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Be my honey-bee

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381837) • Rockingham, Australia 30 Aug 16

I thought you might like this photo of a bee in the leptospermum bush that is in our garden. There are many varieties of leptospermum or ti-trees as they are commonly called. There are single- and double-flowered types, most of...

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Which Vitamin C tabs is better for us?

enelym001 @enelym001 (8322) • Philippines 21 May 12

I don’t religiously take vitamins but lately I’ve been coughing and felt like I’ll have cold. Once in a while I eat Nature Made Vitamin C, whenever I remember taking a tablet. It’s like once in a month or once in two months or...

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I take ascorbic acid everyday and yet I still easily get allergy attacks

secretbear @secretbear (19448) • Philippines 2 Jan 12

Ascorbic acid is said to strengthen your immune system so I take one 500-mg tablet everyday. But I still get allergy attacks easily. It maybe not serious allergy attacks, but still, my immune system is supposed to be more...

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What is the effect of Sodium Ascorbate (Non-acidic Vitamin C) to Kidney/liver?

karagala @karagala (447) • Philippines 7 Sep 11

I'm just curious about this type of vitamin C because a friend tells me that it has a better ability to be absorbed by the body than the usual vitamin C (Ascorbic Acid). I was wondering what would be its effect on Kidneys and...

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Vitamin C an internal mosquito repellant

oxyde_gyabo @oxyde_gyabo (701) • Philippines 15 Jul 10

My uncle told me to take in a lot of vitamin c because we were going to climb a mountain where it might be inhabited by mosquitos. I had a 1000mg of it every morning and evening and I felt like there were no mosquitos at all. My...

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Smokers and Vitamins

dinkan53 @dinkan53 (99) • Ukraine 28 Nov 08

hello,u know, smoking interfers the absorption of many vitamins,especially vitamin C.Folic acid supplements should be necessary for all smokers.Daily recommended vitamin C allowance is 75mg (women) 95mg(men), smokers need an...

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