New Roots: Sodium Ascorbate

A buffered form of vitamin C that’s easy on the stomach. Promotes the metabolism of fats and proteins and the development and maintenance of bones cartilage teeth and gums. Each 250 mg capsule of New Roots Herbal’s Sodium Ascorbate delivers 222 mg of vitamin C and is an effective alternative to ascorbic acid as a vitamin C supplement that’s easier on the stomach. Vitamin C is a commodity vitamin: we require large amounts of it for collagen synthesis but we cannot produce it; 100% of our vitamin C needs are met by means of dietary intake. Sodium ascorbate is a buffered form that is less acidic and therefore less likely to cause stomach irritation. Vitamin C is an essential vitamin that we often assume we are getting enough of; yet a dietary deficiency can leave us prone to a varie…