Treatment
Vitamin C Therapy
What is Vitamin C?
Vitamin C is an essential dietary nutrient required for the biosynthesis of collagen and a co-factor in the biosynthesis of catecholamine, L-carnitine, cholesterol, amino acids and some peptide hormones. A lack of vitamin C causes scurvy, a pathological condition that leads to blood vessel fragility and connective tissue damage due to a failure in producing collagen, which leads to death as a result of collapse. Vitamin C plays a well-established role in supporting immune function and has antioxidant properties that help protect the body’s cells from oxidative stress.
Vitamin C, or ascorbic acid, is a water-soluble vitamin. It dissolves in water and is delivered to the body’s tissues but is not well stored, so it has to be taken daily through food or supplements. Even before its discovery in 1932, nutrition experts recognised that something in citrus fruits could prevent scurvy, a disease that killed nearly two million sailors between 1500 and 1800.
Vitamin C plays an important role in controlling infections and healing wounds and is a powerful antioxidant that can neutralise harmful free radicals. It is needed to make collagen, a fibrous protein in connective tissue that is weaved throughout various systems in the body: nervous, immune, bone, cartilage and blood. The vitamin helps make several hormones and chemical messengers used in the brain and nerves.
Research into high-dose Vitamin C continues to evolve. As with all vitamin therapy treatments, this is a wellness and nutritional support treatment and is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any medical condition. If you are taking prescribed medication or have an existing health condition, please consult your GP before booking.
Vitamin C and the body
Vitamin C enables the body to efficiently use carbohydrates, fats and protein. Vitamin C acts as an antioxidant, a nutrient that chemically binds and neutralises the tissue-damaging effects of free-radicals. It is essential for the growth and health of bones, teeth, gums, ligaments and blood vessels. Vitamin C is also vital in the key role of the formation of collagen and the proper functioning of all internal organs.
Vitamin C is found in many foods, including citrus fruits such as oranges, grapefruits and lemons. It is also found in green vegetables such as spinach, broccoli and cabbage, as well as tomatoes and potatoes. The processing of food degrades vitamin C, as can exposure to air, cooking or processing.
Vitamin C deficiency these days are isolated towards the elderly or those with certain illnesses such as AIDS, cancer or tuberculosis, as well as those exposed to long periods of cold temperatures.
Benefits of Vitamin C
- Heals wounds, burns and bleeding gums
- Increase the effectiveness of other medications
- Accelerates healing after surgery
- It helps to decrease blood cholesterol
- Aids in preventing many types of viral and bacterial infections and boosts the immune system.
- Protects against many forms of cancer
- Acts as a natural laxative
- Lowers the risk of blood clots in veins
- Treats and prevents colds and flu
- Extends life by enabling protein cells to hold together
- Increases the absorption of inorganic iron
- Reduces the effects of many allergy-producing substances.
- It helps to lower high blood pressure
- Prevents scurvy
- Reduces the risk of stroke
- Reduces the onset of ageing skin
Sources of Vitamin C
- Citrus fruits such as oranges, lemons and grapefruit
- Berries
- Green and leafy vegetables
- Tomatoes
- Cantaloupe
- Cauliflower
- Potatoes
- Peppers
You can also get vitamin C from dietary supplements. Vitamin C supplements are available in many forms:
- Oral tablets
- Chewable tablets
- Extended-release tablets
- Extended-release capsules
- Prescription of intramuscular
Oral supplements may be preferred by the client, but the effects can be reduced, and oral supplements can cause long term issues such as kidney stones or digestive stress.
Oral vitamin supplements have to through the digestion process before they are absorbed into the bloodstream. Injections, on the other hand, deliver larger doses direct to the bloodstream. The body will absorb the full amount of injected vitamin C, unlike supplements, which, after digestion, will only deliver a portion of the dose they originally contained.
Oral supplements are available in 500mg concentrations, whereas vitamin C injections are available from 1g to 25g if required.
Vitamin C supplements are less expensive than injections, but in the case of severe symptoms, cold, flu or infection, the client would need several bottles of vitamin C to get the same dose as one injection.
Recommended Daily Amounts
Recommended daily amounts – the recommended dietary allowance for adults is 90mg daily for men and 75mg for women. Smoking can deplete vitamin C levels in the body, so an additional 35mg beyond the RDA is recommended.
Vitamin C absorption and mega-dosing
The intestines have a limited ability to absorb vitamin C. Studies show that absorption of vitamin C decreases to less than 50% when taking amounts higher than 1000mg. In healthy adults, a mega-dose of vitamin C is non-toxic because once the body’s tissues are saturated with vitamin C, absorption decreases, and any excess is removed from the body through urination.
Contra-indications
- Chemotherapy patients ( antioxidants such as Vit C can reduce the drug effect)
- Pregnancy and breastfeeding
- Known allergies or sensitivity to biotin
- Kidney/liver problems
- Unrealistic expectations
- Sickle cell anaemia
- Hormone tablets (Vit C can increase Oestrogen further)
- Protease inhibitors
- Warfarin (high Vit C levels may reduce effect)
- Statins and niacin
Side effects/ Symptoms post-treatment
- Infection at the injection site
- Fainting
- Burning
- Bruising
- Erythema
- Oedema and stinging at the infection site
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