Vitamin-C and Smokers

Vitamin-"C" and Smokers :

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We all Know smoking cause many problems in the body. Even a single puff of smoke from tobacco is harmful. Each puff of cigarettes contain over four thousand (4000) compounds. Out of the 4000 compounds present in cigarette smoke over sixty (60) are know carcinogenic. But here I am not going to talk about harmful effects of smoking on body but what is role of Vitamin-"C" in human body and how smokers can benefit if they take one tablet of Vitamin-"C" daily as dietary supplement or use those foods which have abundance of Vitamin-"C".

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Foods which are rich sources of Vitamin-"C"

1. Indian Gooseberry (Amla).

2. Orange.

3. Lemon.

4. Sweet lime.

5. Avocado.

6. Barbados Cherry.

7. Black Current.

8. Guava.

9. Jujube.

10. Kiwi fruit both green and yellow.

       There are countless others fruits which are very rich source of Vitamin-"C"

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Role of Vitamin-"C" >>

1. It forms collagen in Blood vessels, bones, tissues, cartilage and muscle. Vitamin-"C" helps in repair the damage of body.

2. Helps in absorption of Iron.

Helps in fighting cancer, diabetes and asthma.

4. Helps in treatment of bleeding gums.

 5. Prevents Scurvy.