Vitamin C is a water-soluble vitamin, and is also know n as Ascorbic Acid. It was first isolated in 1928 by the Hungarian biochemist and Nobel prize winner, Dr. Szent-Gyorgyi. Two-time Nobel prize winner, Dr. Linus Pauling was the first to realize vitamin C's importance in a healthy immune system. Most animals can produce their own vitamin C. Man, primates (apes, chimps, etc.), and guinea pigs, however, have lost the ability. They instead have to get …showed first 75 words of 857 total…

…showed last 75 words of 857 total…C taken in large amounts, can take away the body's copper - an essential nutrient - and can increase the absorption of iron. It can thicken the walls of the carotid arteries, (vessels in the neck that supply blood to the brain), cause a toxic release of inorganic iron (which can be fatal for some), damage to outer layer of teeth if tablets are chewed, abnormal heart rhythms, and a variety of other medical problems.