'Tis The Season For Vitamin C, Got Yours?

Vitamin C and your Health

Yes, it 'Tis the Season for Vitamin C. Believe it or not, vitamins have an annual circadian rhythm and Vitamin C's downtime is this time. It starts toward the end of October and lasts into December. Great time of year to have Halloween. Just when you need to take more care of yourself, here comes candy around every corner. 

You made it through Halloween just fine, now it's time to survive the Christmas/New Years rush without a nasty cold or flu episode. 

Best Practices for Building Vitamin C Reserves

The absolute best way to build up your Vitamin C reserve is to use plenty of onion soup.  Onions are very high in a form of Vitamin C that does not affect your body chemistry in a negative way.  If you have a low urinary pH and were to take Vitamin C in the regular ascorbate form, it would drive your pH even lower. That would only make everything worse. So if you don't know where you stand as far as your pH is concerned, stick to onion soup.  

To make onion soup

1. Take 1 large white onion or a pound of green onions,
2.  Chop into 2 cups of distilled water,
3.  Bring to a boil and immediately reduce heat to a simmer.
4.  Let simmer until the onions sink to the bottom of the pan.
5. You may eat the onions along with the broth, or just use the broth as a base for a vegetable soup or stew.
6. Fresh parsley may be added for flavor and additional health benefits.

Other Great Food Sources of Vitamin C 

1.  Cranberry Juice
2.  Papayas
3. Bell Peppers
4. Strawberries
5. Broccoli
6. Pineapple

Symptoms of Vitamin C Deficiency

According to George Mateljan at WHFoods.org, symptoms of Vitamin C deficiency could be as bold as scurvy, although rare in the US, to as common as a cold or minor infections. The lining of our respiratory tract also depend heavily on vitamin C for protection, respiratory infection and other lung-related conditions can also be symptomatic of vitamin C deficiency.

According to Dr. Reams of RBTI, old fashioned scurvy, collagens disease, leprosy, and diabetes all have at least one deficiency in common-Vitamin C!  As long as minerals are deficient, Vitamin C will be deficient.  So take your Vitamin C every day from as many different sources as possible.

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