What Is Vitamin C? What Is L-Ascorbic Acid?

Vitamin C, also known as L-ascorbic acid, ascorbic acid or L-ascorbate is a vital nutrient for many animals, including humans. It is an antioxidant which protects the body against oxidative stress

Produce-Rich Diet Improves Long-Term Kidney Health, Melatonin Improves Short-Term Kidney Health

1. Kidney Disease Patients Benefit from a Diet High in Fruits and Vegetables – Healthy Foods Can Help Maintain Kidney Function In patients with kidney disease, the Western diet produces an acidic environment in the body that has numerous negative effects and worsens with age as kidney function declines…

Bone Density In Healthy Children Not Increased By Vitamin D Supplements

Giving vitamin D supplements to healthy children with normal vitamin D levels does not improve bone density at the hip, lumbar spine, forearm or in the body as a whole, according to a new Cochrane Systematic Review. Building bone density in children helps protect against osteoporosis in later life.

Reaction To Stress Improved By Walnuts, Walnut Oil,

A diet rich in walnuts and walnut oil may prepare the body to deal better with stress, according to a team of Penn State researchers who looked at how these foods, which contain polyunsaturated fats, influence blood pressure at rest and under stress…

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