What is Vitamin C?
Our body uses vitamins for many vital processes essential for overall healthy growth and well-being. Amounts that fall below what is needed to maintain these processes can impair biological functions and our health. Vitamin C (also known as ascorbic acid) has many important roles in our body, and is responsible for things such as the quality of our oral health, teeth, gums & bones; it helps our body resist infections; it helps with tissue and scar healing. [1] Thus, just like all the other vitamins our body needs to function properly, vitamin C is essential to maintain our overall health and well-being.

​Notably, vitamins cannot be made by the body or cannot be made in large enough amounts, which is why having these nutrients on a regular basis through diet and supplementation is important. [2] With vitamin C specifically, taking in large enough amounts provides our body with many benefits [1] [2] [3] [4] and one of the least knowm benefits is vitamim C's ability to act as a safe and effective energy supplement. [3] [4]