YOU & YOUR HEALTH
Vitamin C
Jordi Mascio explains the role Vitamin C plays in the liver’s detoxification process…
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OXINS, whether environmental pollutants or those generated internally by food intolerances and even normal body functions, including digestion itself, find their way into all areas of our lives. While vitamin C is mainly found in the skin, it is an essential antioxidant for the liver to process and eliminate accumulated toxins. Vitamin C, or ascorbic acid, aids the detoxification process that takes place in the liver in several ways, one being that it recycles other antioxidants such as glutathione and vitamin E. When vitamin C is too low, the energy is not available for proper detoxification to take place. The liver becomes congested and unable to detoxify the body as it should be. Many products detoxified in the body produce oxidative species that cause permanent damage to the organelles of the cells. Ascorbic acid, present in cells at mill molar levels has been shown to protect the cells against various types of oxidant injury at physiologically relevant concentrations.
VITAMIN C
in detoxification
OF LIVER AND ITS
ROLE IN KETOS
How Vitamin C helps in metabolism This vitamin is necessary for proper metabolism of drugs and toxins in the body and is a cofactor in so many essential metabolic reactions that take place in the body. Vitamin C is involved in many essential functions which are needed for the health of the human body. In particular, the biochemical functions of vitamin C include the stimulation of certain enzymes, the synthesis of collagens, the activation of hormones, antioxidants, the detoxification of histamine (a chemical that promotes inflammation), and the functions of immune cells. Vitamin C is effective in protecting against oxidative damage in tissues. It also suppresses the formation of cancer-causing agents such as nitrosamines.
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