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While we’re in a pandemic, most of us are trying our best to be at our best health to avoid getting infected by the COVID-19. Vitamins C has become one of our go-to supplements to improve our health.
Vitamin C is an essential vitamin that your body can’t produce and must be obtained from the diet or supplements. It’s water-soluble and found in many fruits and vegetables.
One of the main reasons people take vitamin C supplements is to boost their immunity, as vitamin C is involved in many parts of the immune system.
Like jewel for your health, Vitamin C is very valuable as it has been linked to many impressive health benefits such as boosting antioxidant levels, lowering blood pressure, protecting against gout attacks, improving iron absorption, and reducing heart disease and dementia risk. Vitamin C also plays an essential role in building more T-cells that fight bacteria and viruses in our bodies. It is also a key component in building more immune cells and keeping them healthy.
COVID-19 is a respiratory disease that comes from a virus that has not yet been seen in humans before. It targets those individuals with a compromised immune system and attacks the lungs. So amping up your intake of vitamin C helps boost your immune system and can help keep viruses at bay.
While it’s commonly advised to get your vitamin C intake from foods, including lemons, oranges, strawberries, kiwi fruit, bell peppers, broccoli, kale, and spinach, many people turn to supplements to meet their needs. Like if your diet is not balanced and you’re feeling run down due to not enough vitamin C, a supplement may help. One way to gain vitamin C benefits is to take a capsule of ascorbic acid — otherwise known also as Vitamin C.
Vitamin C supplement is available as a powder or capsule supplement. It delivers extra vitamin C when your diet is lacking or if you have a condition that calls for an extra dose of this crucial nutrient.
Ascorbic acid, together with essential another micronutrient Zinc, play important functional roles in nutrition, immune support and maintenance of health, including aiding immunity, reducing the risk of age-related eye diseases and helping wounds heal. Ascorbic acid also helps the absorption of plant-based iron, while zinc is required for the body to make DNA and for cell division.
Meanwhile, sodium ascorbate is considered as an effective other form of vitamin C supplementation. It has sodium components that help lower its acidity levels. The sodium content helps vitamin C to be easily absorbed and stay longer in the body. For people who have trouble digesting acidic substances, this mineral salt supplement may be less irritating than pure ascorbic acid.
While it is tempting to blast your system with vitamin C and Zinc during cold and flu season, it is proven that taking Vitamin C does not prevent colds and only slightly reduces their length and severity, while clinical trials found that oral zinc helps to reduce the length of colds when taken within 24 hours after symptoms start.
And while it may be safe to exceed the recommended amount of the nutrient if your doctor approves, you’ll still need to be aware of how much ascorbate acid supplement is too much. According to Fatima College of Medicine Medical Doctor Don Cua, the recommended daily intake for vitamin C is 75 mg for women and 90 mg for men. While some circumstances call for increased amounts, such as pregnancy and breastfeeding (smokers are also urged to take in more than the average minimum recommendations), the upper intake limit is 2,000 milligrams.
Overall, Vitamin C supplements are a great and way to boost our vitamin C intake if you struggle to get enough from your diet. In the Philippines, a new brand of Vitamin C supplements has arrived.
Known as the Jewel among All Vitamin Cs, Jewel-Cee and Jewel-Zee Plus are the new Vitamin C supplement variants in the market.
Very price-competitive and safe, Jewel-Cee has no toxicity and can be taken in high dose. It is priced at P4.00 per 562.43mg capsule.
You can also double your protection with Jewel-Zee Plus. With 40mg of zinc per capsule (higher than in any other variant in the market, which is usually 10mg only), it is priced at P6.00 per 500 mg capsule.
Also arriving in the market is the higher-dosage Jewel-Cee Premium which will be priced at P5.00 per capsule.
Jewel-Cee and Jewel-Zee Plus are now available in leading drugstores and supermarkets nationwide.
Health Alliance Resources, Inc is founded in 2020 by a group of professionals and entrepreneurs, committed to increase access to healthcare products by developing, producing and marketing premium quality health care products at an exceptional value.
ZEUS RESOURCES, INC (ZRI) was incorporated in the Philippine Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) on 22 April 2009. ZRI is the distribution and trading partner of its subsidiary COMPACT PHARMACEUTICALS, CORP (CPC), a 45-year-old manufacturing company in the Philippines. In 2010, ZRI acquired the majority shares of CPC to form its full vertical integration health and wellness program.
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