Although now rare, throughout history no health condition has been more terrifying and deadly than scurvy, but since we figured out that just 60 milligrams a day of vitamin C could prevent the gruesome symptoms of the disease, which causes deterioration and decay of the connective tissue and ultimately kills its victims through massive internal hemorrhaging, these days you don’t hear much about scurvy.
Unfortunately, while you only need a meager dose of vitamin C to prevent full-blown scurvy, it takes a lot more to completely eradicate its milder symptoms, which include lethargy, osteoporosis, arthritis, gum disease, poor wound healing, crepey skin and wrinkles. Sounds a lot like plain old aging and that means that, of all the youth promoting things you could ever do, nothing beats taking 1 to 5 grams of ordinary ascorbic acid powder every day. Use divided doses. Too much all at once can cause some digestive distress. I like mixing the powder with lemon water and sipping on it slowly.
And don’t forget putting it onto your skin at least once or twice daily. Application of fat soluble vitamin C is an absolute anti-aging must and can help prevent and reverse skin scurvy, that is skin aging, keeping your body’s largest organ firm resilient clear and youthful.
