Ichi chikwata chemagetsi chinoshandiswa chine rimwe zita-antiscorbutic vitamini. Munguva dzakamboitika, vanenge vose vaifambisa ngarava, vachifamba rwendo rurefu, mushure mechinguva vakatarisana nechirwere chinonzi scurvy. Zviratidzo mune chirwere ichi zvakange zvakanyanya kubuda ropa, kusunungura nekurasikirwa kwemeno. Mumazuva iwayo, vanhu vakanga vachiri kuziva chaipo kwete nezve ascorbic acid, asi kazhinji pamusoro pevhitamini. Sezvo mutengo wemichero nemiriwo pachikepe zvakashandiswa mumwedzi yokutanga yorwendo, uye nguva yerwendo rwose dzimwe nguva kunyange makore maviri kana matatu, chikonzero chekusimudzirwa kwechikwata chevashandi vechikepe chinova pachena. Ichokwadi ndechokuti iyo inokonzerwa ne ascorbic acid inodya mumuviri wemunhu ndeye marudzi ose ezvibereko nemiriwo. Mune chimwe chazvo, nguva dzose mune izvi kana kuti iyo yakawanda inowanzopa vitamini iyi. Kuparara kwakakwana kwe ascorbic acid kubva pakudya kwezvokudya (izvo zvinowanikwa mukusina kwezvibereko nemiriwo mukudya) zvinokonzera kukura kwe scurvy. Ichi chirwere chinowanikwa nekuda kwekuputsa kwehutano hwe intercellular collagen protein. Somugumisiro, kukwana uye kupera kwemitsipa yeropa kunowedzera kuwedzera.
Ascorbic acid inofanirawo kuvapo panguva yekudya kukuru munguva yekutonhora kukuru. Nei vanachiremba vanokurudzira kutora vitamini C munguva dzakadaro? Zvinosvika kuti ascorbic acid inokwanisa kusimbisa zvakasimba kudzivirirwa kwevanhu, nekuda kwekuti muviri wedu unowedzera kusagadzikana nemigumisiro yehutachiona hwehutachiona uye hwebhakitiriya. Nezvokutanga zviratidzo zvekutonhora, zvinokurudzirwa kuti iwe utange "kutengesa" maitiro e ascorbic acid. Iyi nzira inogona kubatsira zvikuru mukurwisana nechirwere.
Kuvapo kwezvakawanda zve ascorbic asidi muzvokudya kunobatsira kuderedza ropa (iyo inonyanya kukosha kuvanhu vanotambura nehuwandu hwehutano). Vitamini C inoshandiswa nehutachiona hunopesana nehutachiona hunogadzirisa zvinokonzerwa nehutachiona husina rusununguko runoparadza maorekemu akawanda anokosha mumutumbi wemiviri mhenyu.
Nhamba yezuva ye ascorbic acid kune munhu mukuru ndeye 100 mg. Zvinyanya kukosha zvekudya izvo zvinofanirwa kunge zviripo mune zvekudya kuti zvipe chiyero chinodiwa che ascorbic acid, sezvakataurwa pamusoro apa, miriwo nemichero. Vatungamiri mune zvinyorwa zve ascorbic acid vanogona kunzi "wild rose", black currant, citrus (marimu, machungwa, tangerines), parsley.
Sekudzivirira uye kurapa, iyo ascorbic acid inokurudzirwa kune zvirwere zvakasiyana-siyana zvehutano hwemwoyo, nhengo dzokufema, chiropa, mafungiro, zvinetso zvekubatana, kutyisa nehupfu. Maitiro makuru e ascorbic acid anoderedza zvinokuvadza zvezvinhu zvinokuvadza zviri muutsi hwefodya. Nokudaro, zvigadzirwa zvine ascorbic acid, zvinofanira kunge zviripo mukudya kwevanoputa (nokuti ivo zuva rega rega vitamini C inogona kusvika 500 - 600 mg).
Nokudaro, basa re ascorbic acid mukuchengetedza utano hwevanhu zvakakosha. Kuita kuti hutano hunobuda huzhinji hwehutano hwehutano, vitamini iyi inofanirwa kuisa muviri wedu nechikafu.