Re: goji - vitamin C - usda testing method?

Fact or fiction? Misdirection???? I did the research! no where did I find refined Sugar is made into vitamin C which brings to light the Misdirection????
Another attempted to discredit vitamin C?

Misdirection???? Most animals and plants are able to synthesize their own vitamin C. This is done through a biochemical pathway that depends on 4 key enzymes which convert glucose to vitamin C. In mammals, the glucose is extracted from stored Sugar (glycogen) and the transformation into vitamin C is produced in the liver.

Humans lack the L-gulonolactone oxidase enzyme that is critical for the last step of vitamin C synthesis. Humans require a good amount of vitamin C in order to build healthy tissue collagen and promote strong immune function.

When low levels of vitamin C are present, the body makes due by recycling the oxidized version of vitamin C. This redox cycling is performed by the master anti-oxidant glutathione. As long as enough glutathione is present, the vitamin C redox cycle can continue.

In the 1970's, Dr. John Ely discovered the Glucose-Ascorbate-Antagonism (GAA) theory. Glucose and vitamin C (ascorbate) have a very similar chemical makeup. This theory proposes that elevated glucose levels compete and effectively restrict vitamin C from entering cells. Both glucose and vitamin C depend upon the pancreatic hormone insulin and its signaling effects in order to get into cells.

Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/034185_glucose_vitamin_C.html#ixzz2jdWzyUn6

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