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Vitamin C May Improve Mood, According To New Study... Important New Research On Vitamin C For Cognitive and Mental Function Supplementation with vitamin C could improve the emotional state of hospitalized patients, according to new research. The trial, published in the journal Nutrition , suggests that increasing vitamin C levels in acutely hospitalized patients, who often have vitamin deficiencies, could measurably improve mood response scores by 34 percent. "About one in five acute-care patients in our hospital have vitamin C levels so low as to be compatible with scurvy," said research scientists at McGill University, Canada. "Patients are rarely given vitamin supplements. Most physicians are simply unaware of the problem. Subclinical  deficiencies of vitamin C and D have each been linked to psychological abnormalities, so we examined that aspect in our clinical trial," they added. Deficiency The term hypo-vitaminosis C usually implies a deficienc

  Important New Research On How Antioxidants, Carotenoids, Flavonoids & Phytonutrients From Citrus Fruit Sources Are Beneficial For Cancer Risk Reduction Daily consumption of citrus may reduce the risk of a range of cancers, especially pancreatic and prostate cancer, suggests a new study from Japan. Eating citrus daily was associated with a 11 and 14 percent reduction in the incidence of all types of cancer for men and women, respectively, according to a study with 42,270 people living in North Eastern Japan. Findings published in the International Journal of Cancer also indicate that co-consumption with one cup of green tea a day produced an enhanced protective effect. "Because of the popularity of citrus and green tea among the Japanese people, these findings suggest that a possible joint effect between them may have implications for public health," wrote the researcher scientists from Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine. A daily serving of citrus ma