7 signs when you need more vitamin C

 `           7 signs when you need more vitamin C

        

        Vitamin C is a vital nutrient you must regularly consume to avoid its deficiency disease. Its deficiency is rare in developed countries due to the addition of certain supplements and food. Are you acquire enough vitamin C in your diet? You think that you have enough vitamin consumption. Still, according to the National Health and nutrition exam survey  (NHANES), it is reviewed that almost 10% of men and 7% of women are deficient in vitamin C.

    The common factors for the deficiency of vitamin C are as follows a poor diet, smoking, severe mental health, anorexia and alcoholism.

        Here are signs in which you come to know that you have vitamin c deficiency.

1. Poor immunity:

    Vitamin C accumulates inside immunity cells that help in fighting disease-related pathogens. Its deficiency causes a higher risk of disease infection like pneumonia etc.

2. skin changes:

    If you have vitamin C deficiency, a condition known as keratosis pilaris may develop. Your skin changes; discoloured and red patches on your body, dry skin, and bruising on your elbows.

3. Tired all the time:

    If you are feeling fatigued all time as well as poor mood, and you have never changed your diet plan recently, it is a sign of vitamin C deficiency. This condition is quickly resolved within 24 hours by a high intake of vitamin C supplements.

4. Slow wound healing:

    Vitamin C can heal wounds quickly, by maintaining collagen which is a protein that helps to keep the skin smooth and elastic. and the case of slow wound healing is a sign of severe vitamin C deficiency. So, if you are dealing with cuts and surgery, keep more ingestion of vitamin C in your diet.

5. Bleeding of Gums:

    Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) have an antioxidant property that helps to prevent gum bleeding disease. It is also a sign of severe deficient disease, scurvy. Without proper vitamin C in the diet results in weakening and inflammation of gum tissues which bleed gums easily.

6. Bones weakening:

    If you have vitamin C deficiency, you may easily be prone to osteoporosis and fracture. It has the ability to the formation of new bones so, its deficiency causes loss of bones.

7. Joints acne:

     The most common symptom of vitamin C deficiency is joint pain, especially, in the hip and knee joints. Vitamin C has the ability to the healthy formation of collagen that supports joints. If you don’t consume enough vitamin C, you may suffer from swelling, stiffness, bruising around joints etc.