Higher Nature Calcium Ascorbate Vitamin C Powder

Advantages: Easily absorbed by the body, reduces infection, destroys free radicals
Disadvantages: Bitter taste, too much can cause heartburn or diarrhoea, and it doesn't dissolve very easily in cold drinks

...that this could be bought inexpensively from Boots: 60g of pure ascorbic acid for £4 as the basic price, but frequently available on special offer at considerably less. It comes in a small white tub with an orange label on the side, and is usually shelved with other Vitamin C products. • Using the powder • To use the powder, it has to be stirred into some kind of drink. Water is suggested on the container, but the taste is so bitter and acidic that I can't manage it that way. However it's quite acceptable in fruit juice; orange or pineapple are the best, in my experience. There's a tangy taste which is evident, but it's not unpleasant on the whole. It also works in orange or lemon squash. One gram of Vitamin C (that's 1000mg) is about one third of a teaspoon, so it has to be measured reasonably carefully. You have to stir pretty... Read review

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Advantages: Many, many advantages - including the fact that they taste nice!
Disadvantages: None really.

...Ascorbic acid, or otherwise known as Vitamin C, is a water soluble vitamin, (along with vitamin B), unlike vitamins A, D, E and K which are all fat soluble. Is this of any relevance? You may be asking! Well yes it is! Within the body we have lots and lots of water, so it is pretty obvious that a vitamin that is "water soluble" will readily dissolve and be used by the body. Hence we really need a daily intake of vitamin C (and B for that matter). The fat soluble vitamins can be stored within the body for a much longer time without being used straight away, so you needn't take these *every* day. Your body will use them slowly, by which time you are more than likely to have more of the vitamins stored already. Seen as the water soluble vitamins are used near enough straight away they are generally considered... Read review

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Advantages: Easy way to take a Zinc and vitamin C supplement
Disadvantages: Can catch you offguard of you bite them

...maintain the immune system, healthy skin and also plays an important role in male reproductive health' (so it's handy if your bloke doesn't like oysters, which are known to be a good source of natural zinc) and Vitamin C, otherwise known as Ascorbic Acid 'is well known for it's ability to help maintain the bodys defences'. It's actually an effective anti-oxident, helping to destroy free-radicals and is good for an absolute cartload of other things, which I'm not going to go into here, because that's not what this review is about. If you want to know about all the benefical effects of vitamin C and zinc I would suggest looking at websites that are devoted to these subjects. I ought to add that together, they have a synergisitc effect, which loosely put means that they strengthen the effect of each other while not actually changing... Read review

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