Most of the Vitamin C Sources like tablets and powders contain ascorbic acid also known as ascorbate which is not Vitamin C. And by taking these Vitamin C supplements your body needs to draw from other components like your body tissue to make up for the full Vitamin C complex. Ascorbic acid will circulate through your system only to be flushed out through the kidneys later. One needs to take in the correct Vitamin C sources which are found in fruits and various vegetables.

Vitamin C complex is made up of bioflavonoids, Factor K, Rutin, Factor J and P, Ascorbinogen, Tyrosine's and Ascorbic Acid. When there is a deficiency of Vitamin C this will result in continuous infections, prolonged wound healing, pain and swelling of the joints, tooth decay and hair loss as well as scurvy.

Vitamin C is a very powerful antioxidant and protects your cells against damage as well as helps the body form collagen which in turn strengthens your bones, ligaments, tendon and blood vessels. Vitamin C also prevents damage to amino acids and your fatty acids as well as helps to produce a hormone that is essential to the central nervous system.

Fresh fruit such as grapefruit and oranges are a very good source of Vitamin C and should you choose to make a juice from these fruits add some lettuce of other green vegetables to the juice which will regulate the sugars and prevent you from getting a sugar high.

Foods that contain a Vitamin C Source are strawberries, sweet red peppers, Brussels sprouts, broccoli, cantaloupe, collard greens, cabbage and tomatoes. All the berry family such as mulberries, blue berries etc all contain contents of vitamin C.

There are recommended daily allowances as Vitamin C needs to be taken in moderation due to toxicity. Infants need 40 - 50mg daily, children from the age of one to eight require between 15 and 25mg daily, and adults as well as expectant mothers require at least 75mg and those that smoke need a larger dose of around 1000mg daily as smoking is known to deplete natural Vitamin C from the body. There are Vitamin C supplements which one can obtain from any health store and usually comes in a powder form.