Description

Vitamin C is neither generated nor stored in the body. And yet the vitamin is required for the entire metabolism and is also involved in complex enzyme activities in the body. Because of its important role in activating the metabolism, converting nutrients into energy for the body and its involvement in numerous enzymatic processes, vitamin C is essential for important functions in the body, including maintaining the immune system. It is a well-known fact that if the body is deficient in vitamin C it is unable to synthesise strong connective tissue, as demonstrated in the days when sailors contracted scurvy. Vitamin C is also important for the uptake of iron.