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Doctor Eric Burg.

So if you're a joint pain and you're trying all these different things,

you might want to look at a vitamin C deficiency.

Vitamin C has a lot to do with joint health because it's involved in collagen synthesis.

It helps you make collagen.

I'm talking about the tendons and ligaments and the actual cartilage within the joint capsule itself.

All of those need sufficient vitamin C or your joints will fall apart.

Vitamin C also helps to decrease inflammation.

If you're deficient, you can have all sorts of inflammatory conditions.

Also, the need for vitamin C increases with stress.

I'm talking about infection or surgery.

So let's say, for example, you had a hip replacement or some surgery on your body part and you're trying to heal.

Well, right there, you need a lot more vitamin C to provide the joint what it needs to repair.

Our bodies really only have about two weeks of vitamin C storage and then you start becoming deficient.

Vitamin C is also an antioxidant and a co-factor for opioids,

which your body has, which actually help you get rid of pain.

So if you don't have enough vitamin C to make these, that right there can actually increase your pain.

But now let's mention the flip side of that.

So it's not just about taking vitamin C or getting vitamin C from your diet.

It's about also having vitamin C being absorbed.

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