Why is vitamin C the much-talked about vitamin during the COVID-19 pandemic?

Vitamin C is a water-soluble vitamin that cannot be produced by the body and hence has to be supplied through our diet. The good thing is there are abundant food sources that are rich in vitamin C and there are very less chances that one can become vitamin C deficient unless one is totally averse to fruits and vegetables.

This vitamin has become the much-talked about vitamin during these times of the COVID-19 pandemic due to its immunity-boosting properties. Before we go into the importance of vitamin C during COVID- 19, let’s take a look at the snapshot of vitamin C functions.

Importance of proteins- the building blocks of our body

The word protein comes from a Greek word meaning “Primary or holding first place”, which is an appropriate name for an essential life-forming and life-sustaining substance of all organisms.