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*Subject:* Kenapa Vitamin C Sangat Dibutuhkan > > Dalam sejarah, pada abad2 sebelum Vitamin C di ketemukan, Terutama > > di abad2 15,16, 17 , 18 sejarah mencatat,pelaut2 Inggris rata2 hanya bisa > > hidup 40 hari di dikapal-laut karena kekurang Vitamin C dalam nutrienya > > Demikian diceritak oleh seorang tour-guide di satu museum dari seorang > > admiral Scotlandia -Inggris. baru2 ini kami mendapat info. > > > The Importance of Vitamin C in Collagen > > To understand the importance of this antioxidant vitamin, you have to > think about how your body is continually manufacturing collagen. It does to > maintain and repair the connective tissues lost to daily wear and tear and > free radical damage. For example, if you work out at the gym, proteins in > your muscles are broken down and must be replaced. This repair mostly > happens while you’re getting a good night of sleep. But you need vitamin C > for this. If you don’t have enough vitamin C, you can’t build new collagen > and this ends up causing a wide variety of problems throughout the body. > Vitamin C is use in nearly every step of the collagen formation process. > > One of the diseases caused by a lack of vitamin C is *scurvy.* Lack of > vitamin C disrupts the body’s ability to manufacture *collagen and > connective tissues*.In scurvy, the body literally falls apart as > *collagen* is broken down and not replaced. Tendons shrivel and weaken. > Joints fall apart as their cartilage withers away. > > *Teeth loosen and fall out*. The connective tissue in the mouth can’t > hold the teeth anymore and also they start disintegrating. Organs are held > together by connective tissues but with scurvy, the shape of the internal > organs starts to weaken and soon they begin to fail. *Blood vessels > disintegrate*, which leads to easy bruising and bleeding because they > rupture and hemorrhage in the body. You might have seen this in older > people who have big bruises underneath the skin of their arms and hands. > > In time, the various body tissues weaken so much that disease sets in. And > the immune system, which depends on vitamin C for fighting microbes, also > starts to fail. Before long, death sets in. This is scurvy and it’s what > happens when your body doesn’t have the vitamin C it needs to rebuild > collagen. The body literally falls apart. > How Vitamin C is Intimately Connected to Collagen > > If you want healthy collagen, the most important nutrients needed are > vitamin C, the amino acid proline, and the amino acid lysine. Of course, > you’ll also need many vitamins and minerals to act as catalysts to support > protein synthesis, too. When collagen is created in the body, vitamin C is > actually used up as it combines with lysine and proline. The first > precursor of collagen formed is called “procollagen”. From procollagen, > other types of collagen may be formed in triple-helix form and vitamin C is > also used in this step as well > > Once collagen is created, it is under constant attack from being used. > For example, the friction in your joints can wear down on the structure of > collagen. Toxins and free radicals in the body can also attack the > collagen structure. > > The most popular function of Vitamin C is as an anti-oxidant, and it’s one > of the best for protecting collagen from damage. > > -- Warm Regards, DR AB Susanto Founder of National Institute of Ageing, Indonesia Chairman THE JAKARTA CONSULTING GROUP DBS Bank Tower 12th fl. Ciputra World 1 Jl. Prof. Dr. Satrio Kav 3-5 Jakarta 12940 INDONESIA Ph : 62-21 29888168 Fax : 62-21 29888155 / 56 Web : www.jakartaconsulting.com
