Including scurvy .. 8 symptoms you can show when you lack vitamin “C”! • the Al-Marsad newspaper

Al-Marsad Journal: The Webmd medical website reported that vitamin C deficiency adversely affects human health.
According to the “site”, not consuming enough vitamin C will cause the following symptoms to appear within 3 months.

1- Slow healing of wounds
When you’re injured, vitamin C levels drop in your blood and tissues, and your body needs it to make collagen, a protein that plays a role in every step of skin repair. Vitamin C helps neutrophils, a type of infection-fighting white blood cell, work well.

2 – Bleeding gums and crawling upwards
Vitamin C keeps the blood vessels healthy and helps the blood to clot. Collagen is also essential for healthy teeth and gums.

3- Weight gain
Research has found a link between low levels of vitamin C and high amounts of body fat, especially belly fat. This vitamin can also play a role in how your body burns fat.

4 – dry and wrinkled skin
Vitamin C is an antioxidant that can help protect the skin from free radicals that break down oils, proteins, and even DNA.

5 – Tired and angry
A study of 141 office workers given vitamin C found that they felt less tired within two hours, especially those who were irritable at first. Then the effect lasted for the rest of the day.

6 – low immunity
Vitamin C has many functions related to the immune system and you will be more vulnerable to diseases and you may have difficulty recovering if it is deficient. Vitamin C can help protect you against diseases such as pneumonia and bladder infections. It can also reduce the risk of heart disease and some types of cancer.

7 – loss of vision
If you have age-related macular degeneration, it can get worse faster without vitamin C, other antioxidants, and certain minerals. Getting enough vitamin C from food can help prevent cataracts.

8 – scurvy
Today, scurvy is relatively rare, but it is possible if you only consume 10 mg per day of vitamin C or less. People with scurvy also have problems such as tooth loss, cracked nails, joint pain, osteoporosis, and spiral hairs. When you increase vitamin C, the symptoms start to improve.