Vitamin C is probably one of the most famous if not the most famous vitamin for its connection to immune health. As important as that function is, vitamin C also helps to keep our cartilage, bone, and teeth healthy. It also helps in wound care.
Vitamin C deficiency causes scurvy, a condition that causes your body to bruise easily and causes muscle and joint pain as well. Vitamin C is one of those vitamins where an overdose will not harm you, although side efefcts such as heartburn and kidney stones can result.
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