{This Vitamin C + article is written in partnership with Qualia Life—they’re dedicated to rigorous testing and sharing knowledge to help optimize our quality of life. We’re honored to work with them. ~ ed.}

Yes, yes, we know you know about Vitamin C.

Vitamin C is still the all-star player for immunity-boosting, glowing skin, and recovering.

It is still found in all our favorites: kiwis, oranges, kale, mangos, tomatoes, strawberries, cherries, and the beautiful rainbow of peppers.

Vitamin C is also a remarkably helpful antioxidant protecting our cells from damage, the kind of damage the body makes when it breaks down food, has contact with smoke, or is exposed to the sun’s UV rays.

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That’s all the same. Phew.

Here’s what’s new—and what ya need to do about it.

Vitamin C Increases your Health Span.

Health span is a catchy way of saying how long we stay healthy as we age—not to be confused with life span. In other words, how our bodies age on a cellular level is our “biological age,” and it can differ dramatically from how old we actually are in years, our “chronological age.”

So if/when you’re 50 somethin’, your insides may still be in their 40s. Huzzah!

The latest research on this is kind of a big deal, a really big deal—and what it shows about reducing our biological age? Pretty extraordinary.

Taking vitamin C throughout the day at certain doses may reduce one’s bio-age.

This means on the inside, our cells, organs, and each marker of good health transformed as if the studies drank from a Fountain of Youth.

The results are outstanding and should have us all not walking but sprinting out to boost our vitamin C levels asap. However, a few things remain to be true and there’s more we need to understand.

The body still doesn’t make vitamin C (aka ascorbic acid), like at all.

Our bodies need C to form blood vessels, cartilage, muscle and collagen in bones—and for healing. It also helps the body absorb and store iron.

We must eat or supplement it and the study showed that just consuming a high volume of ascorbic acid is not enough.

Consistency is key.

Maintaining steady C levels in the blood is essential, since the body does not store the vitamin long term.

In fact, the body only holds about 1500 mg of vitamin C at any given time. We must consistently obtain it daily. And the average intake from dietary sources alone is about 75-100 mg.*

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To get the most benefits of ascorbic acid, one must eat 5-10 oranges throughout a day, rinds and all, every single day.

Seriously, that’s a recommendation. My stomach feels sour and I feel a canker sore coming on just thinking about it. Supplementing it for consistency makes the most sense.

Most vitamin C supplements aren’t enough.

The best vitamin C supplement is the one that delivers the most usable form, not the one with the highest dose.

Most vitamin C supplements give us only one form and call it done.

The problem is the standard ascorbic acid has limited cellular uptake, relatively rapid bodily excretion, and can be harsh on the stomach at higher doses (tell me about it).

Here at Elephant Journal we appreciate our partners at Qualia Life because—not only do they keep us incredibly well-informed on all the latest supplement science—their team of doctors, researchers, and formulators believe the status quo isn’t good enough.

So to keep the sprinkles of the Fountain of Youth’s benefits of vitamin C coming throughout the day, without causing our bodies to revolt, we’ve turned to Qualia’s supplement Vitamin C+.

Their formulation takes the pressure off our diets—and too much acid at a time out of our tummies. I’ve been using their supplement for weeks now, and my stomach has not winced once.

Qualia Life’s formulation is built around their tried and true principle: combining multiple forms to address the bottlenecks that constrain standard vitamin C: absorption, cellular uptake, retention, and tolerability.*

It’s a full-spectrum, clinically studied Vitamin C+ supplement, built and tested for absorption:

• 7 liposomal, chelated, & whole-food Vitamin C forms (500mg)
• Clinically-researched PureWay-C® and Nutra-C®
• Extracts of Camu Camu, Acerola Cherry, Amla, and Rose Hip
• Zinc ascorbate for immune & antioxidant support*
• Clinically Tested Formula*

They describe their formula like a slow drip coffee and an espresso shot—and I agree. I felt the Vitamin C+ pep in my step at first and throughout the day as it did its thing.

To recap, Vitamin C+ not only helps in the wide range of biological functions you might remember that are essential for:

>> Collagen, which is critical for the health of our skin, joints, tendons, ligaments, bones, and blood vessels.*

>> Brain chemicals like norepinephrine and serotonin, which are important for healthy moods and cognitive functioning.*

>> Absorbing plant-based iron from the diet and helps the body use iron more effectively compared to without vitamin C.*

>> The immune system in multiple ways, from helping maintain the skin as a physical barrier, to supporting the normal activity of white blood cells.*

>> The “braking effect” on the adrenals, helping to balance the stress response and support a quicker recovery after stress.*

>> The body’s most important water-soluble antioxidants, aiding in neutralizing free radicals and protecting cells from oxidative stress*

Just add this mind-blowing, breaking news to that list:

Qualia Life’s Vitamin C+ supports healthy cellular aging by providing the most scientifically relevant, beneficial  dose.

It’s designed with 500 mg per serving, one of the most popular scientifically studied doses, split across two 250 mg capsules for easy flexibility. The recommended serving size of Qualia Vitamin C+ (500 mg) follows the scientific literature and is more than five times the Daily Value (556% of the RDA for adult men and 667% of the RDA for adult women). For those who wish to consume a 1000 mg amount of vitamin C, it would be 4 capsules.*

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It’s a lot of science bundled in two easy on the tummy capsules—and I am absolutely grateful for ‘em.

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 *These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. These products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.

If you’d like to learn more, head to Qualia Life’s website that links loads of independent and up-to-date studies and clinical trials.