Tag Archive for 'Vitamin C'

Fletcher et al. suggest that kiwifruit consumption, and to a lesser extent vitamin C supplementation, can lead to mood-related improvements in a relatively short period of time (from 4 to 16 days), even in a relatively healthy population with good mental health. Image credit: Photo Mix.

Kiwifruit Consumption Can Improve Vitality and Mood in As Little As Four Days, Study Suggests

Jan 26, 2024 by News Staff

Foods rich in vitamin C can improve mood; however, the timecourse of these benefits is unknown. In new research, scientists from the University of Auckland...

Genomic analyses of wildtype and TET-deficient Treg cells, and iTreg cells treated with the TET activator vitamin C, show that TET proteins are essential for the maintenance of Treg signatures and IL-2/STAT5 signaling. Image credit: Yue et al., doi: 10.15252/embr.202152716.

Vitamin C is Key Ingredient for Immune Cell Function, Study Shows

Jul 22, 2021 by News Staff

Regulatory T cells (Tregs) help control inflammation and autoimmunity in the body. These cells are so important that scientists are working to generate...

Kiwifruits. Image credit: Hiperpinguino / CC BY-SA 3.0.

Genetic Researchers Sequence Genome of Kiwifruit

Oct 30, 2013 by News Staff

A team of scientists from the United States and China has sequenced the genome of kiwifruit (Actinidia chinensis). Kiwifruits. Image credit: Hiperpinguino...

Vitamin C Kills Drug-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Study Shows

May 22, 2013 by Sergio Prostak

Scientists at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York have unexpectedly discovered that vitamin C can kill drug-resistant tuberculosis bacteria. This...

Kiwifruits. According to the new study, eating high-value vitamin C foods, like kiwifruit, is the ideal way to maintain healthy levels (Hiperpinguino / CC BY-SA 3.0)

Vitamin C Found Essential for Muscles

Mar 22, 2013 by Natali Anderson

According to a new study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, a daily vitamin C intake equivalent to eating two kiwifruits a day is...