4 Subclinical Vitamin C Deficiency Signs that are Extremely Common
Dr. Berg’s Healthy Keto and Intermittent Fasting Podcast
Dr. Eric Berg
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🗓️ 10 May 2020
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In this podcast, we’re going to talk about vitamin C, and something called a subclinical vitamin C deficiency.
You may have heard of scurvy, which is a severe vitamin C deficiency. This is also called a classical vitamin C deficiency. A subclinical vitamin C deficiency means you have some vitamin C, but you don’t have the full amount.
What does vitamin C do?
• It works as an antioxidant
• It’s involved in collagen growth and repair
• It helps make noradrenaline
• It’s necessary in the function of carnitine
• Your white blood cells are saturated with vitamin C
Scurvy symptoms:
• Wounds that can’t heal
• Gingivitis
• Perifollicular hemorrhage
• Fatigue
• Red/purple blotches
Foods that are rich in vitamin C:
• Papaya (I don’t recommend)
• Kiwi (I don’t recommend)
• Bell peppers
• Greens
• Berries
• Cruciferous vegetables
Many people also take vitamin C supplements. Just be sure your supplement is not synthetic. Make sure it’s food-based. Acerola cherry is also a great source of vitamin C.
Things that can inhibit vitamin C absorption and potentially cause vitamin C deficiency signs:
• Smoking
• Pregnancy
• Age
• Overtraining
• Sugar
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| 0:00.0 | So if you guys have any questions whatsoever about keto or intermittent fasting, whether you're starting |
| 0:05.3 | keto as a new person or just need to debug your program or you have a question about a product, |
| 0:10.6 | call one of our keto consultants. They'll be able to help you. Call 540-299-1557. That's 540-299-1557. |
| 0:21.6 | Welcome to the Dr. Berg's Healthy Keto and Interminute Fasting Podcast, where Dr. Berg takes you on the journey for the truth about getting healthy and losing healthy weight. Let's talk about the importance of vitamin C and something called a subclinical |
| 0:48.3 | vitamin C deficiency. Now you may have heard the term scurvy before, which is a very |
| 0:53.5 | serious vitamin C deficiency. |
| 0:55.8 | Another term for that is called classical vitamin C deficiency. |
| 0:59.5 | But subclinical is that you have some vitamin C, but you don't have the full amount. |
| 1:05.1 | Now, what does vitamin C do? |
| 1:07.4 | Well, mainly it works as an antioxidant, protecting against free radical damage. It has a real |
| 1:13.8 | big, important purpose in collagen growth and repair. I'm talking about connective tissue, |
| 1:20.1 | ligaments, tendons, fascia, cartilage, all the things related to your joints. It's also necessary |
| 1:27.1 | to make noradrenaline. And when also necessary to make noradrenaline. |
| 1:28.6 | And when you're low in noradrenaline, you're just not awake. You're tired all the time. |
| 1:33.6 | It's also necessary in the function of carnitine, which has to do with delivering fat to the mitochondria, |
| 1:42.8 | the furnace to burn fat. So fat oxidation. So if you're low in vitamin C, |
| 1:47.8 | you're not going to get the full fat oxidation to make energy. Also, your white blood cells, |
| 1:54.1 | part of the immune system, are saturated with vitamin C. So if you don't have enough vitamin C, |
| 1:59.2 | your immune system cannot work. When you have a very |
| 2:02.5 | severe deficiency, as in scrovy, you have wounds that won't heal. You'll get gingivitis, |
| 2:10.1 | inflammation of the gums. You'll get peripollicular hemorrhage. Now, what is that? |
| 2:15.8 | That is the little red dots on the follicles on your |
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