A review, recently published in the Pharmacology & Pharmacy medical journal, suggests that taking vitamin C supplements or eating food that is rich in vitamin C can help protect your liver from being damaged by drugs or chemicals. Specifically, the results stated that vitamin C could prevent damage from ionised radiation. This shows that vitamin C has underlying health benefits rather than just the obvious ones.
Researchers from the University of Port Harcourt reviewed a number of human and animal studies and found that some drugs and chemicals produce an adverse effect on the liver. However, vitamin C was also seen to prevent the damage from occurring.
In addition to the protection that vitamin C provides against drugs, the researchers also found that it can defend the liver against damage from heavy metals and a number of other toxic chemical agents. The report showed that increased levels of vitamin C help to normalise levels of good agents in the blood which in turn makes it impossible for toxic agents to thrive.
Recent times have shown that some supplements are not as effective as eating foods rich in those vitamins, but this study showed no difference between taking vitamin C supplements or eating food that was high in it. These health benefits mean that vitamin C needs to be promoted as especially important in your diet if you are taking drugs or chemicals into your body.