Global Wellness Digest

Natural or synthetic Vitamin C? We need vitamin C for the growth and repair of tissues in all parts of our body. Vitamin C helps the body make collagen, an important protein used to make skin, cartilage, tendons, ligaments, and blood vessels. Vitamin C is also necessary for healing wounds and for repairing and maintaining bones and teeth.

Vitamin C is an antioxidant, along with vitamin E and beta-carotene. Antioxidants prevent damage caused by free radicals as the build-up of free radicals over time may contribute to the aging process and other common health conditions such as cancer, heart disease and arthritis.

Most Vitamin C supplements are made of ascorbic acid. According to several studies, ascorbic acid is actually synthetic vitamin C, usually derived from corn starch. Consuming high doses of ascorbic acid may cause unexpected health issues eg formation of genotoxins. The American Heart Association warns about thickening of arteries associated with excessive ascorbic acid consumption.

Natural Vitamin C from organic fruit blend –

For those of you who don’t fancy synthetic Vitamin C in the form of ascorbic acid, you could try the natural Vitamin C Gold made by NutriGold – using organic and non-GMO ingredients. These 12 natural ingredients include organic amla (Indian gooseberry), organic acai berry (Brazilian superfruit), organic acerola (Barbados cherry) organic pomegranate, organic black currant, organic blackberry, organic blueberry, organic cranberry, organic grape, organic goji berry, organic maqui berry, organic raspberry – Global Wellness Digest