Vitamin C

Vitamin C is a water-soluble vitamin, and is also know n as Ascorbic Acid. It was first isolated in 1928 by the Hungarian biochemist and Nobel prize winner, Dr. Szent-Gyorgyi. Two-time Nobel prize winner, Dr. Linus Pauling was the first to realize vitamin C's importance in a healthy immune system. Most animals can produce their own vitamin C. Man, primates (apes, chimps, etc.), and guinea pigs, however, have lost the ability. They instead have to get …

…C taken in large amounts, can take away the body's copper - an essential nutrient - and can increase the absorption of iron. It can thicken the walls of the carotid arteries, (vessels in the neck that supply blood to the brain), cause a toxic release of inorganic iron (which can be fatal for some), damage to outer layer of teeth if tablets are chewed, abnormal heart rhythms, and a variety of other medical problems.