Vitamin C

People who live in the United States are constantly subjected to a myriad of unhealthful conditions that can effect the overall wellness of the individual.  Fast food, stress and smog are just a few of the many factors that can leach important nutrients from our bodies on a daily basis.  In order to maintain optimal nutrition it becomes vitally important to increase one's intake of vitamins and minerals.  In particular, vitamin C may be the most important of these nutrients as it represents one of the strongest of all antioxidants.  The work done by the Noble Prize winner Linus Pauling showed that a high intake of vitamin C (2grams or more) a day can help protect the body's cells from the damage done by free radicals in the environment.  The good thing about vitamin C is that it is water-soluble and whatever the body doesn't need is excreted through the urinary system.