Vitamin C

What It Is

Vitamin C is a water-soluble vitamin that the body needs to form collagen in bones, cartilage, muscles and blood vessels. It also aids in the absorption of iron and folic acid. Vitamin C is a protective vitamin essential to overall health.

What It Does

Especially important in neutralizing free radicals, vitamin C also helps heal wounds and strengthen blood vessels. It enhances T-cell production, increasing your body’s resistance to viral and bacterial infections including the common cold.

Vitamin C is transported into cells by insulin. Therefore, It is believed that due to impaired transport or dietary insufficiency, a vitamin C deficiency exists in diabetics. This deficiency may be responsible for increased capillary permeability and other vascular disturbances seen in diabetics.

According to Reuters, increased vitamin C may help lower a person's risk of developing type 2 diabetes. In a recent study of middle-aged and older men and women, those with the highest blood levels of vitamin C were significantly less likely to develop diabetes over 12 years than those with the lowest levels.

Based on the investigators’ findings, the likelihood of developing diabetes was 62 percent lower in men and women with the highest circulating vitamin C levels, relative to men and women with the lowest vitamin C levels.

Vitamin C is just one of 22 ingredients in the Vita-Betic™ blend multi-vitamin, mineral and herb supplement, formulated to meet the dietary needs of diabetics. Click here for more information on the Vita-Betic formula, or click here for information how to receive FREE vitamins.