Vitamin C has no positive effect on exercise performance

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Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) apparently has no particular benefit in the performance of physical exercise, contradicting a previous widely-held belief. It had been thought that vitamin C might act as a powerful anti-oxidant, increasing the body's ability to engage in strenuous activity. However, a physiological study showed no such effect.

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