I’ve read about studies showing that whole-food vitamin C and ascorbic acid are biochemically identical. How, then, can whole-food vitamin C be superior?
While it may be true that food-form ascorbic acid is biochemically indistinguishable from synthetic ascorbic acid, the advantage of taking a whole-food vitamin C goes far beyond the ascorbic acid portion of the vitamin. We have been led to look at ascorbic acid as true vitamin C, when, in reality, ascorbic acid is only one molecule out of the hundreds that make up food-form vitamin C. Food-form vitamin C provides your body with much more than just ascorbic acid. For example, our bodies require food-form vitamin C to manufacture collagen, which is like the glue that holds your body together. Our bodies do not get the pieces of the puzzle needed to manufacture collagen from ascorbic acid alone. As 100% food-form vitamin C, Pure Radiance C provides hundreds of components in addition to ascorbic acid.
