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Vitamin C Part 3: Linus Pauling and the Kidney Stone

April 9, 2018 fettuccine Comments 0 Comment

We have come to our conclusion for Vitamin C! So exciting! Weeeeee If you haven’t checked out the other parts, check them out here and here. Let’s begin with another fun fact on Vitamin C! #funfactswithfettuccine So, something interesting is that the quite a few animals synthesize enough Vitamin C within themselves. Humans and a select few other animals are the only ones unable to produce Vitamin C within their bodies. This is because we lack a specific enzyme within…

Vitamin C Part 2: Ain’t no party like a Vitamin C party

April 1, 2018 fettuccine Comments 1 comment

So I bet you all are wondering “Fettuccine, why are you writing about this? Why Vitamin C? Why don’t you write about more exciting stuff like diseases, French bulldogs or on-fire pandas?” Well, imaginary conversation… I uh… If you haven’t read the first part, here it is! In this post, I’m going to go ahead and explain how this wonderful little vitamin works in our bodies. Vitamin C is a water-soluble essential vitamin that requires regular intake to avoid deficiency. Also…

Vitamin C Part 1: Vitamin Sea

March 25, 2018 fettuccine Comments 4 comments

Arrr, scurvy, the plague O me ship. But, AVAST ye scurvy dogs. Vitamin C! It be the anti-scurvy vitamin. Aye, me hartys! Me life was spared, to continue pillagin ‘n plunderin. Davy Jones locker be not havin’ this ol’ salty sea-dog. Aye, yarr, and a yo-ho. Ahem. Anyway, I wanted to do this entire article in pirate-speak, but I decided against it. If people want me to do an entire article in pirate-speak, however, then I totally will. I spent…