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Vitamin C reduces infections.(Goodnews: essential natural health news; helicobacter pylori)(Brief Article)

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A new study suggests that regular intake of ascorbic acid--or vitamin C--may lower your risk of becoming infected with Helicobacter pylori, the bacteria behind peptic ulcers and stomach cancer.

Study participants with the highest blood levels of vitamin C had a 25 percent lower prevalence of infection with H. pylori.

The jury is out on whether low ...

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