Properties of components
– C vitamin: contributes to the function of the immune system during and after intense physical exertion, to the formation of collagen for the function of blood vessels and to the protection of cells from oxidative stress.
Beyond the known action of support to the immune system, vitamin C is essential for the synthesis of collagen, that is, it is essential for the formation of the main structural protein of human beings. In its different types, collagen is in fact involved in the formation of muscles, bones, tendons, blood vessels, dermis, dentin, vitreous humor, cartilage. A lack of vitamin C leads to a terrible disease called scurvy, and first of all it involves an inadequate synthesis of collagen. To avoid all this, it would be enough for those foods to be present in our diet, especially those fruits and vegetables, theoretically rich in this vitamin. This is true, but only in theory, in the sense that the amount of vitamin C actually present in a given food is usually less than the amount that theoretically there should be. Vitamin C is a powerful antioxidant, which acts directly from inside the cells, and is able to regenerate vitamin E. Unfortunately, within the human body there is no "reservoir" for this vitamin, ie there is no place, inside the human body, where it is possible to store vitamin C, so it must be introduced daily.
