Research now suggests that your body uses Vitamin C to keep your skin looking young by maintaining healthy collagen.  It is employed for healthy teeth and bones, to repair tissue damage and protect against oxidative stress or free radical damage as a powerful antioxidant.

Oxidative stress - which vitamin C and other antioxidants protect against, contributes to wrinkling and the aging of skin and all other organs and tissues of the body.  Oxidation contributes to cataracts, arthritis, heart disease, fibromyalgia and many more life threatening conditions.

Vitamin C supplementation may be appropriate if you are suffering from any number of ailments including joint pain, rashes, chronic fatigue, angina, hangover, infertility, bronchitis, bruises, canker sores, constipation, diabetes, eyestrain, gingivitis, glaucoma, shingles, sore throat, sprains, sunburn, rosacea, and yeast infections, urinary tract infections, and scurvy (which was identified as a Vitamin C deficiency disease in sailors and was overcome by the supply of limes or lemons).

Vitamin C also helps your body to absorb iron, so may be useful if you are suffering iron deficiency or anaemia.