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American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol 42, 656-659, Copyright © 1985 by The American Society for Clinical Nutrition, Inc

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The cause and correction of low blood vitamin C concentrations in the elderly

HM Newton, CJ Schorah, N Habibzadeh, DB Morgan and RP Hullin

Chronically sick elderly women had low intakes and low blood concentrations of vitamin C. Small dietary supplements of vitamin C increased the concentration of vitamin C in their plasma and leucocytes to those found in both the active elderly and the young. These findings confirm that low concentrations of vitamin C in the institutionalized and chronically sick elderly are primarily due to poor intake and can be easily corrected by dietary changes. The case for increasing the intake of vitamin C in these patients is discussed.




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