As discussed in the previous post, Vitamin C Gives You Increased Energy with the Right Amount, Vitamin C (also known as ascorbic acid or L-ascorbic acid) has many important roles in our body and is responsible for the quality of our oral health, teeth, gums, bones, and immunity among various other functions in the body. [1] Vitamin C is one of the few supplements that is extremely difficult to overdose on [3] and is also considered virtually non-toxic. [2] While we can get a small amount of vitamin C from our food, the reality is that amount in food are not high enough to provide true long-term benefits and enhancements to our health. Furthermore, when cooking at high temperatures vitamin C is easily damaged and thus the food only retains about half of the vitamin C that would otherwise be found in raw food. [2] So, what can we do to increase our intake? We turn to supplementing with vitamin C. Vitamin C supplements come in various forms, the most commonly found forms being ascorbic acid, minerals forms of ascorbate, and the recently developed liposomal vitamin C. 

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]