vitamin c

Vitamin C does not lower uric acid levels in gout patients
05/16/2013 - 08:04

Despite previous studies touting its benefit in moderating gout risk, new research reveals that vitamin C, also known ascorbic acid, does not reduce uric acid (urate) levels to a clinically significant degree in patients with established gout. Vitamin C supplementation, alone or in combination with allopurinol, appears to have a weak effect on lowering uric acid levels in gout patients according to the results published in the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) journal, Arthritis & Rheumatism.

 

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Vitamin C supplements linked to kidney stones
02/05/2013 - 08:16

New research from Karolinska Institutet shows that men who take vitamin C supplements regularly run a higher risk of developing kidney stones. The study, which is published in the scientific periodical JAMA Internal Medicine, did not however observe an increased risk between kidney stones and multivitamins - which contain lower concentrations of vitamin C.

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Increase in RDA for vitamin C could help reduce heart disease, stroke, cancer
07/16/2012 - 12:27

The recommended dietary allowance, or RDA, of vitamin C is less than half what it should be, scientists argue in a recent report, because medical experts insist on evaluating this natural, but critical nutrient in the same way they do pharmaceutical drugs and reach faulty conclusions as a result.

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Additives meant to protect vitamin C actually cause more harm
09/28/2011 - 10:50

Anti-caking agents in powdered products may hasten degradation of vitamin C instead of doing what they are supposed to do: protect the nutrient from moisture.

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OHSU scientists discover new role for vitamin C in the eye — and the brain
07/15/2011 - 14:13

In a surprising finding, vitamin C is found to prolong proper functioning  of retinal cells. Nerve cells in the eye require vitamin C in order to function properly — a surprising discovery that may mean vitamin C is required elsewhere in the brain for its proper functioning, according to a study by scientists at Oregon Health & Science University recently published in the Journal of Neuroscience.

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