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Prevent Pollution Effects with Vitamin C

Antioxidants have been shown to be an agent effective free radical fighter. In a small-scale study revealed that the habit mengasup foods containing vitamin C can protect the heart from the effects of air pollution.

Researchers from Imperial College London found that people with asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease more commonly referred to hospital when high levels of particulate matter (pollutants) in the environment outside is high. High particulate matter are the pollutants that cause oxidative stress in the body and in the long run lead to a heart attack.

The good news, the researchers found that in people who have high levels of vitamin C in the body, they are rarely referred to the hospital when the weather is polluting than those having low vitamin C levels.

The results of the study add to the evidence that the impact of air pollution can be reduced by antioxidants. Previously, research in 2001 showed that supplements of vitamin C protects the lungs from ozone.

Interestingly, humans are not the only ones who benefit from vitamin C. The research team from the University of California, Riverside, found that plants are also protected from the adverse effects of ozone if the levels of vitamin C in plant leaves was enhanced.

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