Re: Re: Ascorbic acid (vitamin C)
Interesting bit of information ...
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Interesting bit of information ...
And even more disturbing is unlike most mammals, humans have lost their ability to produce their own vitamin C. According to Dr. Ronald Hunninghake (a world renowned vitamin C expert), every creature, when needed, can greatly increase production of vitamin C from their liver or kidney except for humans, primates, and guinea pigs.
Dr. Hunninghake points out how we still have the gene that makes the L-gulonolactone oxidase enzyme that converts glucose to vitamin C… but the gene is non-functional.
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