Ascorbic Acid Stark Pharm - Stark Vitamin C 500 mgг (100 tablets)

Description

Ascorbic acid (vitamin C) , an organic compound related to glucose, is one of the main nutrients in the human diet, which is necessary for the normal functioning of connective and bone tissue. Performs the biological functions of a reducing agent and coenzyme of some metabolic processes, is considered as an antioxidant.

Look for non-acidic vitamin C in the ascorbate form.

Effects of ascorbic acid

The formation of collagen, serotonin from tryptophan, the formation of catecholamines, the synthesis of corticosteroids. Ascorbic acid is also involved in the conversion of cholesterol into bile acids. Vitamin C is required for detoxification in hepatocytes with the participation of cytochrome P450. Restores ubiquinone and vitamin E. Stimulates the synthesis of interferon, therefore, is involved in immunomodulation. Converts ferrous iron to trivalent, thereby promoting its absorption.

It inhibits hemoglobin glycosylation and the conversion of glucose into sorbitol. Vitamin C is the strongest antioxidant that protects lipoproteins from oxidation, an anti-atherogenic molecule.

According to a 2014 study published in the journal Allergy. Asthma & Clinical Immunology", the use of vitamin C helps to reduce the severity of bronchospasm and respiratory symptoms (cough, wheezing, shortness of breath, shortness of breath) induced by exercise. Exercise-induced bronchospasm is a transient narrowing of the bronchial lumen that occurs during or after exercise.

ascorbic acid in bodybuilding

It is on vitamin C that the assimilation of dietary protein and the further synthesis of new protein structures, in particular in muscles, depend. Vitamin C is the strongest stimulator of muscle anabolism. However, it should be taken in bodybuilding wisely and not overdosed.

In addition, studies have found that ascorbic acid has an anti-catabolic effect by suppressing the secretion of cortisol and the process of peroxidation damaging the muscles. Therefore, vitamin C can be taken before training to reduce catabolic processes and protect muscles, as well as at the end of an anabolic steroid cycle, as a component of PCT. Some authors report the ability of a sports supplement to increase testosterone production, but studies refute this.