April 4, 2006
Lack of Vitamin C Shown to Speed Aging In Mice
In a study from Tokyo Medical and Dental University and the Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, mice lacking Vitamin C age four times more quickly than mice who do not. Validation behind the need for Vitamin C has steadily continued since the 1937 Nobel Prize which was awarded for the discovery and isolation of Vitamin C and flavones and their connection to the disease Scurvy.
Sadly, most Americans I speak with do not even know the effects of a clinical deficiency of Vitamin C. Explaining to them the benefits or negatives of improving their dietary (or supplementatal) intake of Vitamin C is an interesting challenge.
The plan is to announce their results in the April 4 electronic edition of the U.S. "Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences" journal.
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