True Nutrition Vitamin C 1000mg Capsules 250 Capsules

Ascorbic Acid, aka Vitamin C, is a water-soluble vitamin that must be obtained in the diet by humans. Absence of this vitamin (as seen in ocean-crossing sailors living without fresh produce for several months) brings about scurvy (general weakness, joint pain, tendency to bleed, etc.). These symptoms appear because vitamin C is a necessary component for collagen formation, one of the primary connective tissue fibers. (Connective tissue forms the fascia that gives muscle shape and strength, tendons, ligaments, bone and cartilage.) Vitamin C is therefore essential for tissue healing, such as from wounds and burns healing, as well as the structural adaptations that result from exercise training, such as muscle growth and strengthening of bone. Vitamin C is also a powerful anti-oxidant, quenching reactive oxygen species (a type of free-radical) produced during exercise by itself becoming an oxidized molecule, but one that is harmless to the cell(1). Because the mechanism of post-exercise muscle damage likely involves free-radical production(2), several studies have examined the effect of Vitamin C on recovery. Although some studies have not suggested a favorable effect on post-exercise soreness and strength loss(3), most research suggests that Vitamin C (~500mg / day) reduces muscle soreness and strength loss after especially strenuous or novel exercise(4-8>).