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Vitamin C: Infections
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Vitamin C deficiency can lead to slower wound healing, increased susceptibility to infections, male infertility and increased genetic damage to sperm cells which may lead to birth defects. It may ... contribute to rheumatoid arthritis and gastrointestinal disorders.
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Severely low intakes of Vitamin C over time can produce bleeding gums, loose teeth, frequent infections, anemia and other problems. An intake of as little as 10 mg/day can prevent these symptoms.
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Vitamin C helps the immune system to fight viruses. In addition, it increases the acidity of urine, making it an inhospitable host for bacteria. This may decrease the incidence of urinary tract infections.
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A daily multivitamin may reduce the chances of getting ill, say US researchers, who find that diabetics could gain significant benefits from a daily vitamin. The researchers report that more participants receiving placebo reported an infectious illness over the study year than did participants receiving multivitamin and mineral supplements (73 per cent versus 43 per cent of those receiving vitamins). Infection-related absenteeism was ... higher (57 per cent) in the placebo group than in the treatment group (21 per cent).
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