Found a new useful property of vitamin C

Eating foods containing large amounts of vitamin C may reduce the risk of stroke. This conclusion was made by French scientists.

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Dr. Stephanie Vanier at the hospital in Rennes Pontchaillou University conducted a study, which was attended by 65 patients who had intracerebral hemorrhagic stroke. In this type of stroke occurs immediately rupture of blood vessels within the brain. In the control group were still 65 healthy people.

Blood tests showed that 41% of study participants had normal levels of vitamin C   in the blood, 45% lower and 14% had a general deficiency of vitamin C. The researchers found that just before the stroke in humans most often cited low levels of vitamin C. Those who had sufficient levels of the vitamin, usually stroke faced.

"The results of our study show that vitamin C deficiency   may be a risk factor of the hardest kinds of stroke, along with high blood pressure, alcohol abuse and obesity - said study author Dr. Vanier. - We need more research to find out exactly how vitamin C helps reduce the risk of stroke. It is possible that active vitamin regulates blood pressure. "

Deficiency of vitamin C   is also associated with heart disease, it turns out Dr. Vanier. It is known that in itself vitamin C is involved in the creation and improvement of the connective tissue, it affects the redox processes, improves elasticity and strength of blood vessels, helps the body fight infections and blocks the toxins in the blood. (READ MORE)

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