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Vitamin C May Benefit Knee Health
09/06/10 | |
Most people know that vitamin C is critical to human health; few likely know why it is needed. The body needs vitamin C to form collagen, the main protein in the connective tissues and blood vessels. Scurvy, which is now rare, is disease that is caused by a severe vitamin C deficiency. This extreme deficiency prevents the production of collagen. In its worst forms, blood vessels weaken to the point of breaking, causing internal bleeding. In the past decade some researchers have made the connection between serum vitamin C levels, collagen formation and atherosclerosis, commonly known as "hardening of the arteries".Write a comment:
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