I think am understand CAD and the body better
the body needs AA to rebuild, so when I see people on TV go in for surgery(600lbs life/Botched) I think they need a few grams of AA just to help their body rebuild collagen
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20689415
RECENT FINDINGS:
Blood vitamin C concentration falls after uncomplicated surgery and further decreases in surgical intensive care unit patients. The decline may be owing to increased demand caused by increased oxidative stress. -so things that increase production of free radicals, (stress. smoking eating HCA(burned part of well done meat) even drinking booze, all increase free radicals, when free radicals increase, the available vit C to be used by the body falls, so you need more vit C when you are stressed/do free radical producing things.
To normalize plasma vitamin C concentration, much higher doses than the recommended daily allowance or doses recommended in parenteral nutrition guidelines are needed in these patients. In uncomplicated surgical patients, more than 500 mg/day of vitamin C may be required, with much higher doses in surgical intensive care unit patients. In uncomplicated gastrointestinal surgery, continuous parenteral administration of 500 mg/day of vitamin C reduced postoperative oxidative stress as manifested by reduced urinary excretion of isoprostane. In some studies, postoperative atrial fibrillation was prevented after cardiac surgery by perioperative vitamin C supplementation. In critically ill patients, some prospective randomized controlled trials support parenteral supplementation of high doses of vitamin C, E and trace elements.
I wish I had known about how important VIt C/AA is in the body. I understand why eating fruits/plants/veggies are so useful, unlike GOOD food(that has a man made bliss point) healthy foood has loads of actual things out bodies need, like vitamins, minerals/nitrates
why eat nitrates(found in greens/rhubarb)
http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/90/1/1.full.pdf
so does AA help heal my body after years of high blood pressure??
I assume so?