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Answers: I heard that consuming Vitamin C is pointless to maintain a healthy body, unless you are exposed to extreme conditions. Is it true? Then what are the other ways to prevent illnesses and strengthen body's immune system besides Vitamin C?

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Taking extra vitamin C definitely boosts your immune system. You will get fewer colds and when you do they will be less severe.

Although you can easily get at least 50 mg of vitamin C from a normal diet, taking extra vitamin C is much better. 500 mg a day would be a useful amount. More vitamin C also helps to absorb more iron.

Garlic is another immune system booster.

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So I've heard

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I don't take it but my mom does. She never gets sick...except when she runs out and doesn't take it. If she misses more than five days..she winds up catching something from someone. I think it works. I don't take vitamins...I choose to just eat the right good foods.

Other ways to prevent illness besides the ones you've heard millions of times like washing your hands.....
Eat good healthy foods...stay away from the bad ones like snacks and junk foods/fast food.....
Naturally way of getting enough vitamin C is to eat enough fruits...real fresh fruits....or drink juice...to be called juice the only ingredients on the bottle are juice and water...that's it...if it has more then it's leaning more toward koolaid than juice. Try the freezer section to find real juice...the ones in cans are almost always just juice.
De-stress....stress lowers your body's immune system. If you can't help to stress then do your best.

My mother is not exposed to extreme situations...
Taking vitamin C is only pointless if you get the right amount from your food.

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Take an Ayurveda(kind of an ancient Indian medicinal pratice) medicine that is called Chawanprash which quite safer and with no side effects...for more i am suggessting some website to improve your health system and they also consult about it. ALL THE BEST

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Nobel laureate, Dr. Linus Pauling did extensive research into the biochemical nature of ascorbate metabolism and his conclusions were that the ingestion of vitamin C is both beneficial and essential to health in all cases -- those of extreme exposure and those subject to the usual and customary activities of daily living. In particular the immune response of persons consuming extra vitamin C were enhanced with the addition of the extra C being 'synergistic' i.e., the results being greater than the individual sum of the parts in the chemical pathways.

The bare essentials for immune health in all persons are vitamins A, C, E, the minerals Selenium and Zinc.

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Yes it does work and especially now that we're going into the flu season! dont take TOO much tho b/c it can cause "the squirts"

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yes vitamin C really work to prevent illness and strengthen immune system and besides vitamin C there are many vitamins like A,B series, D,E and minerals which help maintain immune system

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