How does vitamin C help reduce stress?

In this Ask the Experts video, naturopathic medicine expert, Holly Lucille, explains the ways in which vitamin C can help reduce stress.

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Vitamin C is a water-soluble vitamin. And you can-- you'll get rid of it in your pee. And also, if you're stressed, you're

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going to be using a lot of it up. So it's good to replenish throughout the day. [MUSIC PLAYING]

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Vitamin C we usually think about when it comes to preventing colds and flus. But quite honestly, it's amazing with stress.

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There a study that came out that actually proves vitamin C has the ability to decrease the psychological and physical effects of stress.

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It is heavily concentrated in our adrenal glands. Those are our stress glands.

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Now, for stress protection throughout the entire day, what you might want to think about is actually taking a time-released vitamin C--

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so 1000mg in the morning. And let it work all throughout the day, as your stress sort of simmers all throughout the day, because water--

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vitamin C is a water-soluble vitamin. And you can-- you'll get rid of it in your pee. And also, if you're stressed, you're

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going to be using a lot of it up. So it's good to replenish throughout the day.

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You can take it in divided doses. But if you forget, and if you're not great at taking multiple-- or taking

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supplements multiple times a day, take that time-release in the morning. [AUDIO LOGO]