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Because it is buffered, with a low-acidity potassium-magnesium blend and a pH of 4.2, this Vitamin C complex is gentle on the stomach. It is derived from 99.5% or higher purity USP vitamin C. It is highly absorbable, and far less likely to cause loose stools than other vitamin C formulas we’ve used.

Bioflavonoids are a crucial component in nature of the Vitamin C complex, and so it is preferable to use them together. Bioflavonoids enhance the absorption of Vitamin C and improve its utilization throughout the body. Rutin is a vascular protector, reducing capillary permeability and fragility, possibly helping reduce varicose veins and hemorrhoids. Hesperidin helps to strengthen and to protect blood vessels and their linings and may have a role in preventing osteoporosis.

About this product

Vitamin C is a water-soluble nutrient that is critical for the production of collagen, the main structural protein in connective tissue, cartilage and tendons that holds our bodies together. It is necessary for skin, bone, and joint health, and for wound healing. Vitamin C has a crucial role in gum health and the functions of the inner ear, eye and retina. It helps stabilize the linings of blood vessels and may help prevent varicose veins. It is also an important cofactor for the adrenal glands to manufacture their stress-managing hormones including cortisol. For adrenal fatigue, the typical Vitamin C dose is between 2,000 and 4,000 mg per day, best divided into several doses through the day as Vitamin C is water soluble and quickly excreted.

Vitamin C is a highly effective antioxidant that can protect the body’s tissues from damage by free radicals and reactive oxygen species that form during normal metabolism, as well as damage caused by exposure to environmental toxins and pollutants. In addition, Vitamin C helps the regeneration of other antioxidants such as Vitamin E. As an antioxidant, Vitamin C is promising for disorders associated with oxidative damage including Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, cataract, macular degeneration; cardiovascular disease, atherosclerosis, reducing risk of blood clots, heart attack and stroke. Vitamin C has a gentle role in reducing high blood pressure. It also helps with absorption and utilization of iron and folic acid.

Bioflavonoids are plant pigments that give fruits and flowers their colors. Citrus flavonoids including rutin and hesperidin are documented to help normalize capillary permeability and help varicose veins, hemorrhoids, reduce bruising, and maybe calm allergies. Flavonoids, as well as Vitamin C, were discovered by the biochemist Albert Szent-Gyorgyi who received the Nobel prize for identifying their benefits.

Contents

1 capsule provides:

Vitamin C (as Potassium Magnesium Ascorbate and Ascorbyl Palmitate)1000 mg
Magnesium (as Potassium Magnesium Ascorbate)38 mg
Lemon Bioflavonoids (includes 80 mg of Rutin and 80 mg of Hesperidin)200 mg

Other Ingredients: Vegetarian cellulose capsule

This product does not contain artificial coloring, artificial flavoring, preservatives, gluten, fillers/binders, stearates, tree nuts, peanuts, or dairy.

Cautions

Always take natural remedies under the supervision of your health care provider. Do not use vitamin C without the advice of your healthcare professional if you have kidney disease, gout, a history of kidney stones, or are on dialysis as vitamin C may increase the risk of kidney stones.

Do not use without your physician’s guidance if you are taking furosemide, a loop diuretic, nitrate medications, or tetracycline as vitamin C may increase their effectiveness. There have been reports of vitamin C possibly interfering with blood thinning medications, though follow up studies did not support this association.

Vitamin C may rarely be linked with flatulence or loose stools, and if so, the dose should be reduced.

Avoid vitamin C during pregnancy and lactation unless under the guidance of your physician.