ALL YOU MUST KNOW ABOUT VITAMIN C

                                            ALL YOU MUST KNOW ABOUT VITAMIN C 

Vitamin C or Ascorbic acid a water soluble vitamin  which is essential for the normal growth and development of the body 

Vitamin C was identified in the early 1930s  when research was going on a disease called scurvy which was prevalent among the sailors in those days .The sailors deprived  of fruits  and other raw food items for months  suffered from this disease . The symptoms included bleeding and swollen gums . loosing and eventual loss of the teeth ( see pic below ) . JAMES LIND ,  a medical  officer  in the  ROYAL NAVY  first noticed that the ships carrying citrus juices in their ration  did not report cases of  scurvy . Later on research  identified that presence of Vitamin C in citrus juices that prevented the scurvy

SCURVY  CAUSED DUE TO VITAMIN C DEFICIENCY WAS LETHAL IN SAILORS

 Vitamin  c is very imp  and has been reported to provide immense benefits to the body . It cannot be produced or stored in the human body and that makes it essential to consume it regularly to prevent any side effects

  IMPORTANCE  OF VITAMIN C

  1) vitamin C is needed for the growth and repair of tissues in all parts of your body. It is used to:

• Form an important protein used to make skin, tendons, ligaments, and blood vessels
• Heal wounds and form scar tissue
• Repair and maintain cartilage, bones, and teeth

2) Vitamin C supplements enhance the health-promoting effects of exercise and reduce exercise-induced oxidative damage

3)  help in absorption of iron in stomach and can help in preventing and treating iron deficiency anemia

4)Vitamin C supplements also dramatically combat the oxidative damage caused by smoking and exposure to tobacco smoke and is widely regarded as an effective antioxidant .

5)In respiratory conditions, vitamin C supplements help avert or shorten the duration of common colds and may mitigate the risk of serious respiratory conditions like asthma.

6)Vitamin C supplements can speed the clearance of the stomach disease-causing bacterium Helicobacter pylori and cut the risk of gastric cancer

 7)Proven to enhance collagen  production it it very effective in skin treatments . It prevents wrinkle formation . tighten the skin prevents sun damage and  discoloration

SOURCES OF VITAMIN C

 Raw vegetables and citrus fruit items like Broccoli, Cauliflower Kiwi Fruits. lemon ,Oranges,Strawberries are  great source of  vitamin c . medicinally  vitamin c tablets are present as over the counter although the chewable form of vit c tablet should be avoided as it known to cause damage to the teeth

the importance of vitamin c has been identified and so you see now a days vitamin c rich squashes, glucose supplements and other health drinks  being fortified with vitamin c   

 LEMONS

                                 

                                                 BROCCOLI

 KIWI

Vitamin c being water soluble  so even if if we take excess of it  ,there is no toxicity of it  as excess amount is easily excreted out in urine by our kidney .  although vitamin c excess intake is very unlikely to cause any major side effect it is known to cause indigestion and diarrhea when taken in excess for a long time 

THE END ....THE VENT TO FRUSTATION

i did not make it into iim ....yup my dreams are shattered ........and it really hurts ...i mean really hurts ....its like somebody has stabbed my heart with a knife and it really pains ...it really pains ...ok some of you must be thinking that am exaggerating  ...i did get a cal to join iim a abm   , which after days of sleepless nights i dduely rejected but ....i it was not pgp ....i wanted a pgp from a iim .....and i wanted it badly ....very very badly ........and the new iims were my only  hope ...........and i duely believed that i deserved it ...but this mba prep has taught me one thing ...there is vast difference between what you get and what u deserve ...i mean really yaar  those idiots at iim  pi panel ....first toh they take only a 2 min pi ....asking me silly mythology question ......tell me the name of the sis of sita ......what is the story of  megdoot ...........and stuff like that ...and after that even though i answered them correctly ....and scored 98.2 in cat they still don't accept me ........fuck that asshole ........the dude who did not see the potential in me ........and most of all did not see the fire in me right now to succeed ..........these bastards just see 10 and 12 marks and that is all and some graduation marks and that is all ...come on .....i am a perfect ex to prove that the education system is flawed ...i mean at one place cbse is trying to reduce the imp of the 10 and 12 trh marks  ....telling people that these marks are irrelevant ...what matters is the knowledge  .......and then u come here  to mba exams where they say that 10 and 12 marks are all that seem to matter at the end of the day ...............i am really pissed at 98.2 percentile i did not get a cal; from any of the blakie colleges  and than than this ....even the newly iims have the audacity to kick me in the back and not to cal me...i mean come on ....what do they want ..........idiots i tell u .......to top it all one of my freiens had 70 percentile in cat ..........totally useless fellow gets into obc quota and secures a seat for iim udaipur ......he did not get a cal from a single other college  ...but quotas ki jai ho .........
i am really angry and pissed  with the system .......nw i am going to a pvt mba college .....it is not a bad college ...in fact its quite good  but sadly with no offense it is not iim
i just hope  i study hard and be success ful and make a solid contribution towards the society ...so that one day  somebody is taking my interview they can say that i am an iim reject who has made a difference in the life of the people and has made really big