C prevents scurvy but…
3:26 How much vitamin C do we need?
3:38 IMPORTANT
4:06 ALSO IMPORTANT
4:17 Do you need a vitamin C supplement?
4:39 Side effects of too much vitamin C supplement
5:07 Too much vitamin C issues
5:31 Recommendations if you supplement/upper limit of vitamin C
5:49 Can you get vitamin C toxicity from food?
6:08 Vitamin C food sources
6:17 Organ meat and vitamin C
6:36 What if you don’t like fruit??
6:49 How much vitamin C in brussels sprouts?
7:13 Benefits of seasonal fruit and veg
7:20 Things you can DO
7:38 High vitamin C snack/dessert idea
7:55 Final thoughts
Abbey Sharp (Dietitian) video Are “Immune Boosting” Supplements Legit?:
REFERENCES:
IS IT C OR FRUIT AND VEG IN GENERAL?
Lykkesfeldt, Jens & Poulsen, Henrik. (2009). Is vitamin C supplementation beneficial? Lessons learned from randomised controlled trials. The British journal of nutrition. 103. 1251-9. 10.1017/S0007114509993229.
VITAMIN C SUPPLEMENTATION FOR COMMON COLDS
Hemilä H, Chalker E. Vitamin C for preventing and treating the common cold. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2013, Issue 1. Art. No.: CD000980. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD000980.pub4.
VITAMIN C AND ALCHOL EXCRETION
R. FAIZALLAH, A. I. MORRIS, N. KRASNER, R. J. WALKER, ALCOHOL ENHANCES VITAMIN C EXCRETION IN THE URINE, Alcohol and Alcoholism, Volume 21, Issue 1, 1986, Pages 81–84,
TEXTBOOKS:
Insel, P., Ross, D., McMahon, K., & Bernstein, M. (2019). Discovering Nutrition (6th ed.). Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning, LLC.
Mahan, L. K. M., & Escott-Stump, S. E. S. (2008). Krause’s Food & Nutrition Therapy (12th ed.). Saunders Elsevier.
MUSIC CREDITS
Dome- Jeff Kaale
Kumasi- Jeff Kaale
