Natural Vitamin C and B5
A good source of vitamin C and B5 etc ordering online is
http://VitaCost.com Here's their best deal for vitamin C from Amla Berries:
https://www.vitacost.com/solaray-amla-extract-500-mg-60-vegetarian-capsulesThis seems to be the best deal for B5:
https://www.vitacost.com/solaray-pantothenic-acid-250-mg-100-capsulesJames Sloane, a former med tech, found in medical studies that vitamin C and B5 are important for adrenal gland function, but synthetic ascorbic acid vitamin C is short-lived, while natural vitamin C in foods, is stable (if it's not heated). Vitamin C is also important for all blood vessels, but the body prioritizes the adrenals [to handle stress and help the immune system]. Stress depletes C and B5, but a few hundred mg per day of vitamin C, half hour before meals (to prevent absorption being blocked by protein and fat digestion), is enough to restore it and about 100 mg of B5 per day (with meals) is enough. This will allow extra C to go to blood vessels to maintain them. [Rice bran is better for all the B vitamins.] Here are excerpts from some medical studies.
Vitamin C prevents oxidative damage
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8885335The observations substantiate the previous in vitro findings that ascorbate specifically prevents oxidative degradation of microsomal membranes. The results indicate that vitamin C may exert a powerful protection against degenerative diseases associated with oxidative damage and play a critical role in wellness and health maintenance.
Vitamin C is an important cofactor for both adrenal cortex and adrenal medulla
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15666839The data derived from these animal models and various cell culture studies confirm a crucial role for vitamin C for both the adrenal cortex as well as the adrenal medulla further underlining the interdependence of the two endocrine systems united in one gland.
The role of functional foods in the psychobiology of health and disease
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19079896Presently there are a number of ingredients, which include vitamin C, milk proteins, a number of herbal extracts (ginkgo biloba, ginseng, kava, valerian and lemon balm), and n-3 fatty acids, that have demonstrated potential stress reactivity-lowering and mood-enhancing effects, although further work is required to substantiate the efficacy in human subjects. Dietary supplements that can alleviate excessive stress responses may play an increasingly important role for the maintenance of health in a stressful environment.
Vitamin C in the treatment and/or prevention of obesity
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25866299Obesity has emerged as one of the major health threats worldwide. Moreover, an excessive body fat accumulation, which defines this disease, could lead to several associated clinical manifestations such as cardiovascular events, type 2 diabetes, inflammation, and some types of cancer. The appearance of these co-morbidities has been often related to an unbalanced oxidative stress. Therefore, antioxidant-based treatments could be considered as interesting approaches to possibly counteract obesity fat accumulation complications. In this context, it has been observed that vitamin C intake (ascorbic acid) is negatively associated with the occurrence of several conditions such as hypertension, gallbladder disease, stroke, cancers, and atherosclerosis, and also with the onset of obesity in humans and animals. Among the possible beneficial effects of ascorbic acid on obesity-related mechanisms, it has been suggested that this vitamin may: (a) modulate adipocyte lipolysis; (b) regulate the glucocorticoid release from adrenal glands; (c) inhibit glucose metabolism and leptin secretion on isolated adipocytes; (d) lead to an improvement in hyperglycemia and decrease glycosylation in obese-diabetic models; and (e) reduce the inflammatory response. Possibly, all these features could be related with the outstanding antioxidant characteristics of this vitamin. Thus, the present article reviews the up-to-date evidence regarding in vitro and in vivo effects of vitamin C in obesity and its co-morbidities.
Treatment of the common cold in children and adults
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22962927Prophylactic vitamin C modestly reduces cold symptom duration in adults and children.
Vitamin C function in the brain: vital role of the ascorbate transporter SVCT2
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19162177Neurodegenerative diseases typically involve high levels of oxidative stress and thus ascorbate has been posited to have potential therapeutic roles against ischemic stroke, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and Huntington's disease.
Human adrenal glands secrete vitamin C in response to adrenocorticotrophic hormone
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17616774CONCLUSIONS: Adrenocorticotrophic hormone stimulation increases adrenal vein but not peripheral vein vitamin C concentrations. These data are the first in humans showing that hormone-regulated vitamin secretion occurs and that adrenal vitamin C paracrine secretion is part of the stress response. Tight control of peripheral vitamin C concentration is permissive of higher local concentrations that may have paracrine functions.
Pantothenic acid deficiency as a factor contributing to the development of hypertension
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/4053129In this paper, pantothenic acid deficiency will be shown to be a factor in the experimental origin of hypertension due to adrenal regeneration [or degeneration?].
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