You’d be surprised at where vitamin C pops up in your kitchen – I know I was! I found it in my broccoli, butternut squash, sweet potatoes, swiss chard, spinach, carrots, kale, peas, leeks, tomatoes, guava, watermelon, grapefruit, pecans, raspberries, bell peppers, onion, papaya, pineapple, and pistachios!
Vitamin C is essential for humans and some animals (mostly primates), protecting the body from oxidative stress (involved in many diseases) and helping heal wounds. When humans don’t get enough vitamin C, they get sick with scurvy (bleeding from all mucus membranes, brown spots on the skin…), which is actually how scientists discovered vitamin C in the first place.
Plants and most animals actually make their own vitamin C by converting glucose (sugar).
Latest research (2008) discovered that the red blood cells in humans and primates more efficiently use vitamin C already in the body by recycling DHA. The neat part about t his discovery is that only humans and some primates have this ability – plants and most other animals do not.
Let’s find out how much of this vitamin is already in your home – are you ready?
There are two videos to watch – the first shows you how to make your own homemade indicator, and the second shows you how to use it.
Please login or register to read the rest of this content.