Why We Should Consider to Take 1000mg Vitamin C?

The dosage of most vitamin C supplements in the market is 1000mg as it is designated to fill the RNI gap for daily body maintenance. In fact, 1000mg vitamin C had been shown to be effective in enhancing health⁵ as well as reducing the duration of common cold and cold incidence^6,7.

If we only take as little as 70mg/day of vitamin C, it will be used up very quickly in the body to fight against various free radicals, generated from UV light, gadgets’ radiation, pollution, smoking habit etc. With its antioxidant property, vitamin C is shown to neutralize the free radicals by stabilizing the molecules. If there is no back-up supply of Vitamin C to the body, we are not able to gain optimize health benefits from the nutrient to enhance our body’s defense system.

Besides, due to Vitamin C’s sensitivity to heat, light, and oxygen, it is susceptible to degrade during cooking and thermal processing⁸. In this case, getting sufficient vitamin C from natural food sources will be a challenge that needs to be addressed. On the contrary, taking a high-strength vitamin C supplement shall be a feasible solution in providing the exact amount of vitamin C as stated in the ingredients list before the expiry date or the end of its shelf-life.

As vitamin C could not be produced or stored in our body, hence we need to obtain it either from food or supplementation on a daily basis for great health. If you feel that it is difficult to follow the dietary guidelines, you may consider taking 1000mg vitamin C supplementation as health maintenance as well as to gain other health benefits to complement a healthy lifestyle.

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