Quit Smoking With Vitamin C

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Quit Smoking with Vitamin C

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Introduction

There is no doubt about the fact that Vitamin

C plays a pivotal role during smoking

cessation. The big question however is; how

exactly does Vitamin C help quit smoking? I

discuss the answer in this slide. Enjoy it!


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What is Vitamin C?

Vitamin C is an essential water-soluble vitamin

found in foods including fruits and vegetables.

Its called a water-soluble vitamin because it

dissolves in water and cannot be stored in the

body. Unlike most animals and mammals,

human beings do not have the capacity to

create their own vitamin C. It must thereforebe obtained through our diet for the body to

gain access to it.


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Rich Sources of Vitamin C

Black Currant

Kiwi Fruit

Peppers Lemon

Broccoli

Sweet Lime Sweet potatoes


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Rich Sources of Vitamin C(2)

Guava

Avocado

Spinach

Blackberry

Cranberry

Grape

Mango

Pawpaw


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How is Vitamin C Beneficial to the

Body?

Vitamin C, also known as ascorbic acid, isbeneficial to the body in many ways. Its apowerful antioxidant with progressively more

varied uses in health and well-being as well asdisease prevention.

This was attested to by a recent study co-ordinated by Mark Moyad, of the University ofMichigan and made available in Seminars inPreventive and Alternative Medicine.


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How is Vitamin C Beneficial to the

Body?(2)

The study, which examined over 100 researches in thespace of 10 years, concluded that Vitamin C is useful indefending our health, from cancer, cardiovasculardiseases, stroke, eye diseases and protection to live

longer and healthier. For starters, we require vitamin C for the maintenance

and formation of bones, skin and blood vessels. This isbecause Vitamin C is involved in the formation ofCollagen, an important protein that joins the skeleton

in one piece, connecting bones to muscles and holdingorgans in place. Collagen also helps to keep the skinsmooth and without wrinkles. Experts say collagenmakes up 1% to 2% of muscle tissue.


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Fights Common Cold

There is overwhelming evidence that Vitamin

C fights and prevents common cold. Since the

days of Linus Pauling, a double Nobel Prize

winner, who discovered that Vitamin C could

prevent and treat colds, till now, Vitamin C has

been indicated for the treatment and

prevention of common cold.
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Improves Mood

Recent research links vitamin C to an improvedmood. In a study of intensely hospitalizedpatients that have vitamin Cdeficiency,

researchers observed an improvement in theiremotional state after they received vitamin C.

Even though more research is needed to establishthis claim, its understandable that Vitamin C can

lead to an improved mood as people who haveVitamin C deficit regularly feel exhausted ordejected.
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Prevents scurvy

A lack of vitamin C in the daily diet can lead to

scurvy. Scurvy is a form of avitaminosis that is

characterized by surface bleeding, shaky

teeth, weak blood vessels, poor healing and

immunity as well as a mild form of anaemia.

Avitaminosis, according to Wikipedia, is a

condition resulting from a deficiency of one ormore particular vitamins.


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Facilitates the Absorption of Iron

Vitamin C is a water-soluble vitamin that is

utilized in many tissues of the body. It

facilitates the absorption of iron, a nutrient

required for the production of red blood

corpuscles and the movement of oxygen

throughout the body. It also helps in

regulating the bodys capacity to soak up,convey, and stock up iron.


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Helps in Fighting Cancer, Regulating

Diabetes and Asthma

Vitamin C has also been indicated to assist in fightingcancer, diabetes and asthma. This is attested to by LifeExtension Magazine which states matter-of-factly thatadditional research is discovering that vitamin C can

be helpful in preventing asthma, protecting againstcancer, and supporting healthy blood sugar levels indiabetics.

It therefore urges that vitamin C be given a pride ofplace in individual diets to perk up cardiac health and

avoid degenerative diseases or disorders (any diseasein which deterioration of structure or function of tissueoccurs).
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Boosts Immunity

Vitamin C leads the pack of immuneboosters. Immune boosters operate byincreasing the number of white cells in the bodyand training them to fight better. Boosters also

assist to get rid of the dead cells in the immunesystem as well as elements that drag the bodydown. They (immune boosters) are able toachieve this by stimulating the production of

disease-fighting white blood corpuscles andantibodies, which prevent the entry of viruses orillnesses into the body.


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Prevents Cardiovascular Diseases

Vitamin C also lessens the threat of

cardiovascular disease according to

the University of Maryland Medical Center.

Even though outcomes of scientific researcheson the role vitamin C plays in preventing heart

attack or stroke are diverse, the fact still

remains that Vitamin C plays a vital role in theprevention of heart or cardiovascular diseases.
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How Does Vitamin C Help Smokers?

Smoking depletes the bodys supply of

Vitamin C even though its needed to repair

the damage caused by smoking. A research

even indicated that smokers have loweramounts of vitamin C in their bodies than

non-smokers. The recommended daily dosage

is somehow controversial as its not unifiedbut the best thing is to talk to your doctor.


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Vitamin C and Smokers

Vitamin C has the capacity to decrease the

harmful effects of poisonous cigarette smoke.A

study conducted in year 2000 attests to this but

concludes that whilst vitamin C might offerprotection against some of the detrimental

effects of occasional acute cigarette smoke

exposure, the possibility that it might benefit

chronic smokers, awaits investigation.

* Vitamin C is has also
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Vitamin C and Smokers(2)

Vitamin C is has also been indicated to protectblood vessels, which might have becomedamaged by years of smoking. Cigarette smokingis identified as one of the causes of damage to

the blood vessels and this damage can lead tostroke and heart disease. But scientists have beenworking around the clock and discovered thatincreasing the levels of vitamin C in the blood

might perk up function and capacity in bloodvessels that have been ravaged by years ofsmoking.


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Vitamin C prevents the oxidative stress ordamage occasioned by smoking and contactwith tobacco or cigarette smoke. Oxidative stressoccurs when the body has too many free radicals

and not enough antioxidants in the body. Free radicals are molecules produced by

the bodyto assist the metabolic processes, likedigestion and the conversion of food into usable

energy. Even though useful for natural processes,an abundance of free radicals in the blood streamcan cause health problems.


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Antioxidants, on the other hand, are used by thebodys defense or immune system to reverse thedamage caused by free radicals.

Cigarette smoking or tobacco-chewing, simultaneously,accelerates the production of free radicals and thedepletion of vital antioxidants in the body. This is notgood for smokers as it leads to oxidative stress andthey are robbed of the health benefits of antioxidants.

This is said to be the reason smokers contact a wholelot of diseases, including cardiovascular disease andcancer.


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If you know the benefits of exercise forsmoking cessation and have chosen to engagein it as a substitute for your smoking

habit, Vitamin C will help you gain more fromexercise and decrease exercise-inducedoxidative damage or stress. CombinationofVitamins C and E Can Protect Smokers

from Cancer. To bring down their risk ofcontacting lung cancer, smokers have to quit,but Vitamin C supplements may help.


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This is according to investigators at Oregon StateUniversity who discovered that ingesting athousand mg of vitamin C daily boosted defensivelevels ofvitamin E in smokers lungs.In a

research available in the February 15, 2006edition of Free Radical Biology and Medicine, theOregon researchers claimed that vitamin C coulddecrease the running down of one form of

vitamin E by 45%. They also established thatvitamin C assisted to protect the capacity andamount of vitamin E found in other parts of thebody.
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Conclusion

From the above, the role of Vitamin C

in smoking cessation can be said to be

incontestable, so eat lots of fruits and

vegetables rich in vitamin C. I really think its

best to get the nutrient through natural

means but if you feel like taking supplements,

talk to your doctor first.


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