Ascorbic Acid Description

Ascorbic Acid - Ascorbic Acid is a water-soluble vitamin that is also known popularly as Vitamin C. Ascorbic Acid is valuable in many ways, including production of hemoglobin and red blood cells. Ascorbic Acid helps keep teeth and gums in good shape and is useful in healing bone breaks and other wounds. It is a popular notion, but likely a myth, that Vitamin C, or Ascorbic Acid, can cure the common cold. Certainly a deficiency of Ascorbic Acid does a person no good at all. Ascorbic Acid is a popular treatment medically for urinary tract infections, and is known as a specific for scruvy.

Ascorbic Acid is abundantly available in broccoli, brussels sprouts, cabbage, grapefruit, peppers, potatoes, strawberries, tangerines and tomatoes. The most frequent choice for natural ingestion of Ascorbic Acid is through eating oranges. It is commonly believed that excess Ascorbic Acid will be excreted through the urine.