Vitamin C Benefits – An Important Factor In Cardiovascular Health – Dr. Berg

Hey , guys .

Today , we're gonna talk about vitamin c in relationship to cardiovascular health .

Now since heart attacks are the number one single cause of death worldwide , it's a good idea just to understand all the different pieces of this puzzle so you can then , minimize , the damage that could happen to your body , and prevent the problem .

Now , you have this thing called atherosclerosis .

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Harding of the arteries .

Sometimes people think it's caused by consuming too much cholesterol .

It's not .

It's been proven that it's not caused by cholesterol .

Cholesterol is is made by your body in large amounts .

It's gonna come in there to heal something , but it's not the actual cause .

The cause is a structural weakness within the blood vessel itself .

Now , the very most inner lining of the artery has something called endothelial cells .

And these are kind of collagen cells , and you need vitamin c to keep these really , really strong .

Okay .

So vitamin c is a cofactor to help support the production of collagen in vascular smooth muscle .

You actually have muscles around the arteries that make it contract and relax .

Okay ?

So , that elasticity is very , very important .

You don't want it to be stiff and rigid , and , I've already done videos on how insulin can make your arteries very , very rigid and thick , but just realize that too much insulin , which causes insulin resistance , can be one of the key factors of causing a vitamin c deficiency in the first place .

Now there's been over 478 clinical trials , involving supplementing with vitamin c that shows significant improvement in endothelial function .

So it's definitely one of the key factors involved with cardiovascular disease because if that inner wall becomes damaged , there comes the cholesterol , there comes the calcium , there comes the protein to form the clot .

And vitamin C is also necessary to prevent the clot from breaking off and causing a stroke or even a heart attack .

So it's really important .

So if we take a look at classic vitamin c deficiency , scurvy , you have one of the symptoms , fragility of blood vessels .

Basically , these blood vessels are easily damaged .

Without that vitamin C , you can't make the collagen to keep it really strong .

So the big question is how do you become deficient in vitamin c ?

Number 1 , by developing insulin resistance because your your insulin's too high because you need the insulin to pull in vitamin c .

Number 2 , which is probably the most common , is poor eating habits .

You're not consuming enough vegetables .

An average American consumes 1.6 cups of vegetables per day .

Okay .

That's just not gonna be enough .

You get a lot of the vitamin c from the vegetable family .

And then you also have , you know , being a smoker , you can become deficient .

Taking medications , drinking alcohol , having digestive problems .

These are all things that can interfere with your ability to absorb vitamin c .

Some foods that are high in vitamin c , bell peppers , all the leafy greens , sauerkraut , cabbage , and pretty much all vegetables will have vitamin c .

So vitamin c is a real key player in cardiovascular health simply because all the vegetables are made out of collagen .

And without that vitamin c , you're not gonna have a good structure .

Alright .

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