Vitamin C 101: What is it? How much should we get? And should you take a supplement? What is vitamin C? What is vitamin C good for? How much vitamin C should I be eating? Where can we find it in our diet? And what may happen if my vitamin C levels are low?

Vitamin C is getting a lot of publicity these past few weeks! The shelves in my pharmacy that were usually stocked full of vitamin C supplements were empty, and I saw literally TROLLEYS full of bottles of orange juice being bought during my recent grocery trip.

So is this vitamin C flurry justified? Let’s explore what vitamin C actually is, and lets look at some of the many functions it has in our bodies.