Vitamin C ‘as effective as exercise’ for obesity vascular health

Researchers found that if you are overweight but too lazy to exercise then you can start consuming vitamin C supplements as they have the same benefits as regular exercise for your heart.

The researchers discovered that every day supplementation of vitamin C at a time-release dose of 500 mg every day lowered endothelin-1-mediated vessel constriction as a lot as strolling did.

Earlier studies have shown that regular exercise reduces the activity of ET-1.

Caitlin Dow, PhD, postdoctoral analysis fellow on the College of Colorado, Boulder, led the research to look at whether or not vitamin C dietary supplements, which have been reported to enhance vessel perform, also can decrease endothelin-1 exercise. However, it is a challenging task for most people to incorporate a regular exercise regimen in their schedule.

According to the study, the blood vessels of overweight obese adults have an elevated activity of a protein called endothelian (ET)-1, that plays an important role in constricting of the small vessel.

The research’s summary is being introduced on the American Physiological Society’s 14th Worldwide Convention on Endothelin, happening in Savannah, GA.

Out of 35 participants, 20 were asked to take supplement, while 15 were enrolled for aerobic exercise.

The factors calculating the results included forearm blood flow and responses to intra-arterial infusion of endothelin-1 before and after each intervention.

Vasoconstriction to endothelin-1 increased similarly – about two-fold – in response to both interventions.

The researchers found that daily supplementation of Vitamin C (500 mg/day) reduced ET-1-related vessel constriction as much as walking for exercise did.

There is roughly around 45mg of vitamin C in an average orange, while a single Berocca tablet contains 476mg of the nutrient.

The NHS adds: ‘Taking less than 1,000 mg of vitamin C supplements is unlikely to cause any harm’.

They advise adults should take no more than 2,000mg of the nutrient each day.