Vitamin C Medley

Strawberries - Carrot - Shallot - Orange - Italian Parsley - Coriander

All of these foods are enriched with vitamin C. Surprisely, we have plentiful array of choices for each meal if we open our minds to possibilities. Vitamin C, also known as ascorbic acid, is important in our lives to play a role in preventing cancers and heart disease. The vitamin is often referred as an anti-oxidant for preventive measures.The acid occurs in nature. In order to have proper efficiency of the vitamin, the acid must be paired with other nutrients. The reason is the vitamin acidity must be catalyzed. You can look at the structure and see how the formula looks like here:

The strong mark - main carbon bond contains a hydroxyl group which makes the acid water-soluble. The distinguished mark is O and H which is the elements for H2O, known as the water molecule. 

In order for the reaction catalyzed - another element must come to play. One can add sodium Na+ (salt) to the acid.  Imagine when a recipe calls for kosher salt to shallots or Italian parsley, do you notice the breakdown of the vegetable or herb? The reaction becomes watery or breakdown on the structure of the leaves - clumps into a condensed beautiful wrapped bunches of leaves. The beauty of seeing this formula in a real life experiment is when the additional group breaks away from the ring structure. There are other factors and further steps towards nutrition; which comes into play when you give heat and a drops of extra olive oil.

Today, I ask for you to analyze how your fruit, herb, or vegetable is made and how the structure and make-up changes when you add one ingredient or few ingredients at a time.

But, there are arguments how vitamin C boost the immune system. There is information out there about how the vitamin battles the common cold, relieving stress, preventing blood clotting, high blood pressure, depression, and preventing heart attacks. In expert published studies, there are skeptical publications how vitamin C cannot act alone as the prime solution for preventing sickness or diseases.

On a scientific approach, there must be reactions with other nutrients in order to solidify its efficiency. It must fulfilled a replacement need for a missing part on another reaction in the body or another nutrient. Vitamin C, alone, cannot prevent diseases. With these thoughts and adding a holistic approach, I believe all components come into play - one must exercise, have a full variety of nutritious foods and spices, healthy mind, and healthy, bright foods for optimal reactions. Enjoy your next strawberry salad or even better - carrot soup which I will make today with variety of herbs and other cooling natural elements from yogurt and heat. 

Enjoy seeing your vitamin C potential in beautiful foods. Imagine the vitamin C in your body. Where does it go? I will explain in another post. Have a beautiful day.