Do we need Vitamin C?

We can find a lot of vitamin c in everyday life both at the supermarket, or in stores, there is the price of vitamin C is fairly cheap. Many preparations are offered, ranging from the existing level of 500 mg there is also a 1000 mg, there was orange, or grape flavor, melon, strawberries, etc.. There are various forms also exist in a pure form of tablets, any form of effervescent tablets (must be soaked in water first, then water can be drunk) to the form of syrup with a variety of flavors that are ready to swallow. Do we need to consume?
Truth is ascorbat acid vitamin c, vitamin have properties that are soluble in water, because it dissolves in water so your body can not store it for a long time, so we need an adequate supply of vitamin c every day. Actually, if we eat daily to follow a balanced diet, we certainly will not lack vitamin C, because many foods rich in vitamin C such as oranges, papaya, red pepper and yellow pepper, grapes, mangoes, broccoli and many others again. While the needs of the day vit c is only about less than 45 mg a day.
Then if we have to take extra vit c?
It's okay, considering the function of vitamin C is very much like an antioxidant, plays a role in the formation of collagen (Collagen is a protein that helps in the formation of bone, cartilage, muscle and blood vessels). In addition to other functions of vitamin C which helps iron absorption, also maintain capillaries, bones and teeth.
How many of us take vitamin c, khan sold there are up to 1000 mg, is it that? May wrote but it must be remembered that the upper limit can still be tolerated by the body is 2000 mg per day.

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