Vitamin C

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Apart from its importance to the immune system, and its tremendous antioxidant powers, vitamin C is also a potent antitoxin.
If vitamin C is present in the stomach when nitrites are introduced, for instance, the carcinogenic nitrosamines will not be formed.



In 1987, a Cancer Journal published a comparison study of 513 men aged from 65 to 74, in BATH and CAERPHILLY.
BATH has a lower rate of stomach cancer that Caerphilly, and vitamin C levels were high in the Bath subjects and low in Caerphilly.
It is interesting to note that vitamin C levels in lower manual workers than in others, fruit consumption was lower in manual workers, and lower in Caerphilly than in Bath.
The conclusion drawn by the report was that men with poor vitamin C status are more likely to get stomach cancer.
The richest food sources of vitamin C are blackcurrants, strawberries, kiwifruits, watercress, mustard and cress, green peppers, raw cabbage, cauliflowers, spinach and parsley.
All the citrus fruits are good sources.