{"id":26169,"date":"2021-10-26T16:41:54","date_gmt":"2021-10-26T14:41:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ilovefruitandvegfromeurope.com\/vitamin-c-your-best-friend-to-face-the-winter\/"},"modified":"2021-10-26T16:41:54","modified_gmt":"2021-10-26T14:41:54","slug":"vitamin-c-your-best-friend-to-face-the-winter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ilovefruitandvegfromeurope.com\/fr_ca\/vitamin-c-your-best-friend-to-face-the-winter\/","title":{"rendered":"Vitamin C: your best friend to face the winter!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Winter is upon us and we need to strengthen our immune defence system<\/strong> to face it better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this time of the year, when the cold arrives, you need to create a protective barrier against viruses and bacteria and you can do this by adopting healthy habits, such as regularly consuming foods that contain vitamin C.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thanks to its immune-stimulating action, the intake of the right amount of vitamin C is particularly useful when we are exposed to the risk of contracting respiratory infections or the flu, like in winter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vitamin C is essential for the proper functioning of the immune system and for the synthesis of collagen in the body, which serves to strengthen blood vessels, skin, muscles and bones. We are unable to create collagen without vitamin C.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, Vitamin C helps to raise low immune defences, reducing the risk of contracting flu, colds and other seasonal ailments, a real panacea for the whole body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Historically, vitamin C or ascorbic acid was used for the treatment and prevention of scurvy<\/strong>, a disease that has was already known in 1500 BC, mentioned in the Egyptian chronicles and known in ancient Greece around the 5th century BC. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scurvy is caused by a severe deficiency of vitamin C; today it is very rare, but in the past it was very common among sailors during long voyages where they did not consume fresh fruit and vegetables.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Benefits of vitamin C<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n