7 Signs You May Need More Vitamin C
Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2022 10:44 am
Pharmacist Insights: Signs of Vitamin C Deficiency
https://www.pharmacytimes.com/view/pharmacist-insights-signs-of-vitamin-c-deficiency
Vitamin C is typically depleted between 4 and 12 weeks if intake stops.
Nobody is perfect. Vitamin C is "depleted" within 24 to 48 hours in we humans, thus Linus Pauling's adage not to stop vitamin C, even for a single day. The body is probably drained of all ascorbate in 4 to 12 weeks, leading to frank scurvy, unless you become ill, in which case the body can be almost instantly drained. Ref: Cathcart's TITRATING TO BOWEL TOLERANCE.
Vitamin C deficiency is typically linked to socioeconomic status and food access. The symptoms of vitamin C deficiency are frequently visible in individuals who develop scurvy. Symptoms such as a constellation of corkscrew hairs, perifollicular hemorrhage, and gingival bleeding are highly suggestive of severe vitamin C deficiency.
Again, one of Pauling's greatest contribution was the discovery that our country's biggest (#1 killer) is caused by a chronic, not acute, vitamin C deficiency.