The Tongue Can Determine a Vitamin C Deficiency

So let's talk about how to determine a vitamin C deficiency , a major vitamin C deficiency , like a subclinical scurvy type situation just from looking at the tongue .

So the name of this would be scorbutic tongue .

So you have a combination of glossitis , which is a condition where the tongue is inflamed , kind of shiny , sometimes red , with red blotches on the side through here .

And that's basically a very tiny micro hemorrhaging of the blood vessels .

And you can also see that in other parts of the body like the lower legs , with these these red purple spots .

And the reason for that is vitamin c is intimately involved in making collagen , and it's involved in connective tissue .

So the inside of your vascular system is all connective tissue .

So if you don't have enough vitamin c to make that that network , everything falls apart .

You start getting little areas of bruising and bleeding and little red spots and blotches , and it can happen in the tongue , anywhere in the body .

And so there's other vitamin c deficiencies as well .

But realize a vitamin c deficiency starts off very , very gradual , and the more deficient you are , the more symptoms you're gonna have .

You don't want to necessarily wait until you have all of these symptoms to do something about it , but it does usually take about a month of not consuming vitamin c to have this show up .

And there's other things too that can create a deficiency by preventing the absorption of vitamin c .

So you may be consuming vitamin c or even taking it as a supplement , but if you're consuming this thing called sugar , or you have high levels of sugar in your bloodstream because you're diabetic , that can block your vitamin c levels .

Why ?

Because the chemistry of vitamin c is very similar to sugar .

So if you consume them at the same time , the sugar is gonna go in and the vitamin C will not .

So if you're gonna consume sugar , consume it not when you're taking the vitamin c at a different time period .

And I'm being very sarcastic because you don't wanna consume any sugar at all .

There are many other symptoms of a vitamin C deficiency .

One would be fatigue , and that's probably going to be the first one you experience .

You have this lethargy , you're weak , you're tired , you may develop sore arms or legs , you might brush your teeth and notice there's blood on there , bleeding gums .

Why ?

Because of connective tissue and or collagen around the vascular part of your gums .

Also , you can experience bone pain .

You can also see this with a vitamin d deficiency .

Bruising , like we just talked about the vascular system , and then there are these red and purple , spots .

A lot of times you'll see them in the lower legs , especially in a diabetic .

I wonder why .

Because sugar competes for vitamin c , and they have high levels of sugar .

Also , because Vitamin c is necessary to strengthen collagen , tendons , ligaments , you may find that your your teeth are loose .

Here's some good foods that have higher levels of Vitamin c .

Citrus , like lemon juice , but it has to be raw because heat destroys it .

Peppers , red peppers , green peppers , sauerkraut probably has the most vitamin c .

If you have a good sauerkraut , you're talking like 700 milligrams of vitamin c per cup .

I mean , our RDAs for , vitamin c is about 90 .

So you're consuming a tremendous amount of vitamin C when you do sauerkraut .

The leafy greens , salads , brussels sprouts , broccoli all have vitamin C .

Parsley is loaded with vitamin c , and so is cabbage , which , well , that's how you make the sauerkraut .

Right ?

So there you have it .

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