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Vitamin C

Vitamin C plays an important role in the formation of the most abundant protein in the human body . Like vitamin E, Vitamin C works as an . Vitamin C is needed to synthesize . The first signs of scurvy arise after of a vitamin C free diet. Scurvy is in developed countries. Less severe signs of inadequate vitamin C intake are . If a healthy person consumes more than of vitamin C a day for a prolonged period of time this may lead to nausea, abdominal cramps, and nosebleeds. Vitamin C has been reputed to prevent or cure .

 
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