Manufactured By:Progressive Laboratories
Vitamin C Chewable Vitamin C Chewable is orange-flavored chewable Vitamin C. Perfect for children and others who are taste sensitive to vitamins. Vitamin C is required for the growth and repair of tissues in all parts of your body. It is necessary to form collagen an important protein used to make skin scar tissue tendons ligaments and blood vessels. Vitamin C is essential for the healing of wounds and for the repair and maintenance of cartilage bones and teeth.
Vitamin C is one of many antioxidants. Antioxidants are nutrients that block some of the damage caused by free radicals which are by-products that result when our bodies transform food into energy.
| EACH TABLET SUPPLIES: |
| Vitamin C (ascorbic acid and sodium ascorbate) |
500 mg |
| Other ingredients: Natural orange flavor, dextrates hydrated, FD&C yellow #6, fructose, magna sweet (from licorice root), stearic acid, silicon dioxide. |
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Recommendations: 2 tablets daily or as directed by your healthcare practitioner.
Form:60 Tablet Bottle
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The build up of these by-products over time is largely responsible for the aging process and can contribute to the development of various health conditions such as cancer heart disease and a host of inflammatory conditions like arthritis. Antioxidants also help reduce the damage to the body caused by toxic chemicals and pollutants such as cigarette smoke.
Vitamin C deficiency can lead to dry and splitting hair; gingivitis (inflammation of the gums) and bleeding gums; rough dry scaly skin; decreased wound-healing rate easy bruising; nosebleeds; weakened enamel of the teeth; swollen and painful joints; anemia; decreased ability to ward off infection; and possibly weight gain because of slowed metabolic rate and energy expenditure. A severe form of vitamin C deficiency is known as scurvy which mainly affects older malnourished adults.
