I personally have seen what Vitamin C can do for anxiety. After the birth of my last child, I suffered with postpartum anxiety. I used my placenta and that worked wonderful until it was gone. When I ran out of my placenta pills it was also the dead of winter. I typically get some seasonal depression so being postpartum in the winter and then my husband's hours were cut....not a good mix. I did what I do and researched and researched. What did I learn? That when you have inflammation in your body not only can that cause disease and illness but also anxiety and depression. What is a great anti-inflammatory? Vitamin C So I started taking high doses of vitamin C. I started at 500 mg and upped it until it caused digestive issues (if ya know what I mean) and then back down 500mg. I ended up taking 5 g of Vitamin C and I was feeling better within in a week. I wasn't 100% but my life was now manageable and I could move on with exercise and mindfulness to get the rest of the way out. Now the whole family takes Vitamin C regularly for general health and to help my second son with his allergies and asthma. Allergies are caused by inflammation in your body. My hope is to get rid of the inflammation and then he no longer will suffer from the allergies and asthma. (I feel I need to add that we do give him alopathic meds when needed because his asthma has been severe.) I no longer take those high doses but a lower maintenance dose. All of us from ages 3 to 37 take 1000mg a day.
Not all Vitamin C is equal either. Some of it contains Sodium Benzoate which is a known carcinogen. I take Camu Camu. It's said to be the most absorbed form of vitamin c and it's food based. The kids take Dynamic Health Liquid Vitamin C. They like to mix it in plain seltzer water and make "soda"
Benefits of Vitamin C may be:
anti-oxidant
reduces inflammation
anti-aging
cold fighting
raise sperm count
may prevent premature rupture of membranes (pregnancy)
and more!!
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