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I learned about the benefits from Vitamin C in school 30 years ago, sometimes i think i live on a different planet from you guys
All other animals, plants, fish, everybody except apes, guinea pigs, a bat or two, make ascorbic acid in their bodies every minute. Apes can't, we can't make it because one of the enzymes in the construction series broke right after lemurs. Lemurs make it. None of the Great Ape primates do or can.
Originally posted by Jab0rnal
reply to post by Aleister
We get, or least we should if we are eating correctly, enough VitC from our diets, perhaps that is why we don't need to produce our own (not sure of the medical terms here). Is producing our own form of Vitamin C a waste of resource when it is readily available to consume? Other animals have a less varied diet so maybe they need to produce their own? I wouldn't call it a genetic disease, but more of a genetic trait.
Originally posted by kaylaluv
reply to post by Aleister
Do you have any resources/data to back up your claims?
Not too long ago, it was vitamin D that was the end-all, be-all. It was supposed to fix everything from heart disease to Alzheimers. If we just ate really healthy (lots of fruits and vegetables), wouldn't that be enough?
Originally posted by MrSelfDestruct
reply to post by Flother
But the problem I have is... aren't oranges etc supposed to be less nutricious now? I'm all for getting lots of vitamin C but if I have to eat a metric tonne per day then i'm not so keen.
Originally posted by Miccey
Sooo rightythen.....
I might be the case that makes this bunk.
Constant smoker since the last 30y..
I do NOT take vitC regulary, might eat
an orange or something like that once
a month...
Havent been "Sick" for the past 2 years...
Originally posted by Miccey
Sooo rightythen.....
I might be the case that makes this bunk.
Constant smoker since the last 30y..
I do NOT take vitC regulary, might eat
an orange or something like that once
a month...
Havent been "Sick" for the past 2 years...