维生素c六大功能（Six major functions of vitamin C）.doc

维生素c六大功能（Six major functions of vitamin C） Nutrition expert Huang Lianzhen (Professor of Nutrition Society of Hubei Province, Professor of nutrition and food hygiene, Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology) answers the six major functions of vitamin C Speaking of vitamin C (hereinafter referred to as VC), people are not unfamiliar with it, and some people can even say one or two, but what is the relationship between VC and human health, not everyone knows. Now lets talk about the function of VC. VC is also called ascorbic acid, because it can be named anti scurvy. VC exists in the human body in two forms: oxidation and reduction, and participates in various life activities of the organism. Function 1: VC can promote the formation of collagen in tissues. When the absence of VC, the synthesis of collagen by obstacles, which makes the wound and ulcer healing, bones and teeth, and easily broken off, the increase of the permeability of capillaries, vascular fragility, mucosa, muscles and joints caused by subcutaneous bleeding, it is often said that scurvy. Function two: VC is a strong reducing agent. VC can protect VA, VE and essential fatty acids from destruction; the high iron diet reduced to two valent iron, promote intestinal absorption of iron; can promote folic acid into biologically active tetrahydrofolate, have certain effect on the treatment of megaloblastic anemia. Function three: VC is involved in cholesterol metabolism. It will change in 80% for cholesterol bile acid excretion, reduce the content of cholesterol in the blood; can get rid of deposition on the arterial wall cholesterol; increase the content of beneficial ingredients - in the blood high density lipoprotein, and has important significance to the prevention of atherosclerosis. Function four: VC participates in the detoxification process of organism. The oxidized glutathione is reduced to reduced glutathione, which is combined with toxic substances to excrete in vitr