Janice Buckler, BSc, RHN
BSc Agricultural Chemistry RHN (Registered Holistic Nutritionist)
Owner/Manager: Natural Legends Nutritional Consulting
By Janice Buckler D id you know that every human being has an inborn, genetic weakness called “hypoascorbemia”? This means that our bodies cannot produce “ascorbate” or “vitamin C” in our livers like other mammals do. This suggests that the human liver underwent a mutation way back in time. This may possibly have occurred when our ancestors lived in fertile valleys and rainforests which provided abundant vegetation. Since so much vitamin C was available from external sources, the liver’s ability to produce it may have ceased due to non-use. Other mammals that have undergone the same genetic mutation includes the ape family, guinea pigs, and fruit-eating bats (all of whom consume copious amounts of vitamin C in their natural food supply.
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