On August 19th, the Daily Express Reporter from the UK published an article on the merits of vitamin c intake to possibly be a cure for dementia. While yes, we know the great benefits of vitamin C for overall great health and claims of healing disease, my editorial on this story has to do with the delivery system being suggested in this news article.
The researcher interviewed and Lund University in Sweden made the following statement, “Ms Mani added that while vitamin C is in fresh fruit it can be absorbed in larger quantities from fruit juice.”
This statement is not entirely accurate.
Unless you are drinking fresh squeezed orange juice, you are most likely drinking orange juice you purchased in a store, which means it has been pasteurized. Pasteurization of course, is a heat process used to kill the microorganisms and bacteria. The temperature can range from just below boiling to over 400 degrees Fahrenheit. Set that aside for a moment.
You have been told not to cook your veggies for too long because you will kill the enzymes. Specifically if you cook your veggies or fruits at 117 degrees Fahrenheit for more then three minutes you have started killing off the most important element of the fruit or veggie, the enzymes. When you compare the enzymatic kill temp with the temperatures used in pasteurizing, the math equals “Dead Juice”.
Now, when you read the label on the bottle of orange juice, you will see a listed amount of vitamin C. The problem is, while we know oranges contain vitamin C, the amount of vitamin C will vary by +/- 20% depending on many factors from the weather to other crop related issues. When you are making a statement of a certain vitamin content on a juice label, you have to prove to the FDA the content you have listed on the label. This is done by adding vitamin C in the form of ascorbic acid which just does not absorb into the body properly. It’s a shell game to sell orange juice.
Oh, and if you are drinking juice from concentrate, that has been cooked as well to reduce the water content of the juice to make it cheaper to ship. 80% of the water is cooked off, at a temp above the enzymatic kill point. The concentrate is then frozen and either distributed in stores as frozen OJ or is shipped in bulk to bottling facilities around the world. Bulk concentrate is reconstituted with filtered tap water, synthetic vitamins are added with preservatives, and then the juice is heat pasteurized before bottling. Juice from concentrate has been cooked twice.
Your best delivery system for vitamin c is to eatfruits and veggies known for vitamin c and juice yourself, providing the produce you are purchasing at the store was not picked before it was ripe and enzymaticly mature, or treated with ethylene gas. Organic is usually the way to go. All of this can be pricy though.
For me, the best realistic delivery system is from reconstituted powders made with the Nuriche Instafresh Process which removes 95% of the water, leaving 98% of the enzymes and naturally occurring vitamins intact.
This can be found with Nuriche Live. If you would like to learn more, please contact me and I will send you my weekly webinar schedule.
On a side note, if you live in a city that has a Fresh & Easy Supermarket, they have fresh squeezed orange juice and cold pressed apple juice. They are unadulterated and amazing.
