In a rush to find a cure for coronavirus, doctors and scientists have been running around testing every antiviral, antimalarial, monoclonal antibody, and other medications there are possible to fight against the virus. Many believe that Vitamin C can be one of the cures against this disease and physicians have carefully been studying its effects.
Zhi-Yong Peng, MD of the Department of Critical Care Medicine at Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University in his study described Vitamin C as an antioxidant that can prevent cytokine-induced damage to lungs. Cytokines are small proteins that trigger severe inflammation and responds to infections that can cause respiratory diseases or even death. Vitamin C is known to reduce inflammatory reaction and decrease the effects of the common cold and is also known to respond to increased risk and severity of influenza infection which is why researchers have been hopeful that it would have a similar reaction towards COVID-19.
In this article, we are going to review what is Vitamin C, how it affects immunity, how it’s being tried for COVID-19 treatment in a hospital setting, and whether taking an oral supplement is beneficial.
What is Vitamin C?
Vitamin C also known as ascorbic acid is a vitamin found in many foods and sold as a dietary supplement and is an essential nutrient in the human body and plays several roles. It’s a very strong antioxidant, meaning that it detoxes one’s body and frees it of any unstable compounds and prevents or reverses the damage caused by these compounds on the body. The vitamin is essential for the functioning of several enzymes and important for immune system functioning
The daily requirements of the body for vitamin C is 90 mg per day. It is quite easy to meet the daily need of the body of vitamin C by consuming a variety of fruits and vegetables in your regular diet....read more
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