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Vitamin C Helps Rid the Body of Toxins

May 2005

Researchers in the Linus Pauling Institute at Oregon State University have made a major discovery about the way vitamin C functions in the body. Their findings explain for the first time how vitamin C can react with and neutralize the toxic byproducts of human fat metabolism. "This is a previously unrecognized function for vitamin C in the human body," said Fred Stevens, an assistant professor in the Linus Pauling Institute. "We knew that vitamin C is an antioxidant that can help neutralize free radicals. But the new discovery indicates it has a complex protective role against toxic compounds formed from oxidized lipids. This appears to be a major pathway by which the body can get rid of the toxic byproducts of fat metabolism."

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