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Vitamin C
A water-soluble vitamin that is essential for maintaining healthy connective tissues and the integrity of cell membranes: it is necessary for the synthesis of collagen, which is required to produce connective tissue. Vitamin C has antioxidant properties, i.e. it neutralizes oxygen free radicals, which are produced by various disease processes and toxic substances and have damaging effects on the body. Read the rest of this entry »