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     Vitamin C, most people know it is an essential vitamin and powerful anti-oxidant that plays a large part in our bodies metabolic process including tissue repair. Most people also know the body cannot manufacture Vitamin C so it must be obtained through an outside source. We also should know Vitamin C needs to be taken on a daily basis. But what variety? There are hundreds of brands to choose from and with different dosages.

     When I was growing up, I wanted my Vitamin C from a product called Tang. Why? Because astronauts drank it, and who didn’t want to grow up to be an astronaut. So my mom bout us Tang. Excellent choice she thought. The astronauts drink it and the New York ad agencies promoted it on T.V. so that was our family choice of Vitamin C. Now the F.D.A. will still tell you that Tang is ok, a good, wholesome product. Most big kids have grown up to become astronauts who drank it, and it has the F.D.A.’s R.D.A. of 65mg per serving for your daily required amount. Cool. Just the right amount to keep away scurvy. You remember reading about scurvy. The European Sailors kept getting scurvy on their voyages to the new lands until someone discovered that by including citrus fruit in their diet, you could eliminate scurvy. That seemed to be the only good reason for taking extra Vitamin C until Albert Szent Gyorgyi and Linus Pauling did their extensive research and found it to be a cell detoxifier, cancer fighter, immune booster and chronic illness fighter. Linus Pauling took an average of 19,000mg of Vitamin C per day and lived happily until the age of 92.

     Now the fight wages on over which brand of Vitamin C supplementation people should take to get adequately high doses of this papacea for good health. Synthetic brands are offered by the thousands. Ascorbic acid in powdered form has been a very popular choice among health care professionals. Super Green Foods have moved up to the top of the list as well. These are certainly a lot of choices. So I decided to do what I do best, investigate Eastern Cultures as well as Indigenous Cultures from South America. Where have they been getting their high sources of Vitamin C for the last 5,000 years? From berries. All over the world berry trees have been providing the highest concentration of Vitamin C known to man.

     The Amazon Rainforest grow a berry called Camu, which has the highest concentration of natural Vitamin C. It thrives in lush soil, flooded by the Amazon basin. What has been noticed is that people taking this produce on a daily basis not only receive the benefits of Vitamin C we described earlier in this article but also noticed considerable changes in their energy levels. Another advantage with this high concentration is an increase in Serotonin levels which, as you know, increases your feeling of happiness and joy. So we have found a mood stabilizer as well.

     This product I know you will feel good about taking and it will return many health benefits to you and your family. Just think, no more sad, low-energy days during the winter. Plus, it helps protects from colds and flu. I hope you will enjoy this rainforest product as much as I do.

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