{"id":2055,"date":"2011-07-17T02:20:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-17T02:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.willclower.com\/blog\/2011\/07\/guess-what-vitamin-c-from-food-does-for-you.html"},"modified":"2016-09-21T08:59:33","modified_gmt":"2016-09-21T12:59:33","slug":"guess-what-vitamin-c-from-food-does-for-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?p=2055","title":{"rendered":"Guess What Vitamin C from FOOD does for you?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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These tomatoes just make you want to eat them. They’re gorgeous, and go perfectly with some Mozz cheese\/basil\/olive oil\/basalmic … dude. <\/span>

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I could eat them on a train, I could eat them in the rain, I could eat them on a boat, I could eat them with a goat ….<\/span>

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Besides the ability to quote Green Eggs and Ham, another reason foods like tomatoes are important to take a look at … to view … to EYEBALL … is because of their effects on cataracts.<\/span>

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Vitamin C from food tied to lower cataract risk | Reuters<\/span><\/a>

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What Happened<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n
In this study, researchers evaluated more than 5,600 Indian  (from India, not Oklahoma) adults age 60 and up for cataracts. They also interviewed them about their diets and lifestyle habits, and measured their blood levels of vitamin C.<\/span><\/div>\n

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What They Found<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n
Overall, nearly 73 percent of the study participants were found to have cataracts. But that risk dipped as vitamin C blood levels and vitamin C intake rose.<\/span><\/div>\n

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The Bottom Line<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n
In the roughly one-quarter of older adults with the highest vitamin C levels, the risk of cataract was 39 percent lower than in people with the lowest levels of the nutrient<\/b><\/i>. That was with factors like income, smoking habits, high blood pressure and diabetes taken into account.<\/span><\/div>\n
Look<\/b><\/i> into your future and see<\/i><\/b> the positive benefits of a vitamin C Foods — otherwise, you just may not be able to. <\/span>
To help you out, CLICK HERE to check out this list of the very best food sources of vitamin C. <\/a><\/span><\/div>\n

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For more information: Click here to visit Will Clower’s website. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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