• DOI:10.15310/2334-3591.1030
Corpus ID: 39827213

Vitamin C and Disease: Insights from the Evolutionary Perspective

@inproceedings{Clemens2016VitaminCA,
  title={Vitamin C and Disease: Insights from the Evolutionary Perspective},
  author={Zs{\'o}fia Clemens and C. T{\'o}th},
  year={2016}
}

Zsófia Clemens, C. Tóth

Published 2016

Biology

Author(s): Clemens, Zsofia | Abstract: The role of vitamin C at the physiological and cellular levels is indisputable. In line with this, blood level of vitamin C is inversely related to disease parameters such as risk of cancer, cardiovascular disease and mortality in prospective cohort and correlational studies. At the same time, adequately powered clinical intervention studies consistently provide no evidence for a beneficial effect of supplementing vitamin C. Here we provide a framework to… CONTINUE READING

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