NOW C-Complex Powder, 8oz, Buffered

This C-Complex Powder is formulated with buffered Calcium Ascorbate for acid-sensitive individuals. Acerola and Rose Hips are natural sources of Ascorbic Acid. Bioflavonoids are usually found in Vitamin C-rich foods.

Vitamin C is perhaps the most popular vitamin known to man.  It is consumed in a supplemental form by millions of people across the world for its antioxidant properties, which are well-documented in medical research.  Calcium Ascorbate is an optimal nutritional supplement that combines Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C) with Calcium Carbonate.  By combining these two dietary ingredients, we have created a buffered source of Vitamin C that will not contribute to gastric irritation in sensitive persons.

Vitamin C is consumed in a supplemental form by millions of people across the world for its antioxidant properties which are well-documented in medical research.  C-1000 provides a potent dosage of this key vitamin and is blended with Bioflavonoids, natural synergists to Vitamin C.  Benefits of Vitamin C:

• Vitamin C, is a potent antioxidant with increasingly diverse uses in health promotion and disease prevention.

• Every step in the progression of atherosclerosis can benefit from the antioxidant power of vitamin C, from preventing endothelial dysfunction and altering lipid profiles and coagulation factors to preventing blood vessel changes that can lead to strokes and other vascular catastrophes.

• Vitamin C supplements reduce cellular DNA damage that is the vital first step in cancer initiation and also reduce the inflammatory changes that allow a malignant cell to grow into a dangerous tumor.

• Vitamin C supplements enhance the health-promoting effects of exercise and reduce exercise-induced oxidative damage.

• Vitamin C supplements also dramatically combat the oxidative damage caused by smoking and exposure to tobacco smoke.

• In respiratory conditions, vitamin C supplements help avert or shorten the duration of common colds and may mitigate the risk of serious respiratory conditions like asthma.

• Vitamin C supplements can speed the clearance of the stomach disease-causing bacterium Helicobacter pylori and cut the risk of gastric cancer it causes.