Can pregnant women take vitamin C tablets?

Postpartum women can take vitamin C because vitamin C is an important vitamin for the human body. It is very good for us to promote the brain development of the fetus and increase the elasticity of the skin. Vitamin C can also relieve anemia and promote the synthesis of collagen. Pregnant women need a relatively large amount of vitamin C during pregnancy. We should supplement vitamin C appropriately and understand the uses of vitamin C.

Can pregnant women take vitamin C lozenges? Vitamin C is a water-soluble vitamin. Vitamin C plays a role in improving brain function during the fetal brain development period. A study has confirmed that the human brain is the place in the body that contains the most vitamin C. Adequate intake of vitamin C by pregnant women can improve the intelligence of the fetus. This shows that it is very important for pregnant women to take in enough vitamin C for the development of the fetus. However, the requirement for vitamin C is high and its utilization rate is low, which can easily lead to vitamin C deficiency due to insufficient intake. Therefore, pregnant women should supplement vitamin C appropriately.

Vitamin C has the following effects

1. Synthesis of collagen

2. Treating Scurvy

3. Prevent gum recession and bleeding

Healthy gums tightly wrap around each tooth. Gums are soft tissues, and when they lack protein, calcium, and vitamin C, they are prone to gum atrophy and bleeding.

4. Prevent arteriosclerosis

It can promote the excretion of cholesterol, prevent cholesterol from depositing on the inner wall of arteries, and even dissolve deposited atherosclerotic plaques.

5. Antioxidants

It can protect other antioxidants, such as vitamin A, vitamin E, and unsaturated fatty acids, and prevent free radicals from harming the human body.

6. Treat anemia

It reduces the difficult-to-absorb trivalent iron into divalent iron, promotes the intestinal absorption of iron, improves the liver's utilization of iron, and helps treat iron deficiency anemia.

7. Cancer Prevention

Rich collagen helps prevent the spread of cancer cells; the antioxidant effect of VC can resist the damage of free radicals to cells and prevent cell mutation; it can block nitrite and secondary amines from forming strong carcinogen nitrosamines. Someone once performed an autopsy on a patient who died of cancer and found that the VC content in the patient's body was almost zero.

8 Protect cells, detoxify, and protect the liver

9. Improve the body’s immunity

White blood cells are rich in VC, which decreases sharply when the body is infected. VC can enhance the chemotaxis and deformability of neutrophils and improve their bactericidal ability.

10. Improve the body’s emergency response capabilities

When the human body is subjected to abnormal stimulation, such as severe pain, cold, lack of oxygen, and strong mental stimulation, it will induce a state of tension in order to resist the abnormal stimulation. This state is accompanied by a series of physical effects, including sympathetic nerve excitement, adrenal medulla and increased cortical hormone secretion. Epinephrine and norepinephrine secreted by the adrenal medulla are converted from tyrosine, and the participation of VC is required in this process.