Sodium Ascorbate

       Sodium ascorbate has higher bioavailablity than Ascobric Acid and it is offered an alternative to taking Vitamin-C as food supplement. The chemical formula of Sodium Ascorbate is C6H7NaO6. Since this is the sodium salt of ascorbic acid, this form of ascorbic acid is known as a mineral ascorbate. Sodium ascorbate normally gives 131 mg of sodium for every 1,000 mg of ascorbic acid (1,000 mg of sodium ascorbate will contain 889 mg of ascorbic acid and 111 mg of the metal sodium). Used as a food additive, Sodium Ascorbate has the E number E301 and is it generally used as an antioxidant and an acid regulator. Sodium ascorbate is able to reverse the development of atherosclerotic disease, it also aids in the prevention of heart attack. In addition, sodium ascorbate has a significant function in the prevention of chronic infections. Moreover, Sodium Ascorbate is also considered as an anti-cancer agent. Sodium ascorbate gives cytotoxic effect in a wide array of malignant cells, this includes melanoma cells which are are particularly susceptible.

The benefits of taking Sodium Ascorbate supplements are impressive and have greater impacts on many health conditions. A person following Sodium Ascorbate therapy over a period of 1 year will be able to completely restore structural integrity of the body via collagen renewal. This includes a person's arteries thus it can reverse the course of atherosclerotic disease, which helps prevent heart attack, it also resolves the hardening or blocking of the arteries and helps in the prevention of stroke caused by arterial or vascular rupture. In addition, Sodium Ascorbate plays a leading role in the elimination of chronic and acute infections.

Side effects of sodium ascorbate

While Sodium ascorbate is generally regarded as safe, prolonged intake at high doses may lead to several side-effects. The most common reported side effect that lingers or become annoying when using sodium ascorbate, especially in the liquid form as an injection, includes stinging sensation, pain, or swelling at the site of injection. Some severe allergic reactions are also reported (difficult breathing; rash; tightness in the chest; itching; hives; swelling of the mouth, lips, face or tongue); pain in the bones; persistent diarrhea; muscle weakness; mental and/or mood changes

Why do we need to take Sodium Ascorbate?

The GLO Gene is absent in most people, Scientists believe that this condition happened approximately 60 million years ago. The absence of this GLO gene mkes humans unable to synthesize an enzyme known as L-gulonolactone oxidase. This is an end stage enzyme in the liver converts our blood glucose to Ascorbate, this means that our bodies cannot make any Ascorbate. In the long term, the lack of Ascorbate will cause our bones to dissolve and it will also cause our teeth to fall out. In simplistic terms, we would suffer from sub-clinical scurvy and we will have the tendency to develop cancer.

Ascorbic Acid has been mistakenly called Vitamin C. Ascorbic Acid is actually a liver metabolite rather than a common vitamin. Ascorbic Acid is produced in massive quantities in most animals, ( 6 grams a day for a goat, or it can go up to 100grams daily if the goat becomes stressed ). But it is not usually Ascorbic Acid that our body needs. We need the SALT of Ascorbic Acid. Daily supplementation of Ascorbates several times per day is a very simple way to counteract this genetic defect.

Ascorbate is also required in the hydroxylation of the amino acid Proline which then forms hydroxyproline( hydroxyproline is a major component of collagen). Collagen is needed in the structural protein inside our body, they compose around a quarter of all the proteins inside our bodies and this is critical to the structural integrity the human body.

Linus Pauling PhD (Twice Nobel Laureate) stated "It is highly probable that most people in the world would only receive 1- 2% of the amounts of Ascorbate that would keep them in the best of health".

When to take Ascorbic Acid instead of Sodium Ascorbate

It is a common myth that Sodium per se will cause a rise in blood pressure, but this is only true for a very small minority of people which are truly hypertensive, sodium MAY cause a rise in blood pressure, and this is dependent on a lot factors including the ratio of sodium to potassium. In cases where a person does not have normal levels of Potassium and is truly hypertensive, Ascorbic acid can be taken as a substitute for the sodium salt of ascorbic acid. Take note that sodium ascorbate contains only 10% sodium.

• Anyone who has low levels of Gastric HCL (acid in the stomach)

• Anyone that is diagnosed with Congestive Heart Failure

The Relationship of Sodium Ascorbate with Bioflavonoids

Bioflavanoids usually works with pure Vitamin-C (Ascorbate in several forms) to make more complete antioxidant. It would be advantageous of we are going to add bioflavonoids to our diet or to take it as a supplement. Bioflavonoids will complement and widen the action of sodium ascorbate. Supplements like Acerola, Propolis, and others will be able to complement sodium ascorbate or any other mineral ascorbate.