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GenPI.co – When the flu strikes, taking vitamin C supplements is often the first choice to maintain the body’s immune system. Vitamin C can indeed be relied upon to prevent disease.
Please note that you must meet the daily requirement of vitamin C according to the standards set by the Indonesian Ministry of Health in the 2013 Nutritional Adequacy Ratio (RDA).
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According to the Nutritional Adequacy Rate, children over one year old need 40-45 mg of vitamin C.
While adolescents aged over 12 years need to meet the needs of vitamin C at least 65-90 mg per day.
For adults over 18 years, the daily requirement of vitamin C is 75-90 mg.
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According to a study in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), a person’s body is only able to digest 200 mg of vitamin C per day.
More than that, vitamin C will not be absorbed alias is not useful for body cells. In fact, humans are only able to process 120-200 mg of vitamin C every day.
It is important for everyone to avoid taking more than 1000 mg of vitamin C per day. If it continues, the following impacts have the potential to occur.
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