Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Vitamin C- Boost Your Immune Strength!




Vitamin C is one of the most talked about antioxidants in the health and fitness field today. Theres good reason too- Vitamin C supplies your body with a proven host
of powerful benefits.

Benefits of Vitamin C include:

Increased Immune System Strength
Increased Wound Healing Ability
Increased Iron Absorption
Reduced damage done by exercise incuced free radicals

How Vitamin C Can Help An Athlete
High intensity exercise can cause the production of free radicals, highly unstable molecules which can destroy other important cells in the body. While it is important that the body does produce some free radicals, the amount body cannot sustain the high amount caused by exercise. Vitamin C can help by stabilizing the free radicals so they won't cause damage to other cells.

Sources of Vitamin C
Fruits and vegetables, especially red pepper, brocolli, kiwi, and citrus fruits

More is not necessarily better
Vitamin C cannot be stored in the body, making it useless to comsume more than 100% DV. Each vitamin C tablet provided in the MATC weightroom is more than enough for one days intake of Vitamin C.

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