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Vitamin C is the most powerful antioxidant that slows down aging

Vitamin C is an important and water-soluble vitamin, water-soluble means that the body can not store it and must be taken daily through nutrition or dietary supplements. The body desperately needs vitamin C to regenerate tissues and produce new cells. For example, vitamin C helps produce collagen. Collagen is a protein that makes up the structure of skin and connective tissues such as tendons, blood vessels, ligaments, and so on. Therefore, vitamin C deficiency is associated with symptoms such as skin damage, hair loss, reduced elasticity of blood vessels, and so on. The body uses vitamin C to remove damaged tissue and replace it with scar tissue. Scar tissue is responsible for repairing wounds, burns, cuts made on the skin and other organs. Therefore, vitamin C deficiency delays wound healing. Vitamin C has very strong antioxidant properties and neutralizes the damaging effects of free radicals (oxygen free atoms). Some medical researchers believe that vitamin C has antioxidant proper...