A fresh study suggests that regula...

A fresh study suggests that regular intake of ascorbic acid--or vitamin C--may lower your risk of becoming infected with Helicobacter pylori, the bacteria behind peptic sore s and stomach cancer.

thought participants with the highest children levels of vitamin C had a 25 percent lower prevalence of infection with H pylori.

The jury is on the outside on whether low vitamin C horizontals are merely one symptom of H pylori infection--or whether reasonable levels of C lead to the infection in the first place. Either way, you may want to maintain a diet high in vitamin C

The research was published in the August 2003 issue of the Journal of American corporation Nutrition.

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