A deep-dive into vitamin C's roles for collagen, skin aging, joint health, and supplementation practicalities for daily use.
Key Takeaways
- Supplementing vitamin C with collagen reduced wrinkle volume by 13.8% versus placebo in a 2024 randomized trial
- Taking 48 mg vitamin C with gelatin before exercise enhanced tendon collagen synthesis in trained tendons
- Humans require dietary vitamin C because endogenous synthesis is absent and deficiency causes scurvy symptoms